logical truth
Britishnoun
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another term for tautology
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the property of being logically tautologous
Example Sentences
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“How could you . . . a man devoted to reason and logical truth, believe that extraterrestrials are sending you messages?” the colleague asked.
From Washington Post
His being is universal existence, and, as universals have only a logical truth, being in se is equivalent to Nothing.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James
They are something which cannot be identified with the categories of pleasure, nor of the useful, nor with those of ethic, nor with those of logical truth.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Benedetto Croce
Shall we of this foremost age accept convincing, logical truth, though it run counter to our preconceived notions?
From Joseph Smith as Scientist A Contribution to Mormon Philosophy by John Andreas Widtsoe
This is simply the physical expression of the logical truth that whatever can be predicated of the genus can be predicated of every individual contained under it.
From The Philosophy of Evolution Together With a Preliminary Essay on The Metaphysical Basis of Science by Stephen H. (Stephen Haskins) Carpenter
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