Inconsistency
Inconsistency
General references
Mat 7:3-5; Mat 23:3-4; Rom 2:1; Rom 2:21-23 Deceit; Deception; Hypocrisy
Instances of:
– Jehu
2Ki 10:16-31
– The Jews, in oppressing the poor
Neh 5:9
– The Jews, in accusing Jesus of violating the Sabbath
Joh 7:22-23
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Inconsistency
As applied to logistic systems, the opposite of consistency (q. v.).
A set of propositional functions is inconsistent if there is some propositional function such that their conjunction formally implies (see Logic, formal, 3) both it and its negation.
A set of sentences is inconsistent if there is some sentence A such that there is a valid inference from them to A and also from them to ~A.
If the notion of possibility is admitted, in the sense of a modality (see Modality, and Strict implication), a set of propositions may be said to be inconsistent if their conjunction is impossible. — A.C.