# Any exceptions to either it's "A" or "not A"?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-exceptions-to-either-its-a-or-not-a/636100>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 28, 2012, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-exceptions-to-either-its-a-or-not-a/636100 "2012-09-28T03:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![PBear42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PBear42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PBear42)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-exceptions-to-either-its-a-or-not-a/636100/41 "2012-09-29T04:27:55Z")

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After Schrödinger’s Cat, to me the best example of what the OP is after is [compatibilism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibilism). This is a construct in the free will vs. determinism debate. Normally, the two are considered A vs. not-A, i.e., we have free will or we don’t. Compatibists argue it’s both at the same time. FWIW, I’m a compatibilist, but of an [unconventional stripe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=618145).

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