liar paradox

English

Alternative forms
  • liar's paradox

Noun

liar paradox (plural liar paradoxes)

  1. (philosophy, logic) A paradox involving statements such as "this sentence is false", or "the following statement is true: the previous statement is false", which cannot be meaningfully regarded as either true or false.
    Graham Priest has argued the liar paradox is a true dialetheia.
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