RE: What is a good example of a paradox?
November 26, 2017 at 3:37 am
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2017 at 4:01 am by Dave B.)
(November 25, 2017 at 7:50 pm)Hammy Wrote:(November 25, 2017 at 1:18 pm)Dave B Wrote: That was not a personal statement! My lie : truth ratio is probably about average.
That wasn't the point of my question. The point is that "I always tell lies" is not a paradox, because the definition of a lie is not "a false statement", for starters.
Hmm, the Oxford dictionary offers:
Quote:lie2Unless "intentional" is the only thing that is different, missing, then your statement seems to vie with the above.
NOUN
- 1An intentionally false statement.
‘they hint rather than tell outright lies’
‘the whole thing is a pack of lies’