| 单词 | principle of contradiction |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprinciple (or law) of contradiction c. Logic. One of the four kinds of Opposition (contradiction, contrariety, sub-contrariety, sub-alternation): see quot. 18642. principle (or law) of contradiction: the axiom that ‘a thing cannot be and not be at the same time’ or ‘that nothing can have at the same time and at the same place contradictory and inconsistent qualities’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > opposite or contradictory proposition(s) contradictionc1400 contradictoryc1400 repugnantc1475 contradictory propositions1605 contrary1656 opposite1656 subcontrary1657 contrary propositions1739 principle (or law) of contradiction1850 contrapositive1870 contradictory terms1887 contrary terms1887 antilogism1902 1850 J. McCosh Method Divine Govt. (1874) iii. i. 278. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xxxviii. 368 The highest of all logical laws.. is what is called the principle of Contradiction, or more correctly the principle of Non-Contradiction. It is this:—A thing cannot be and not be at the same time. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic iii. 49 Here we have the well-known Law of Contradiction. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vi. 162 There are four sorts of Opposition. The first and most perfect of these is that of Contradiction, which exists between two Judgments which differ from each other both in Quantity and Quality. < as lemmas |
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