counterproblem
A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.
Noun
- A problem formulated in opposition to another problem.
- He raises the "Why not sooner?" question as an extrapolation from one of Proclus' arguments. He answers it by posing a counterproblem: the problem of how there could have been an infinity of days. - 2006, William E....
Origin
From counter- + problem.