((Does that mean I am lying about the lie in turn telling the truth? Could that mean I am telling the truth about lying which in turn contradicts the statement?)
How does this make you feel?
2007-06-23 02:41:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A lie is a lie is a lie.
2007-06-23 03:41:18 · answer #1 · answered by DJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hence you have put a question mark at the end of the statement it seem you are asking somebody if what you just said was a lie... However i think you are asking about the statement "I am telling a lie..."
Well... this statement is you still stating something.. it shows that one of the two things you said is a lie...
Either the first thing you said was a lie and your statement "I am telling a lie" is truthfull...
Or... Your enitial statement was truth, and for some reason you decided to lie and state that what you just said was a lie...
Orrrr.... You are refering to your statement "i am telling a lie" to the statement "i am telling a lie"... and in that case you are saying a sentence that doesnt make sence, it is half truth and half false... but the statement can not be split into two different sectors so there is just one possible answer of it beeing true or false... but one of these canot be given... you have found a loophole in the system of words sir, and there is a team of profesional hitmen to kill you before you spread the word... so kiss your loved ones goodbye and prepate to die...
= )
2007-06-23 10:29:39 · answer #2 · answered by scatter_head 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Curious. It has been shown that any "sufficiently complex" mathematical system will have true statements which are unprovable and false statements which are also uncontradictable. That means the basis for your "logic" Either A or not A is wrong. That is: "This sentence is a lie."
could be provably true, provably false, unprovably true, unprovably false OR HAVE NO TRUTH VALUE AT ALL.
This is another way to say that there is more to reality than "either or" (binary) logic. Theres been a lot written on this subject. Recursion, self-reference, communication and meta-levels all enter in to the picture.
2007-06-23 09:59:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you say you are lying, then you're telling the TRUTH about LYING. But that doesn't mean the LIE you told was the TRUTH.
2007-06-23 11:25:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether you are truly lying or telling the truth, it is totally immaterial to anyone, except you. You choose the reason to behave like that.
Those who know you a little bit will come to some conclusion about you. If you are a chronic lier , they will never believe anything you say, even if it happens to be truth.If you are always truthful they will take you at that face value. That is it.
2007-06-23 12:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by YD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it contradicts the statement. That's why any sort of statement like this is going to be false.
The same goes for "I never tell the truth."
2007-06-23 11:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by pvfanatic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, your telling the truth' because you just telling yourself that you are lying; even though your telling the truth.
2007-06-23 10:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by eskarina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evaluating a truth in a query is extremely difficult. In this case, the query supplies no qualitative or quantitative information. So I'd say that the question cannot be evaluated on its own merits. Its a question that can't be answered.
2007-06-23 11:35:33 · answer #8 · answered by ycats 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is as incomplete. There is no evidence to manage your sentence as truth or a lie. What did you say to to admit it was a lie? Or, what truth did you tell to then refuse to admit? A lie or truth must first be told, or about to be told, to be admitted or refused.
2007-06-23 10:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by mr.bond 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing that you say -- truth or lie -- impacts me or my life in any way. That is might be a lie or a truth is then irrelevant to my state of existence.
2007-06-23 10:52:40 · answer #10 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When u r telling a lie and u say "I am telling a lie", then u r saying the truth, which is that u r lying.
But when u start telling that lie, then u r lying.. ^_^
2007-06-23 10:28:16 · answer #11 · answered by black fox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋