How to read both: the logic of true contradictions in Chaucer's world
This essay argues that medieval culture is characterized by a commitment to mutually exclusive truths, despite upholding the fundamental principle of Aristotelian logic that there can be no true contradictions. The possibility of true contradiction, known to modern philosophy as dialetheism, is expl...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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New Chaucer Society
2020
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