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Resolving the Liar's Paradox
Patterson in Pursuit
English - July 14, 2016 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.51 MB - ★★★★ - 105 ratingsPhilosophy Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality god islam libertarian mathematics religion science skeptic anarchism anarchist atheism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This sentence is false. Is that sentence true or false? If it's true, it's false. If it's false, it's true. This is the liar's paradox, and philosophers have been debating it for thousands of years.
From what I can tell, it's tricky, but it can be resolved with a little inspection. We don't need to throw out classical logic.
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