Definition of Antinamy
Antinomy, in the transcendental philosophy the contradiction which
arises when we carry the categories of the understanding above experience
and apply them to the sphere of that which transcends it.
- Wikipedia
An*tin"o*my (?; 277), n.; pl.
Antinomies (&?;). [L. antinomia, Gr. &?;; &?;
against + &?; law.] 1. Opposition of one law or rule
to another law or rule.
Different commentators have deduced from it the very
opposite doctrines. In some instances this apparent antinomy is
doubtful.
De Quincey.
2. An opposing law or rule of any kind.
As it were by his own antinomy, or
counterstatute.
Milton.
3. (Metaph.) 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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