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Single Idea 12338

[filed under theme 19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial ]

Full Idea

There can be nothing intermediate to an assertion and a denial. We must either assert or deny any single predicate of any single subject.

Gist of Idea

We must either assert or deny any single predicate of any single subject

Source

Alain Badiou (Briefings on Existence [1998], 1011b24)

Book Ref

Badiou,Alain: 'Briefings on Existence', ed/tr. Madarsz,Norman [SUNY 2006], p.107

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A Reaction

The first sentence seems to be bivalence, and the second sentence excluded middle.