Self-refutation

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Noun
  1. 1
    An act of self-refuting.

    "2009, Hales, Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy I remember grappling with the self-refutation objection back in my undergraduate days in a philosophy of science course under Robert Frederick."

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"2009, Hales, Relativism and the Foundations of Philosophy I remember grappling with the self-refutation objection back in my undergraduate days in a philosophy of science course under Robert Frederick."

Etymology

From self- + refutation.

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