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Disentangling Contradiction from Contrariety via Incompatibility

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Contradiction is often confused with contrariety. We propose to disentangle contrariety from contradiction using the hexagon of opposition, providing a clear and distinct characterization of three notions: contrariety, contradiction, incompatibility. At the same time, this hexagonal structure describes and explains the relations between them.

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Beziau, JY. Disentangling Contradiction from Contrariety via Incompatibility. Log. Univers. 10, 157–170 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11787-016-0151-2

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