Counterproblem
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.
"He raises the "Why not sooner?" question as an extrapolation from one of Proclus' arguments. He answers it by posing a counterproblem: the problem of how there could have been an infinity of days."
Example
More examples"He raises the "Why not sooner?" question as an extrapolation from one of Proclus' arguments. He answers it by posing a counterproblem: the problem of how there could have been an infinity of days."
Etymology
From counter- + problem.
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