antinomy

English - Turkish

Definition of antinomy in English Turkish dictionary: zıtlık; çatışkı; antinomi; iki kanun veya iki felsefe prensibi arasındaki zıtlık; {i} çelişki; {i} karşıtlık

English - English

Definition of antinomy in English English dictionary: An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox; {n} a contradiction in laws; Kant believed that when reason goes beyond possible experience it often falls into various antinomies, or equally rational but contradictory views Reason cannot here play the role of establishing rational truths because it goes beyond possible experience and becomes transcendent E g Kant thought that one could reason from the assumption that the world had a beginning in time to the conclusion that it did not, and vice versa This was part of Kant's critical program of determining limits to science and philosophical inquiry; Contradiction of two principles deduced from premises considered to be equally valid; used by Immanuel Kant to refer to contradictory conclusions arrived at through valid deduction; The mutual contradiction of two principles resting on premises of equal validity This is against the law of non-contradiction; a contradiction between two statements that seem equally reasonable; A contradiction or inconsistency between two apparently reasonable statements or principles; A contradiction or inconsistency between two apparendy reasonable statements or principles; A pair of equally defensible yet contradictory conclusions Kant employed the antinomies of pure reason to show the consequences of misapplying regulative principles in the attempt to gain knowledge of noumena Recommended Reading: Victoria S Wike, Kant's Antinomies of Reason: Their Origin and Their Resolution (U Press of America, 1982) {at Amazon com} Also see OCP and noesis; A contradiction between two seemingly true statements; A contradiction between principles or conclusions that seem equally necessary and reasonable; 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; Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule; Contradiction or opposition, especially between two laws or rules; An opposing law or rule of any kind; {i} conflict between two laws, conflict between two principles
antinomic: {s} of or relating to antinomy