Negation
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| + | "“'''[[I would prefer not to]]'''.”" --"[[Bartleby, the Scrivener]]" by [[Herman Melville]] | ||
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| - | # the act of [[negating]] something | + | '''Negation''' is a [[denial]] of [[existence]], [[evidence]], or [[truth]]; a [[contradiction]], a [[proposition]] that is [[true]] if and only if another one is [[false]]; a proposition resulting from the application to another proposition of the [[logical operation]] "[[not]]." |
| - | # a [[denial]] or [[contradiction]] | + | |
| - | # a [[proposition]] that is [[true]] if and only if another one is [[false]]; a proposition resulting from the application to another proposition of the [[logical]] [[operation]] "[[not]]" | + | |
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| *[[All determination is negation]] | *[[All determination is negation]] | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From the Latin verb ''negō'' which means I [[deny]], I [[refuse]], [[say]] [[no]]. | ||
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| + | *[[Nietzschean affirmation]] | ||
| + | * [[Apophasis]] | ||
| + | * [[Negation as failure]] | ||
| + | * [[Square of opposition]] | ||
| + | * [[Binary opposition]] | ||
| + | * [[Negative]] | ||
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Negation is a denial of existence, evidence, or truth; a contradiction, a proposition that is true if and only if another one is false; a proposition resulting from the application to another proposition of the logical operation "not."
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Etymology
From the Latin verb negō which means I deny, I refuse, say no.
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See also
- Nietzschean affirmation
- Apophasis
- Negation as failure
- Square of opposition
- Binary opposition
- Negative
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