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'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia|dystopian]] novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

'''Doublethink''' in [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[1984]]'' is the practice of keeping two contradictory thoughts in one's own mind.

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.

In [[formal logic]], it is considered disproof of a [[premise]] if that premise implies two contradictory [[statement]]s (see [[Reductio Ad Absurdum]]). So in Orwell's nightmare political vision, citizens participate actively in their own [[indoctrination]], willingly accepting false government [[propaganda]]. Indeed, the main character of ''1984'' is a man whose job is to falsify historical documents in the government archives.

*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.

*Calls to surrender our liberties to the [[nanny state]] so that it can defend our freedoms.

*Moving effortlessly back and forth between praising the wisdom of the people and saying that America is a republic, not a democracy, in accordance with whether the majority agrees with any given liberal principle or not.

*Moving effortlessly back and forth between praising the wisdom of the people and saying that America is a republic, not a democracy, in accordance with whether the majority agrees with any given liberal principle or not.

==See Also==

==See also==

*[[Cognitive dissonance]]

*[[Cognitive dissonance]]

*[[Double standard]]

*[[Double standard]]

[[Category:Logic]]

[[Category:Logic]]

[[category:Political Terms]]

[[Category:Political Terms]]