Despre tertium non datur
On tertium non datur

Summary/Abstract: We publish a relevant paper of Academician Athanase Joja (1904-1972) who subordinated the inherent passion of philosophers, the history of philosophy, to his main professional passion, logic. Athanase Joja has many relevant papers. We chose the present one, about tertium non datur1 , not only because it explains clearly the topic – at the level of the 60s of the 20th century – but also because the topic itself is important in the present context of relativistic manner of the dominant thinking. This relativistic manner was taken over by those who did not know and understand the convergence and unity of the dialectical approach – that “seems” to invite relativism – and the rigour of analysis that always emphasises its criteria and the problem of criteria as such. Put more directly, the rigour of tertium non datur was rejected by the lay supporters of relativism in the name of a vague unity of things, of a “complexity” that cannot be deciphered and on which ground “those who know” can only urge the acceptance of tertium and the avoidance of tertium non datur.

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