Re: Rhetorical question

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From: Adam Cody Coggins
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 02:41

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In article <fstuart.921230205341@lab16.eng.auburn.edu> fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart) writes:
[...]
>[etc]
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>On a related note, what about a term for a statement that has a contrary
>meaning?  For example, there is a sign in a local parking lot that reads:
>
>                           NO PARKING
>                         PERMIT REQUIRED

A statement that can never be true (e.g. "X is true and X is false")
is a contradiction, and a statement that is always true (e.g. "X is 
true or X is false") is a tautology, according to a logic course I took.

-Cody Coggins

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