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Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
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Wed, 22 Nov 2000 16:34:56 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Larry Pieniazek writes:

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.

   I'm sorry, but my knowledge of Goedel is incomplete.

     Dave!



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  Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
 
(...) Mine is inconsistent. Andrew (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Figure This One Out... Kinda Neat
 
(...) I wasn't able to predict you'd say that, given the premises available to me in this frame of reference! ++Lar (24 years ago, 24-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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(...) I agree. c.f. Goedel. This statement has the truth value "undecidable" (24 years ago, 22-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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