excluded middle
Britishnoun
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The law of the excluded middle states that for any statement, either that statement is true, or its negation is true.
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If you accept that all statements must be either true or false and you also accept the law of noncontradiction, then you must accept the law of the excluded middle.
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There are laws of logic—the law of noncontradiction and the law of the excluded middle.
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Law of the excluded middle a logical law that states that for any statement, either that statement or its negation is true.
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It will be observed that there is an assumption of space or time in many propositions having the form of the excluded middle.
From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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