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Old 07-01-2009
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tjaldur you lost me in there... I will have to ponder your post for a while until I understand it.

However, while I agree that supposing "All Cretans are liars" to be true leads to a contradiction, it cannot likewise be claimed that supposing the same statement to be false also leads to a contradiction. If the statement is false, it merely implies that there are some Cretans who are not liars, and that Epimenides is not fortunate to count himself among their number.

p.s. I would look up the reference for you, but it would appear that my copy of GEB has also gone missing. Coincidence?
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