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noncontradiction

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[non-kon-truh-dik-shuhn] / ˌnɒn kɒn trəˈdɪk ʃən /

noun

  1. absence or lack of contradiction.


Etymology

Origin of noncontradiction

First recorded in 1830–40; non- + contradiction


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Dialetheists reject the law of noncontradiction and claim that rather than expelling contradictions from every corner of rationality, we should embrace them as peculiar types of statements that are occasionally true and false simultaneously.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2023

Define the laws of noncontradiction and the excluded middle.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

There are laws of logic—the law of noncontradiction and the law of the excluded middle.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

Law of noncontradiction a logical law that states that contradictory statements/propositions can never be true in the same sense at the same time.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

How does the law of noncontradiction logically imply the law of the excluded middle?

From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022

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