antinomy – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
antinomy
n.
conflict between two laws, conflict between two principles
Antinomy
Antinomy (
Greek ἀντί,
antí, "against, in opposition to," and νόμος,
nómos, "law") literally means the mutual incompatibility, real or apparent, of two laws. It is a term used in
logic and
epistemology, particularly in the philosophy of
Kant and
Roberto Unger.
antinomy
Noun
1. a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable
(hypernym) contradiction, contradiction in terms
Antinomy
(n.)
Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.
(n.)
An opposing law or rule of any kind.
(n.)
A contradiction or incompatibility of thought or language; -- in the Kantian philosophy, such a contradiction as arises from the attempt to apply to the ideas of the reason, relations or attributes which are appropriate only to the facts or the concepts of experience.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
antinomy
Synonyms and related words:
ambiguity, ambivalence, asymmetry, disproportion, disproportionateness, equivocality, equivocation, heresy, heterodoxy, heterogeneity, incoherence, incommensurability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, irony, irreconcilability, nonconformability, nonconformity, oxymoron, paradox, self-contradiction, unconformability, unconformity, unorthodoxy,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
