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   Mikko to All   
   Re: on deciding this sentence is false   
   01 Dec 25 11:42:54   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi   
      
   olcott kirjoitti 29.11.2025 klo 18.59:   
   > On 11/29/2025 3:51 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >> olcott kirjoitti 28.11.2025 klo 20.20:   
   >>> On 11/28/2025 11:36 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:   
   >>>> dart200  wrote:   
   >>>>> does the logical construction:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> "this sentence is false"   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> place a hard limit on our ability to understand truth:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> yes/no???   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, not at all.  Anybody beyond early childhood will recognise it as a   
   >>>> mere frivolous distraction from any seeking after the truth.   
   >>>   
   >>> If that was true then there would be at least   
   >>> one accepted resolution of the Liar Paradox.   
   >>   
   >> There is. A resolution can be accepted even if you don't accept it.   
   >   
   > Thee are zero resolutions to the liar paradox   
   > that are even widely accepted.   
      
   The claim was not about "widely accepted".   
      
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