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counterproblem

noun

Etymology

From counter- + problem.

  1. derived from πρόβλημα — “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”
  2. derived from problēma
  3. derived from probleme
  4. inherited from probleme
  5. prefixed as counterproblem — “counter + problem”

Definitions

  1. A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.

    • He raises the "Why not sooner?" question as an extrapolation from one of Proclus' arguments. He answers it by posing a counterproblem: the problem of how there could have been an infinity of days.

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