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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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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Define the laws of noncontradiction and the excluded middle.
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How does the law of noncontradiction logically imply the law of the excluded middle?
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Mâyâ therefore is a category which baffles the ordinary logical division of existence and non-existence and the principle of excluded middle.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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