| 单词 | the liar |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe liar b. the liar (Logic): the name of the paradox involved in a speaker's statement that he is lying or is a (habitual) liar; so liar paradox, paradox of the liar. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [noun] > logical fallacy > paradox > types of the liar1871 logical paradox1904 Russell's paradox1904 Russell's antinomy1930 1871 T. M. Lindsay tr. F. Ueberweg Syst. Logic v. §77. 245 This case happens when, and only when, the truth of the judgment is itself the object of the judgment, or belongs to the object of the judgment. The ancients have empirically discovered this case, without..giving an account of its logical nature. What is called ‘The Liar’ represents it. Epimenides, the Cretan, says, all the Cretans are liars. 1906 J. N. Keynes Stud. & Exerc. Formal Logic (ed. 4) App. B. 457 The sophism known as Ψενδόμενος or The Liar. 1908 B. Russell in Amer. Jrnl. Math. 30 240 Hence his statement is false, and yet its falsehood does not imply, as that of ‘I am lying’ appeared to do, that he is making a true statement. This solves the liar. 1940 B. Russell Inq. into Meaning & Truth iv. 62 The inference from the paradox of the liar is.. as follows. 1959 E. W. Beth Found. Math. vi. xvii. 485 The natural first reaction to the liar paradox is to ascribe the contradiction to the fact that the statement involved refers to itself. 1967 Encycl. Philos. V. 46/1 But one, the Liar,..is still of great interest to us. 1970 R. L. Martin (title) The paradox of the liar. 1971 Philosophy 46 133 (heading) Tarski, Frege, and the liar paradox. < as lemmas |
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