2007-12-12 03:45:07 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Hartford Clinton Mudd, it is time for you to straighten up. "
Star Trek 1969. You lack a major premise for us to decide your veracity. As phrased it is absurd.
2007-12-12 03:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fallacy of equivocation.
so i may say yes. By definition, a lie is something a speaker holds that is untrue. The stament is a lie, it follows it is not therefore true.
on the second approach, my answer is yes and no
The way I interpret the question, it goes like this:'This statement is a lie, so is it therefore true?" It is a lie so we can never tell if it is true or no, or yes or no.
Bottomline is you used fallacy of equivocation, with double meanings to your question on the basis of the position of the adverb 'not'. The first position simply asks, since the statement is a LIE it is therefore not TRUE(asking if LIE is not TRUE by definition)
The second position simply tells that the statement is a lie so it follows it is not therefore true.
p.s.
this question is the hardest so far for me for the day.. thanks for the chance..
2007-12-12 04:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by oscar c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because you said the statement is a lie, that means that it is a lie, and then therefore it is a true statement, that is if you're telling the truth about the statement being a lie! lol :-)
2007-12-12 03:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Still the statement is a lie however what you are saying is true.
2007-12-12 03:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by SMB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true if the statement is a lie.
2007-12-12 03:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by justbu40 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's still a lie. You've said so in the first question, it is true that its a lie, but it's not the truth, if you catch my drift?
2007-12-12 03:53:20 · answer #6 · answered by Jason E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, because you've given the premise that the statement IS a lie
2007-12-12 03:50:13 · answer #7 · answered by Jean Anderson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statements existance is true.
2007-12-12 03:48:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a lie, then it is not true. Yep, that's right. Ummm, what's the statement anyway?
2007-12-12 03:47:32 · answer #9 · answered by Rebeckah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, you failed to put a period, you failed to make a statement. You instead posed a question. A question, in and of itself cannot be true or false. Sorry, there is no correct answer to your question, because you failed to actually ask one.
2007-12-12 03:55:11 · answer #10 · answered by Very well informed, I promise! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋