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From: peru@soleil.UUCP (Dave Peru)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Fun with the semantics of paradox
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Date: 2 Feb 89 14:51:21 GMT
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From the original posting:

>When you view the meaning of a paradox, your brain is on a razor's edge.
>Depending on what side you fall, the paradox is decidedly true or false.
>Example:  This statement is false.
>
> [bunch of stuff deleted]
>
>Paradox is not this sentence.  True or false?

The meaning of the sentence "Paradox is not this sentence" I think is
kind of neat.  Consider the sentence "This statement is false", which I
think is the same in meaning as the following two sentences:

     The next sentence is false.
     The previous sentence is true.

Anyway, the meaning of the sentence "This statement is false" creates 
something we call a paradox.  The sentence "Paradox is not this sentence"
I think goes one step further.  In the first case, it's like a snake
eating its own tail.  In the second case, it's like the snake had
finished eating.