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Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:11:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Martineau writes:
> > > 1. substitute are for is
> > > 2. errors is misspelled.
> > > 2. there are only two errors in the sentence.
> Yes you are... But I was hoping to start a discussion on whether or not the
> third error is untrue.
This is a restating of the "Liar Paradox" a la "Everything I say is a
lie." If I recall my Logic course correctly, a statement of that sort has
no distinct truth value one way or the other, in that (in context) it cannot
be definably true or definably false. Can anyone else confirm this?
Dave!
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