Paraconsistency: The Logical Way to the Inconsistent

Presented at the Second World Congress on Paraconsistency held in Juquehy-Sao Sebastiao, Sao Paulo, Brazil, this title represents an integrated discussion of all major topics in the area of paraconsistent logic. It highlights philosophical and historical aspects, major developments and real-world applications.

Florencio G. Asenjo: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Diderik Batens: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Jean-Yves Beziau: Stanford University, Stanford, California Bryson Brown: University of Lethbridge, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada Otavio Bueno: California State University, Fresno, California Walter A. Carnielli: State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil Itala M. Loffredo D'Ottaviano: State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil Newton C. A. da Costa: University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Don Faust: Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan Marcelo Finger: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil R.E. Jennings: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Fred Johnson: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado Decio Krause: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil Renato A. Lewin: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Larisa Maksimova: Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia Grzegorz Malinowski: University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland Joao Marcos: State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil Ana T. Martins: Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Joke Meheus: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Robert K. Meyer: Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Chris Mortensen: The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Jose E. Moura: Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil Daniele Mundici: University of Milan, Milan, Italy Jacek Pasniczek: Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland Marcelino Pequeno: Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Tarcisio Pequeno: Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil Graham Priest: University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia Shahid Rahman: University of Saarlandes, Saarlandes, Germany Guillermo Ortiz Rico: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Marta S. Sagastume: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina Darko Sarenac: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada John K. Slaney: Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Barry H. Slater: University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Max Urchs: University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany Jean P. van Bendegen: University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium Guido Vanackere: university of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium Timothy Vermeir: Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium Gregory R. Wheeler: University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Peter W. Woodruff: University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California