单词 | double negation |
释义 | > as lemmasdouble negation double negation n. Logic a statement containing two negatives which, by mathematical analogy, thereby becomes positive in meaning. ΚΠ 1883 F. H. Bradley Princ. Logic i. v. 131 (heading) The principles of identity, contradiction, excluded middle, and double negation. 1888 B. Bosanquet Logic I. vii. 324 The conclusion thus obtained..may be bonâ fide arrived at through the double negation I have described, and may be at first unsupported by the direct observation. 1961 I. M. Copi Introd. Logic (ed. 2) ix. 282 Using the Principle of Double Negation (D.N.), which asserts that p is logically equivalent to ∼∼ p. 1969 F. I. Dretske Seeing & Knowing ii. 57 Logicians are not tempted to abandon the rule of double negation. < as lemmas |
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