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  1. Law Of Non Contradiction

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    The LNC operates on several interdependent levels of analysis:
    Ontological Level: The assertion that contradictory states cannot co-exist in a single entity (as discussed above).
    Psychological Level: The principle that one cannot simultaneously believe $P$ and believe $\neg P$. This is sometimes referred to as the Law of Non-Contradiction in Belief.
    Logical/Semantic Level: The prohibition against a well-formed formula ($P$) and its neg…