👉 Contradiction in linguistics and philosophy refers to a situation where two statements or propositions are not logically equivalent, either from the point of view of one's own perspective or from that of another. In other words, if one statement is true, then the other must also be false, or vice versa. This concept arises when we consider arguments in which there is an inconsistency between the truth values of two different statements. For example, if someone says "All dogs are mammals" and then "Some