contradictories Exemples

Fcontradictoires

Examples of contradictories in a Sentence

Exemples de contradictory
1. The statement "We agree to disagree on everything" is self-contradictory.
2. An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.
3. You get the negation of a proposition if you insert "not" (or some equivalent expression) into it in such a way as to form a contradictory of it.
4. The witness knitted his testimony from contradictory pieces of hearsay.
5. Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other
Exemples de contradictories
1. If one proposition is the negation of another, it follows trivially from the definition that the two propositions are contradictories. The converse does not hold. Two propositions can be contradictories without either being the negation of the other. For example: 3) John is more than six feet tall and 4) John is either exactly six feet tall or else less than six feet tall are contradictories, but neither is the negation of the other. Negation is one way, but not the only way, of forming a contradictory.

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