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Impenitent · Nov 10, 2003, 05:59 pm

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In logic, the law of non-contradiction judges as false any proposition P asserting that both proposition Q and its denial, proposition not-Q, are true at the same time and "in the same respect". In the words of Aristotle, "One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time." More tersely, for any proposition P, it is not both the case that P and not-P.

it is or it isn't.

it isn't this but a little bent and not this....

it is or it isn't... not both ... you have a contradiction

Nov 10, 2003, 05:59 pm	#79 (permalink) (top)
Impenitent Hot Lava Posts: 1,859	from: http://www.4reference.net/encyclopedias/wi...tradiction.html In logic, the law of non-contradiction judges as false any proposition P asserting that both proposition Q and its denial, proposition not-Q, are true at the same time and "in the same respect". In the words of Aristotle, "One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect and at the same time." More tersely, for any proposition P, it is not both the case that P and not-P. it is or it isn't. it isn't this but a little bent and not this.... it is or it isn't... not both ... you have a contradiction "I really like this jacket, but the sleeves are much too long..." insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results...