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The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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The following sentence: "This sentence is false." may be a truncated fusion of two sentences in which a superordinate sentence refers to a subordinate sentence. For example the sentence, œThis sentence is false., might be the fusion of the following two sentences: "The following sentence that states, 'This sentence is false.' is false because a sentence cannot negate itself."
In other words, the problem of self-reference is solved when a statement in a sentence refers to a separate self-negating statement in the same sentence.
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Re: The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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That works only if you consider the problem to be one of language only. And it works only if we accept the fact that a sentence cannot negate itself.
How do you deal with the sentence: Nothing is something"?
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Re: The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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I actually believe that something is the consequence of everything equaling nothing. Everything consists of opposite pairs in which each side of the pair deviates from nothingness and is instantiated while the total pair is still nothing. Therefore, I believe everything is nothing.
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Re: The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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I didn't realise this was still a problem - I thought this had been sorted out by Quine et al?
This is not me being rude - it's a genuine question - as it's ages since I read any philosophy of language.
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Re: The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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I'd like to ask something.
"Marry had numerous cow. This is true."
"Marry like a cat. This is false."
"Marry had a lamb. This sentence is false." ---3
I wonder, am I grammatically correct? Is it correct to start a sentence with 'This' (which refer to previous sentence)?
I'm asking because in my mother language, it is wrong to start new sentence with 'This'.
Sentence no 3. Which contain; "This sentence is false" sentence. How can we instantenously think 'This' refer to itself? Why can't our brain interprete 'This' as reference to "Marry had a lamb" as ussual?
Why does 'This' in œThis sentence is false. can make itself refer to itself? Or... did I misunderstood the meaning of 'sentence'?
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Re: The self negating sentence. 4 Years, 5 Months ago
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... In the sentence "This sentence is false." the "this" is self-referential.
Otherwise it is grammatically incorrect to start a sentence with "this". (that is, unless the sentence is self-referential).
The correct form in your 3 cases should be "That is false." or "The preceding is false."
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