Thursday, February 4, 2010

Is the statement 'This statement is false.' True or false?

The answer is true! If you think about it carefully enough it will become clear. If the statement ';This statement is false'; was false it would contradict itself and thus be impossible. If the statement ';This statement is false'; was true it would at least make some sense because the statement is a declaration, it is true. The content of the declaration is irrelevant to its veracity!!!Is the statement 'This statement is false.' True or false?
This sentence deals with the main field of mathematics that is logic. Though this senternce is grammatically correct, this sentence is not acceptable as statement in logic. In other words, this sentence has a contradiction. It is neither true nor false. or both true and false. Hence this sentence is not logically a statement.


Hence my answer is given is a sentence grammatically correct in English but not a statement in logic. Hence there is no question about true or false.Is the statement 'This statement is false.' True or false?
isnt is if 'This statement is false.' was true, then it would be the one thats contradicting?





if' This statement is false.' was false, that means that this stament is true in saying that it was false.





so Is the statement 'This statement is false.' True or false?


false
True.


No explanation warranted.
it can b true if it is false and false if it is true
Obviously it is true.


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The statement is neither true nor false.
It is true
true
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