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peter_m_siegel commented on the word contraduction
From a book "Contraduction" by Dan Barker, president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Citation below from contraduction.com
contraduction
con•tra•duce
verb
invert an order, whether of time, motion, position, causality or relationship.
“Dawkins was able to contraduce that genes are not here for us; we are here for genes.”
con•tra•duc•tion
noun
The act of contraducing something.
“The human point of view can result in many contraductions.”
An informal fallacy that inverts reality.
“The idea that the sun rises is a contraduction.”
con•tra•duc•to•ry
adjective
Involving, causing, or constituting a contraduction.
“Whichever way the causal arrow points, the opposite way is contraductory.”
Fallaciously inverted.
“It is contraductory to think that the crowing of the rooster causes the dawn.”
December 6, 2024
ry commented on the word contraduction
limited usefulness as most people will assume malapropism of contradiction
December 20, 2024
peter_m_siegel commented on the word contraduction
An ingenious word for an invaluable concept. -- Steven Pinker [from the cover of Contraduction, by Dan Barker (Hypatia Press).
The very point of the book is that we might assume it is a malapropism, but then realize that ordinary concepts (such as the notion that the sun sets and rises) are in fact "backwards" (i.e. the earth in fact does the setting and rising). Let's allow for thinking out of the box.
December 24, 2024