English

Noun

dialetheism ‎(uncountable)

1. (philosophy) The idea that statements can be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense. The opposite of the law of noncontradiction.
   • 2005, Laurence Goldstein, Logic: key concepts in philosophy, page 158:

     [It] is important to point out that endorsing dialetheism is not the same as rejecting logic or rational argumentation.

Synonyms

• dialethism

Antonyms

• law of noncontradiction

Coordinate terms

• paraconsistent logic

Translations

References

• Priest, Graham. 'Dialetheism', Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2008.
• Priest, Graham, Sylvan, Richard, Norman, Jean, and Arruda, Ayda Ignez (eds.). Paraconsistent Logic: Essays on the Inconsistent. München: Philosophia Verlag. 1989: p. xx