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200px|thumbnail|right|Trivialism in First-order logic#Logical symbols|symbolic logic; Read as "given any proposition, it is a true proposition."

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  • Overview
  • Etymology
  • Theory
  • Taxonomy of trivialisms
  • Arguments against trivialism
  • Aristotle
  • Priest
  • Arguments for trivialism
  • Argument from possibilism
  • Paradoxes
  • Philosophical implications
  • Comparison to skepticism
  • Impossibility of action
  • Advocates
  • Azzouni
  • Anaxagoras
  • Anti-trivialism
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

200px|thumbnail|right|Trivialism in First-order logic#Logical symbols|symbolic logic; Read as "given any proposition, it is a true proposition."

Trivialism is the logical theory that all statements (also known as propositions) are true and, consequently, that all contradictions of the form "p and not p" (e.g. the ball is red and not red) are true. In accordance with this, a trivialist is a person who believes everything is true.

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