self-refutation
Argument defeats itself
Self-refutation is the quality of a statement or position that undermines itself—where accepting the claim leads to rejecting it.
The statement "there is no truth" refutes itself by claiming to be true.
A self-refuting argument contains the seeds of its own destruction.
The adjective is self-refuting: His relativism is self-refuting.
Seemingly absurd truth
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- reductioDisproof via contradiction
- circularityState of being round
counterexample · falsification · inconsistency · absurdity · fallacy · negation · disproof · invalidation
Done for appearance's sake
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
nihilism · irony · falsifiability · epistemic
Formal response disputing claims
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
- polemicsArt of controversial argument
cross-examination · debater · contention · undermining · disconfirmation · disavowal · retraction · recantation
paradox
Seemingly absurd truth
- antinomyContradiction between valid conclusions
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- reductioDisproof via contradiction
circularity · counterexample · falsification · inconsistency · absurdity · fallacy · negation · disproof · invalidation · refutability
performative
Done for appearance's sake
- dialecticalRelating to logical debate
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
solipsism · nihilism · irony · falsifiability · epistemic
rebuttal
Formal response disputing claims
- counterargumentPoint challenging another's position
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
polemics · cross-examination · debater · contention · undermining · disconfirmation · disavowal · retraction · recantation
- contradictionsparadox, oxymoron, contradiction, paradoxes, oxymorons
self-refutationself-consistency
Freedom from internal contradiction
logical consistency · non-contradiction · coherence · consistency · validity
self-refutationself-validation
Acknowledging your own worth
self-evidence · self-justification · bootstrapping · foundationalism
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