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In philosophy, an antinomy (; Ancient Greek: antí 'against' + nómos 'law') is a real or apparent contradiction between two conclusions, both of which seem justified. It is a term used in logic and epistemology, particularly in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In philosophy, an antinomy (; Ancient Greek: antí 'against' + nómos 'law') is a real or apparent contradiction between two conclusions, both of which seem justified.[1] It is a term used in logic and epistemology, particularly in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Antinomy is a common form of argument in the dialogues of Plato. Kant credited Zeno of Elea (see Zeno's paradoxes) as the inventor of the antinomic mode of argumentation, which he described as a "skeptical method" of "watching, or rather provoking, a conflict of assertions, not for the purpose…

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