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From: jtaylor@ritz.mordor.com (Jonathan Taylor)
Subject: Re: The Search For Truth
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Jason Kaletta (942859@edna.cc.swin.edu.au) wrote:
: On 9 May 1995, Ron Peterson wrote:
: > The statement "This statement is false." is inconsistent.
: > 
: > Many of of the logical problems that aren't easily resolved are
: > based on inconsistent statements.
: > 

: It is consistant in the fact that all things are true and false at the 
: same time. The statement " This statement is false" is a thought 
: provoking statement which in itself leads us to this conclusion. 

: note: the statement above is a paradox, and with any paradox, truth and 
: false are blended in one (such is life).

	I have yet to see a true paradox.  "Paradox" is a word we use to 
describe our misunderstanding.  Many things that we previously thought of 
as paradoxical (<did I just make that word up?>) we later came to see as 
logical once we learned the underlying process.  Other things thought of 
as paradoxes are merely inconsistancies in our own language and thinking 
(i.e., the omnipotent/rock he can't lift paradox).  
	A paradox is logics way of saying your premise is flawed.

	- jonathan

