Oscar_Cunningham comments on Unsolved Problems in Philosophy Part 1: The Liar's Paradox - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 30 November 2010 07:34:04PM 0 points [-]

What do you do with "This sentence is contradictory"?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 December 2010 06:57:29AM 0 points [-]

false.

The method would be to ask: Can it be true? Can it be false?

If yes to both it is ambigous, if no to both it is contradictory.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 December 2010 07:34:20AM 0 points [-]

What do you do with "This sentence is contradictory"?

false.

This makes no sense.