dialetheism

noun
/ˌdaɪ.əˈlɛθ.i.ɪz.əm/US

Etymology

Coined by Graham Priest and Richard Routley, from di- + Ancient Greek ἀλήθεια (alḗtheia, “truth”), in 1981.

  1. derived from ἀλήθεια

Definitions

  1. The theory that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same…

    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.

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