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‖ tertium non datur Lat. phr.|ˈtɜːʃɪəm nɒn ˈdeɪtə(r)|
No third possibility exists. Also as n. phr. Cf. excluded middle, third s.v. excluded ppl. a. b.
1887S. H. Hodgson Let. 8 Apr. in R. B. Perry Tht. & Char. of W. James (1935) I. 642 You are neither empiricist nor transcendentalist; and tertium non datur. 1932tr. Ortega y Gasset's Revolt of Masses xiv. 190 The nation is always either in the making, or in the unmaking. Tertium non datur. 1948H. Reichenbach Elem. Symb. Logic vi. 227 An example of such a substitution is given by the various forms of the tertium non datur for higher functions. 1977Language LIII. 319 After all, a pronoun must be either prefixed or infixed; tertium non datur. |