noncontradiction
- noun
- /ˌnɒnˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃən/
- Formal
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no contradicción
- In philosophy, the law of noncontradiction ensures that a claim cannot be both true and false simultaneously.
- law of noncontradiction
- principle of noncontradiction
Examples
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For him, the law of noncontradiction did not apply to the antithesis of good and evil, both of which could exist in the same thing at the same time.
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Any possible world, therefore, cannot violate the laws of noncontradiction and excluded middle.
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The law of noncontradiction, on the other hand, is much more rigid.
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Such emergence involves decision: the actualization of some possibilities over against others, at which point the law of noncontradiction comes into play.
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This type of impossibility is similar to the transgression of the law of noncontradiction in that two contrary states of affairs are summoned simultaneously.
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An impossible world for Lewis, at this point, is one where the principle of noncontradiction is violated and where the counterparts of persons are dissimilar to persons in the actual world.
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Setting down the violations through narrative procedures, impossible fictions reject the law of noncontradiction, admitting that any proposition can be both true and not true within the same fictional world.
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Traditionally, according to theorists of possible-world semantics, impossible worlds are those worlds that violate the foundational principles of classical logic: the laws of noncontradiction and bivalence or the excluded middle.
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The principle of noncontradiction states that contradictory statements cannot both be true at the same time.
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Understanding the law of noncontradiction is essential for logical reasoning and argumentation.
Synonyms
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A situation where two statements cannot both be true at the same time
A situation where two things cannot both happen or be true at the same time
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
noncontradiction = contradiction (semi-transparent) = non + contradict + ion
Formed by productive prefix 'non-' + 'contradiction', but as the name of a logical principle it is technicalized beyond a simple negation.
Etymology
Noncontradiction comes from non- 'not' and contradiction 'saying the opposite', as in contradict, so it literally means 'not saying the opposite' and names the idea that something cannot both be and not be at the same time.