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dialethism

dialethism is the alternative form of dialetheism.

Meaning of dialetheism

Noun

dialetheism (usually uncountable, plural dialetheisms)

  1. (usually) The theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. The opposite of the law of noncontradiction.
    • [It] is important to point out that endorsing dialetheism is not the same as rejecting logic or rational argumentation.2005, Laurence Goldstein, Logic: key concepts in philosophy, page 158
    Synonyms:
    dialethism

Questions about dialethism

What is dialethism the alternative form of?
Dialethism is the alternative form of dialetheism.

Words near dialethism in the dictionary

  1. dialetheism
  2. dialetheisms
  3. dialetheist
  4. dialetheists
  5. dialethic
  6. dialethism
  7. dialgebra
  8. dialgebras
  9. dialid
  10. dialids
  11. dialin

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