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Law of the Included Middle

The radical principle that for any proposition, it can be both true and false at the same time, directly challenging Aristotle's law of excluded middle (which says a proposition must be either true or false). The law of the included middle acknowledges that reality is often contradictory, that systems can be both functional and broken, that people can love you and hurt you, and that a statement can be accurate in some contexts and false in others. This principle is essential for understanding complex systems, human relationships, and your feelings about your ex—simultaneously the best and worst person you've ever met. The law of the included middle doesn't reject logic; it expands it to handle the beautiful messiness of existence.
Example: "She applied the law of the included middle to her relationship status. 'I'm both happy and miserable,' she said. 'My partner is both wonderful and infuriating. Our relationship is both working and failing.' Her friend said that was impossible. She said that was life. The contradiction didn't need resolution; it needed acceptance. The relationship continued, contradictory and real."

Spectral Law of the Included Middle

The spectral extension of the law of the included middle, proposing that between any two propositions exists not just the possibility of both being true, but an infinite spectrum of truth-values that participate in both while being reducible to neither. Under this law, the middle isn't a point—it's a continuum, a space where truth and falsehood blend, where propositions can be 30% true and 70% false in one dimension while being the reverse in another. The spectral law of the included middle is the logic of "it's complicated," of "yes and no simultaneously but to different degrees," of the recognition that most important questions don't have binary answers—they have spectral ones.
Example: "He asked if she loved him. She couldn't say yes or no—she loved him in some ways, not in others, sometimes, conditionally, partially. The spectral law of the included middle gave her language for this: 'I'm on the spectrum of love,' she said. 'High on affection, medium on trust, low on patience. The middle isn't one point; it's where I live.' He didn't love the answer, but he couldn't call it dishonest."

Law of the Included Third

A logical principle that rejects the classical law of excluded middle (either a proposition is true or its negation is true). Instead, the law of the included third allows for a third truth-value: a proposition can be both true and false, or neither, or somewhere in between. It is foundational for paraconsistent logic, fuzzy logic, and dialectical thinking, where contradictions are not automatically fatal but can be integrated into reasoning. In complex systems—such as social contradictions, quantum superpositions, or borderline cases—a strict true/false binary fails; the included third acknowledges that reality often contains overlapping, ambiguous, or transitional states.
Example: “In a dialectical view, capitalism and socialism are not mutually exclusive; the law of the included third allows for hybrid economies where both elements coexist and transform.”

all-singing, all-dancing, all-features-included 

An exaggeration that means "Everyone or everything you could possibly think about is here."
The battle was an all-singing, all-dancing, all-features-included multinational aerial showdown for the ages!

should include the word being defined 

Me:make a new word
Me:submit
Urban Dictionary:should include the word being defined
Me:how to fix?
Me:wtf

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im wondering if theres a limit to the words you can include in a dictionary, like seriously.