Consistency (strict)
Strict consistency is when claims are connected in such a fashion that one statement follows from another. Formal logic and mathematical rules are exemplary examples of rigorous consistency. An example would be: if all A's are B's and all B's are C's, then all A's are C's. While this standard is of high value, it is limited. For example, the premises are a priori (or self-apparent), requiring another test of truth to employ this criterion. Additionally, strict consistency may produce results lacking coherence and completeness. While a philosophical system may demonstrate rigorous consistency with the facts it considers, all facts must be taken into consideration for an adequate criterion of truth, regardless of their detriment to any given system.
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Famous quotes containing the word consistency:
“People who love only once in their lives are ... shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect—simply a confession of failures.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)