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Old 05-17-2007   #15 (permalink)
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Default Re: Obsolete Philosophical isms

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Originally Posted by JoshJ View Post
Dialetheism seems to be a load of bullshit; it accepts contradictions as true, though I can understand that some people would rather simply handwave than deal with the contradiction.
Any connection to Hegel's Dialectic I wonder? I am always amazed by his notion of overturning Aristotle's logical principal of non-contradiction (A is not not-A.) Hegel had balls making that stick. Suddenly A is not-A. The repercussions are still being felt, I think.
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