antinomy
noun[CorU]
formaluk/ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/us/ænˈtɪn.ə.mi/asituationin which twostatementsorbeliefsthat are bothreasonableseemtocontradict(=disagreewith or beoppositeto)each other, or astatementorpairofstatementslike this:
二律背反（两种理论或学说虽然各自成立但却相互矛盾的现象），自相矛盾the antinomy betweenfreedomandnecessity自由与需求之间的矛盾
Weprefertotalkabout thevalueoftolerancein theabstractratherthan aboutitspracticallimitsand antinomies.我们更喜欢抽象地谈论宽容的价值，而不是谈论它的实际局限及其与其他命题间的矛盾。
Synonyms
contradiction
paradox
- Listening to him, I wasabletoresolvethestiflingantinomy betweenfidelityandhonestythat I hadcarriedwith me.
- Do youacceptKant'sinsolubleantinomy betweenpracticalreasonandtheoreticalreason?
- Magicalrealismcan be used todescribevirtuallyanyliterarytextin whichbinaryoppositions, or antinomies, can bediscovered.
- Thecategoriesphilosophersuse—body andspirit,materialismandidealism,presenceand absence—are antinomies that are verydeep, veryfixedand veryimportant.
- Cognitive antinomies are oftenresolvedbyrejectingtheprinciplescausingthem.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- cerebrally
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
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