2007-11-16 11:34:26 · 13 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
HEY! QUIT MAKING ME THINK!
2007-11-16 16:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Mikey ® Angel VG♥ 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That's a trick Question. If we believed you and what you say is true, Then you are lying which means you are not telling the truth which means you are lying which means what you are saying is the truth. SO ultimately i would believe you because you are telling truth in saying you are lying which makes it the truth
2007-11-16 16:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The statement, "I am lying to you." like the statement, "this is a lie" or "this statement is false" Is a paradox. If it is true it is false and if it is false it is true. Statements like these call into question our natural assumptions about logic. One can resolve these paradoxes by extending the semantics of logic or by restricting it's grammar.
Extending Semantics (meaning of statements): One assumption is that a statement must be either true or false. One solution to these paradoxes is to assert that a statement can be both true and false, or can be neither true nor false. The latter strikes me as a more sensible option as well as one which is not open to further paradoxes ("this statement is only false").
Restricting the grammar of logic: (how we form statements) Alfred Tarski proposed solutions to the liars paradox by proposing that one statement cannot assert the truth or falsity of another statement in the same language. What he means here by language is more like the level of language. Take the set of all statements that don't refer to any other statements. This is the first level of the language. There will be no liar paradoxes here. At the second level of language statements can refer to any non-statements and to any statements in level one of the language. This process can be extended indefinitely and no liar-like paradoxes will emerge.
2007-11-17 03:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by David J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You might as well ask if a tree makes a noise in the forest when it falls down, and there is no one there to hear it!
That's the kind of question you put out here.
Something that belongs in a sophomore high school coffee clatch at the local cafe.
2007-11-16 11:41:49 · answer #4 · answered by the old dog 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Anyone who is willing to be known as a liar is likely to act in accordance with that desire.
I do not believe that means that everything that you say is a lie. Only a fool or a Hollywood villain behaves in that way.
It does mean that I will verify whatever you say through other means. It also means that you won't be able to borrow money from me.
2007-11-16 12:10:41 · answer #5 · answered by winnipeg1919 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-11-16 11:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by April First 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am always ready to believe someone who will admit to a lie. Takes a big man to do that. Wanna admit to any lies while we're on the subject? LOL ♥
2007-11-16 13:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by Rhiannon 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
And sometimes, it is not the question, exactly, but the interpretation and the answer that comes with it.
And I do trust more than distrust. Until I am no longer able to trust the one I had faith in.
2007-11-16 12:31:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO, How can I be sure you are not lying again?!, if lying is your habit. I will be ever suspicious of you, you make your own reputation.
2007-11-16 11:58:36 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The truth is at times the most convincing lie of all.
2007-11-16 11:50:48 · answer #10 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, since most people think its fun or lie for no reason at all
2007-11-16 11:53:48 · answer #11 · answered by Delightful 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋