self-refuting
Disproves its own claim
Self-refuting describes a statement or argument that contradicts itself by its own logic.
A claim is self-refuting when accepting it would undermine its own validity: The statement "there is no truth" is self-refuting because it claims to be true.
The concept appears frequently in philosophy when examining paradoxes and logical consistency.
Forming a closed curve
- paradoxicalSeemingly absurd yet true
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
- untenableImpossible to maintain
fallacious · illogical · absurd · contradictory · antinomy · reductio ad absurdum · infinite regress · vicious circle
Feigning beliefs one lacks
- counterproductiveHindering intended outcome
- backfiringProducing opposite results
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
- own goalScoring against your side
Disposition toward doubt
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
- epistemicRelating to knowledge
circular
Forming a closed curve
- paradoxicalSeemingly absurd yet true
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- inconsistentLacking steady uniformity
untenable · fallacious · illogical · absurd · contradictory · antinomy · reductio ad absurdum · infinite regress · vicious circle · disproof
hypocritical
Feigning beliefs one lacks
- counterproductiveHindering intended outcome
- backfiringProducing opposite results
- boomerangSelf-returning thrown weapon
own goal · undermining · ironic · performative · inconsistent
skepticism
Disposition toward doubt
- relativismContext-dependent truth doctrine
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- solipsismOnly self surely exists
epistemic · metaphysical · undercutting · defeater · epistemological
self-refutingself-consistent
Free from internal contradiction
coherent · self-supporting · non-contradictory · sound · valid
self-refutingself-supporting
Able to maintain oneself
self-evident · self-fulfilling · self-justifying · self-authenticating · axiomatic
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