(November 17, 2016 at 3:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Why is it one or the other? Responding with "it cannot be self contradictory" begs the question.
No it doesn't because something either is or is not. That's the premise.
Quote:Paradox exists, they are self contradictory. We imagine that they are this way due to subtle fallacy, but it;s difficult to pin down which fallacy it might be, and not all dialetheisms could conccievably be answered with the same fallacy assuming some -were- answerable in this manner.
Dude, the premise starts with A=A. The paradox wouldn't even arise without it. It arises because of the limits of our language. Whatever is is, whatever is not is not. "Something is and is not at the same time in the same respects" literally makes no sense.
"This statement is true and false at the same time" makes no sense.
"This statement is false" is either true or not. It appears true when we consider it false and appears false when we consider it true but either way it's only true or false at one particular time from one particular perspective. It's the limits of language.
I can simply respond with "What statement? Your statement is incomplete."
