antinomy

Examples

• All

• The dilemma in the antinomy of alienation and oppression, as Graeber states it, rests in the discrepancies in the moral weight of struggle.

  Academic text (2011)

• One should also not forget the other famous antinomy, that between action and theory.

  Academic text (1991)

• He tells us the antinomy of the moral view of the world.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• These are are antinomies that the poem is exploring.

• In the course of discussing related issues in our "free exchange," he had remarked: "... and it is here that we find the antinomy; there are a certain number of conditions for the existence of a culture.

  Academic text (2002)

• In her encounter with the nomad, Geula tries desperately to maintain the antinomy of savage versus culture.

  Academic text (2001)

• Hegel's point is rather, why should contradictions, antinomies, be only subjective?

• In philosophy, the antinomy between freedom and determinism raises deep questions about human agency.

• The antinomy of truth versus perception often leads to complex discussions in epistemology.

Synonyms

C

contradiction

vsantinomy

117 4.3

A situation where two ideas or statements cannot both be true

is a clash between two plausible principles rather than any broad opposition

P

paradox

vsantinomy

99 7.1

A situation or statement that seems both true and false at the same time

is a clash between two plausible principles rather than a surprising oddity

C

contradiction in terms

vsantinomy

6 6.8

A statement that says two things that cannot both be true

highlights a clash between two plausible principles rather than impossible wording

S

self-contradiction

vsantinomy

1 7.5

A situation when a person's words or beliefs say opposite things

focuses on conflict between two plausible principles, not internal inconsistency

How Contradictory

antinomy

• Formal

1 9.9

contradiction

117 4.3

paradox

99 7.1

tension

• Literature

50 4.2

harmony

146 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology