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double negation

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double negation
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(Philosophy / Logic) Logic the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
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Amending Hegel's dialectical double negation, Zizek describes the "negation of a negation," implying that behind every negation, a second one occurs to recoup the loss--returning it, in effect, to the hands of authority.
Christopher Bollen on Matias Faldbakken by Bollen, Christopher / Artforum International
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A formula F is in SQLNF if it does not contain each of the following: * Double Negation * Universal Quantification * Implication * Sandwiched Negation Each one of these undesired forms can be eliminated by one of the equivalences previously stated.
Complex quantification in Structured Query Language (SQL): a tutorial ... by Kawash, Jalal / Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching
 
 
 
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