excluded middle
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The law of the excluded middle is related to the law of noncontradiction.
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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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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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There is no absolutely pure rational knowledge except the four principles to which I have attributed metalogical truth; the principles of identity, contradiction, excluded middle, and sufficient reason of knowledge.
From The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Schopenhauer, Arthur
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