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What does this quote about noncontradiction mean?

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whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check one of your premises and you will find that one of them is wrong. could someone please explain this

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  1. This is an assumption based on Aristotelian three value logic and does not hold in all cases.


  2. A contradiction cannot exist. An atom is itself, and so is the universe; neither can contradict its own identity; nor can a part contradict the whole. No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the total sum of his knowledge. To arrive at a contradiction is to confess an error in one’s thinking; to maintain a contradiction is to abdicate one’s mind and to evict oneself from the realm of reality.

    Galt’s Speech, For the New Intellectual, 126 - Ayn Rand

  3. Well everybody interprets that kind of stuff differently but I'm thinking it means, if you have to opinions contradicting each other, one of them is probably wrong.

  4. i think it means checking your premises to see if each one is faulty or not. then also check your reasoning to see if you made any logical errors.

  5. when ideas is contradicting the other is truly wrong....one is right and the other is wrong...that is why it is contradicting.......so which ever is the truth find it out.....in truth it has no contradiction...each compliments....so if you are facing contradiction one is truly wrong..... good luck

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