ALL meanings of aporia
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A a - noun aporia a doubt, real or professed, about what to do or say 3
- noun aporia puzzlement occasioned by the raising of philosophical objections without any proffered solutions, esp in the works of Socrates 3
- noun aporia a difficulty, as in a philosophical or literary text, caused by an indeterminacy of meaning for which no resolution seems possible 3
- noun aporia a condition of uncertainty or skeptical doubt resulting from this 3
- noun aporia An irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory. 1
- noun plural aporia Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say. 1
- noun plural aporia Logic, Philosophy. a difficulty encountered in establishing the theoretical truth of a proposition, created by the presence of evidence both for and against it. 1
- noun aporia (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed. 0
- noun aporia (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker. 0