dialetheism
nounUS /ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛθ.i.ɪz.əm/
Etymology Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.
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Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences 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
- Antonyms
- law of noncontradiction
- Derived terms
- dialetheist
- Coordinate terms
- paraconsistent logic