A Brain Teaser for Logophiles: Self-referring Words
by Philipp Babcicky • March 31, 2013 • Uncategorized
Among logicians and linguists, the statement “This is a false sentence” has become the textbook example of a self-referring paradox — a statement that can neither be proven true nor false. The key to this type of statement is that it turns our logical reasoning upside down and puts its consistency into question. Another...
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