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law of contradiction [‚lȯ əv ‚kän·trə′dik·shən]

(mathematics)

A principle of logic whereby a proposition cannot be both true and false.

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No references found			The principles of definition, the law of contradiction, the fallacy of arguing in a circle, the distinction between the essence and accidents of a thing or notion, between means and ends, between causes and conditions; also the division of the mind into the rational, concupiscent, and irascible elements, or of pleasures and desires into necessary and unnecessary-- these and other great forms of thought are all of them to be found in the Republic, and were probably first invented by Plato. The Republic by Plato View in context And yet, observing the strange law of contradiction which obtains in all such cases, the time was long, while it flamed by so fast. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context			Lavrovskaia, Elizaveta Lavrovskaia, Elizaveta Andreevna Lavrovskii, Konstantin Lavrovskii, Konstantin Petrovich Lavrovskii, Leonid Lavrovskii, Leonid Mikhailovich Lavrovskii, Mikhail Lavrovskii, Mikhail Leonidovich Lavrovsky, Leonid Lavsan Law Law and Order law code Law Code of Beki and Agbugi Law Code of Casimir of 1468 Law Code of Georgi V Law Day Law Journals Law Making law merchant law of action and reaction Law of Areas law of closure law of constant angles law of constant heat summation law of contradiction law of corresponding states law of corresponding times law of cosines law of definite composition law of definite proportion Law of Diminishing Returns law of electric charges law of electromagnetic induction law of electrostatic attraction law of equal areas law of exponents law of flotation law of gravitation law of large numbers law of magnetism law of mass action law of minimum Law of Obligations law of parallel solenoids law of partial pressures law of quadrants law of rational intercepts law of reciprocity law of reflection law of signs			Law of conservation and energy Law of conservation and energy Law of conservation and energy law of conservation of energy law of conservation of energy law of conservation of energy law of conservation of energy law of conservation of mass law of conservation of mass law of conservation of mass law of conservation of mass Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy Law of Conservation of Mass-Energy law of conservation of matter law of conservation of matter law of constant angles Law of constant composition Law of constant compostion law of constant heat summation law of constant proportion Law of constant proportions law of contiguity law of continuation Law of continuity Law of contracts Law of contracts Law of contracts Law of contracts Law of contracts law of contradiction Law of cooling Law of Corporate Officers and Directors Rights Law of corresponding states law of corresponding times Law of cos Law of cosines Law of cosines Law of costs Law of costs Law of Dalton Law of definite composition Law of definite composition Law of definite composition law of definite proportion law of definite proportions law of definite proportions law of definite proportions Law of demand Law of demand Law of demand Law of Demeter for Concerns Law of diminishing marginal return Law of diminishing marginal return Law of diminishing marginal returns Law of diminishing marginal returns Law of diminishing marginal returns Law of diminishing marginal returns Law of diminishing marginal returns Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

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