Paraconsistent logic as the lesson of quantum mechanics

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Žižek endorses paraconsistent logic — logics that tolerate contradictions without trivializing — as the formal shape of a materialism adequate to quantum mechanics. The domain quantum physics opens is not merely counter-intuitive; it is one where ordinary concepts of time, space, movement and causation cease to hold without remainder. Within it, a limited form of retroactivity becomes legible as a real structural feature rather than a magical intrusion.