Even if he had said they are all liars, and Paul agreed that they are all liars, surely that doesn't commit Paul to saying that every individual proposition they utter is a lie?
Yeah, that's reasonable. He is citing Epimenedes though and the line is "all Cretans are always liars" from him. So to affirm that would raise the problem but yeah Paul doesn't quote verbatim.
Would this fall under the law of noncontradiction? A thing can't be and not be simutaneously. But does a problem arise if it's neither? Is it possible for it to be neither, or am I lost and grabbing for a connection😂
Even if he had said they are all liars, and Paul agreed that they are all liars, surely that doesn't commit Paul to saying that every individual proposition they utter is a lie?
Yeah, that's reasonable. He is citing Epimenedes though and the line is "all Cretans are always liars" from him. So to affirm that would raise the problem but yeah Paul doesn't quote verbatim.
Ah yeah I see what you mean - wow that's a massive claim from Epimenedes lol
Haha yeah but I think he was intentionally raising the Liar Paradox as a puzzle when he said that
Would this fall under the law of noncontradiction? A thing can't be and not be simutaneously. But does a problem arise if it's neither? Is it possible for it to be neither, or am I lost and grabbing for a connection😂