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Is the liar paradox easy to solve?

Asked by KeithWilson (833points) May 6th, 2010

I say that if you say “this sentence is not true” then your denying the sentence itself and therefore the statement is false. Ive read up on the subject and know that there are reasons to dismiss this line of reason, but that there are also reasons to accept it. There are also other ways out of the liar paradox that are equally acceptable if for completely different reasons. Since there are multiple ways out of the liar paradox, it seems to reason that simply picking one based soley on preference is sufficient and nobody could fault you for interpreting your answer to have a simpler solution or a higher probablity of being correct. The question is, in light of these arguements, is the liar paradox easy to solve?

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