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Latest revision as of 12:07, January 13, 2020
A contradiction is the simultaneous acceptance and denial of a proposition or statement. "It was the best of times and the worst of times" is a poetic example: the contradiction is being used to enhance the poetic nature of the piece.
According to J.Sarfati, a contradiction is defined as the conjunction of the affirmation and denial of a premise, in the same time, place, and sense (i.e. p and not-p, or in symbolic form, p.~p).[1]
In a proof, if two contradictory inferences can be drawn from the premise, this indicates either that a premise is false or that the argument is invalid.
It is often held that from a contradiction anything can be inferred. This can be demonstrated:
- Take any contradiction, âAâ and âNot Aâ, and take it to be true.
- Take anything that you want to prove, âPâ
- Now because âA and Not Aâ is true, âAâ is true, by virtue of the simplification rule.
- âA or Pâ is true just so long as both Not A and P are false.
- So, As âAâ is true, âA or Pâ must be true.
- If âA or Pâ is true, then one of âAâ or âPâ must be true.
- As âNot Aâ is true then âAâ is false which means that the remaining term in âA or Pâ must be true.
- âPâ, absolutely anything you like, is true.
References
- â Jonathan Sarfati (4 November 2012). Is God a particle-wave duality?. Creation Ministries International. Retrieved on 2012-11-04.