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Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, David Martineau writes:
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> > > > 1. substitute are for is
> > > > 2. errors is misspelled.
> > > > 2. there are only two errors in the sentence.
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> > Yes you are... But I was hoping to start a discussion on whether or not the
> > third error is untrue.
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> 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?
I agree. c.f. Goedel.
This statement has the truth value "undecidable"
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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19 Messages in This Thread: ![Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -David Martineau (20-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -Jon Palmer (20-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -Jon Palmer (21-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -David Martineau (22-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -Dave Schuler (22-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![You are here](/news/here.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -Dave Schuler (22-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat -Andrew Lipson (22-Nov-00 to lugnet.off-topic.geek)](/news/x.gif)
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