Single Idea 21691

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 3. Antinomies]

Full Idea

An 'antinomy' produces a self-contradiction by accepted ways of reasoning. It establishes that some tacit and trusted pattern of reasoning must be made explicit and henceforward be avoided or revised.

Gist of Idea

Antinomies contradict accepted ways of reasoning, and demand revisions

Source

Willard Quine (The Ways of Paradox [1961], p.05)

Book Reference

Quine,Willard: 'Ways of Paradox and other essays' [Harvard 1976], p.5


A Reaction

Quine treats antinomies as of much greater importance than mere paradoxes. It is often possible to give simple explanations of paradoxes, but antinomies go to the root of our belief system. This was presumably Kant's intended meaning.