Re: Liar's Paradox in Godel's Theorem (newbie question)



gundalav@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
What does Godel's Theorem (first and second)
has to say about Liar's Paradox?

Nothing, really. The techniques used by Gödel in its proof lend themselves in a rather obvious fashion to a proof of undefinability of truth based on the paradox, though.

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