logical contradiction

collocation in English

meaningsoflogicalandcontradiction

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logical
adjective
uk
/ˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
using ...
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contradiction
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trəˈdɪk.ʃən/
the fact of something being the complete opposite of something else or very different from something else, so that one of them must ...
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(Definition oflogicalandcontradictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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From the fact that ' matter cannot think ' is not, strictly speaking, alogicalcontradiction, it only follows that the proposition is synthetic, not that it expresses a metaphysical contingency.
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It contains an innerlogicalcontradiction.
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An argument, that is, which asserts that, on the pain oflogicalcontradiction, if one accepts certain propositions then one must accept also the focal proposition.
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The amendment contains to some extent an internallogicalcontradictionin its form as drafted.
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Finally, student grants are not in a satisfactory state because there is alogicalcontradictionat the heart of the policy.
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We then come to thelogicalcontradictionthat has already been mentioned.
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I maintain that this is alogicalcontradiction.
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That is alogicalcontradiction, not a practical one.
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Is not that thelogicalcontradictionand the true position?
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It is alogicalcontradictionwhich we need to cover with the terms imposed by decent work.
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It seems to me to be alogicalcontradictionto say that to put a man in a position where he cannot enforce a particular agreement is enforcing it.
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There is nologicalcontradiction.
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There's certainly nologicalcontradictionin travelling to the moon in a nano-second.
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The procedure is to show that assuming "p" leads to alogicalcontradiction.
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For a large number of positions, the test would lead to alogicalcontradiction, ruling out that setting.
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They attempt to show that the assumed propositions lead to alogicalcontradictionand therefore can not all be correct.
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Again, this contradicts a fundamental assumption of intelligent design that a designer is needed for every specifically complex object, producing alogicalcontradiction.
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Though the formal analogue does not lead to alogicalcontradiction, it does prove certain impossibility results.
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Its advantage over agree to disagree is that it does not pose an apparentlogicalcontradiction.
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A stipulative definition can only be disproved by showing alogicalcontradiction.
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