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'''Dialetheism''' is the claim that statements can be both true and false. It is the opposite of the law of the excluded middle, the law of logic that states everything is either true or false. Graham Priest defines it as the belief in true contradictions. <ref>Whittle, Bruno. "Dialetheism, logical consequence and hierarchy." Analysis Vol. 64 Issue 4 (2004): 318-326.</ref> The Buddhist idea cantuskoti states a fact and its opposite can both be true.<ref>http://www.iep.utm.edu/nagarjun/#H2</ref> The Jains believe that all facts are true in one sense and false in another. <ref>Matilal, Bimal Krishna. (1998), "The character of logic in India" (Albany, State University of New York press), 127-139</ref>
 
'''Dialetheism''' is the claim that statements can be both true and false. It is the opposite of the law of the excluded middle, the law of logic that states everything is either true or false. Graham Priest defines it as the belief in true contradictions. <ref>Whittle, Bruno. "Dialetheism, logical consequence and hierarchy." Analysis Vol. 64 Issue 4 (2004): 318-326.</ref> The Buddhist idea cantuskoti states a fact and its opposite can both be true.<ref>http://www.iep.utm.edu/nagarjun/#H2</ref> The Jains believe that all facts are true in one sense and false in another. <ref>Matilal, Bimal Krishna. (1998), "The character of logic in India" (Albany, State University of New York press), 127-139</ref>
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