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- From: pasward@maytag.uwaterloo.ca (Paul A.S. Ward)
- Subject: Re: Liar paradox
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- References: <1476@eouk13.eoe.co.uk> <GUTTMAN.92Dec16164336@circe.mitre.org>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:47:17 GMT
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- In article <GUTTMAN.92Dec16164336@circe.mitre.org> guttman@circe.mitre.org (Joshua D. Guttman) writes:
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- >Kripke, who's always entertaining, says that the statement is quoted by St.
- >Paul in one of the Epistles, who writes that Epimenides, even one of their own,
- >states that all Cretans are liars. St Paul adds, "This testimony is true."
- >Paul seems to have missed the logical subtlety here.
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- Not necessarily. Since Paul is not Cretan, he can agree with the statement
- "All Cretans are liars" without causing a paradox. The essence is the
- difference between the paradoxical "I always lie" and the non-paradoxical
- "You always lie" statements.
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- Just sign me "One Paul defending another"
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- Paul.
-