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The PNC : A property cannot both belong and not belong to a subject at the same time and in the same respect . The PNC is the most certain principle , i .e :1 ) It is not possible to be wrong about it .2 ) If you know anything , you know it (all statements of knowledge imply it (Chance , 2005

The Principle of Non-Contradiction is both a law of thought and a law of being . Aristotle propagated this principle first . Since then , voluminous literature is written on this principle , many arguments have been

put forth elaborating it . It is believed that this principle is the basis foundation of all demonstrative sciences . Intuitive understanding is the gateway to knowing PNC . In character , it is un-hypothetical . Its indemonstrability needs to be understood in the proper perspective

The PNC protects the unity of the thought process . The content of one 's thought is its non-contradictory nature . That is to say , the content of one 's thought is the non-contradictory nature of being . To deny it is not to say reality itself is contradictory by nature . Here , the fact to be noted is that insufficient education and understanding on the part of the person who denies the principle . But there are many , who deny foremost among them are para-logicians . Their mental block seems to be their problem , i .e . how we present what we present before them . How the reality is framed for tendering the version to them . The principle could be both true and false . As per Quantum Mechanics , when we can 't make out the proper option between the two , the principle needs to be deemed as meaningless and void . Many situations can be quoted in support of drawing such a conclusion

Aristotle has the answer for this sort of criticism . Those who deny the principle merely assume that they deny the very denial contains in fact , their acceptance of the principle . Their question whether the PNC is true or false has the answer -they assume that it is either true or false . Ipso , facto , they speak in is affirmation

But there are instances where the PNC contradicts physics . Relativism as a theory must be false , if the PNC is true . If A believes that the sun is shining , and B believes that the sun is not shining , one of them obviously must be false . Every argument has a counter argument every example can be challenged by yet another contradictory-example . The attitude of most of the people is , `Whatever I say is correct ' is willing to accept that `whatever correct is there in the world , belongs to me ' It is the acknowledged principle with the rationalists and scientists that nothing could be accepted as true without evidence . But then there is an authentic counter-question for this as well . How one can know that the method employed for knowing or accepting the evidence is true ? This is an important observation , which is difficult to refute .The truth of the PNC can be soundly argued on the basis of what Aristotle has propounded about it . But this is true of mind-level issues and examples . If one of the `arguing ' individuals has transcended the mind-barrier , his uttering will be on the basis of his realization , and that can never be explained through words , sentences and explanations Such `issues ' form part of the experience-domain of an individual

Even Aristotle has to stop here , with his s related to PNC . To take something for granted as truth , the essential tools one uses are , Reason and Logic . These tools will break and are powerless at the end of the mind barrier . They will never be able to break the barrier

References

Chance , Tom : Article : The Principle of Non-Contradiction , June 7th 2005

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