Re: The principle of non-contradiction re-assessed

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, John Jones wrote:

I want to illuminate in my own way the nature of a law or principle. I will use a popular example to do this - the principle of non-contradiction*:

What is the principle of non-contradiction?
Does it have to do with reducio ad absurdum,
ie, proof by contradiction?

Argument cannot ratify the self-evident.

Oh. I'll prove by contradiction that I would ratify JJ.
So assume I won't. ...
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- The principle of non-contradiction re-assessed
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