Inconsistency in natural languages

Jody Azzouni

pp. 3175-3184

in: Synthese 190 (15), 2013.

Abstract

An argument for Trivialism, the view that natural languages are logically inconsistent, is provided that does not rely on contentious empirical assumptions about natural language terms such as “and” or “or.” Further, the view is defended against an important objection recently mounted against it by Thomas Hofweber.