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| Law of the Excluded Middle: an assertion is either true or false. "There is no third possibility."See also bivalence, anti-realism, multivalued logic._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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H. Wessel on Excluded Middle - Dictionary of Arguments
I 296 Sentence of the conditional excluded middle/Wessel: the conditional (empirical) form can not be represented as a logical consequence relationship. - Most conditionals of this form are perceived as senseless and eliminated. >Conditional, >Material conditional, >Empiricism, >Contingency, >Necessity, cf. >Implication. The s. e.g. middle is not a conditional tautology: empirically not always true. >Tautologies._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Wessel I H. Wessel Logik Berlin 1999 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28