Answer True or False:
This statemetnt is not true.
1) True
2) False
2006-12-13 16:33:48 · 13 answers · asked by marc 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It's necessarily false according to the rules of logic. If the statement is not true, then it is not true that it's not true, making it false.
It's a lot like the statement, "Everything I say is a lie." That would, of course, include the statement you just made, which would mean you would be lying when you said it, which would mean everything you say is not a lie, however you just said everything you said was a lie, so it must be a lie that everything you say is a lie.
Which is what Captain Kirk used in an episode of Star Trek to make a computer melt down so he could escape its evil clutches... heh...
2006-12-13 16:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by philosophy_evolves 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
False. Regardless of what the statement says, it exists, making the statement true but the answer false.
2006-12-13 16:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by skidawg75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True no false no true, This is worse then a time travel episode of star trek, awhoo my brain hurts.
2006-12-13 16:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by animescifigamer359 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One word: ouch
I'd have to say true, because it SAYS 'this statement is not true.'
And no, I do not know how that works grammatically or logically, but it feels right, so I'm sticking with it.
2006-12-13 17:42:37 · answer #4 · answered by Banished Rogue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is found in a lie.... it is false....
The statement is not true..... Therefore, it is false.....
Your sister,
Ginger
2006-12-13 17:20:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
false
2006-12-13 16:53:43 · answer #6 · answered by artisiaw 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
false
2006-12-13 16:41:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
true or false
you said answer.. true or false.. so I did.
2006-12-13 16:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by emanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"This statement is not true" is a true statement, so it is FALSE that it is not true.
2006-12-13 16:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
statemetnt what? it is false...
2006-12-13 16:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋