[FOM] The liar "revenge"?

Arnon Avron aa at tau.ac.il
Mon Jul 20 16:13:31 EDT 2015


On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 05:07:10PM -0500, Nik Weaver wrote:
 
> So you would agree that the liar sentence is not true?

My immediate answer is: No, I do not agree, because a bunch of words
should be a meaningful sentence before it deserves the honor of 
asking whether it is true or not. 

However, you might have intended to use the above words in order to ask
a question which is different from that which I have just answered.
(Thus intuitionists use the word "not", but the meaning they attach
to it - whatever it is -  is *not* the meaning that ordinary people attach to it.) 
So in order to find out what is the real intended meaning of your question, and 
then answer it accordingly, please tell me your answers to the following questions:

1) Would you agree that Eiffel tower is not true?
2) Would you agree that the number 7 is not yellow?
3) Would you agree that the liar sentence is not yellow?
4) Would you agree that "This sentence is true" is not true?
5) Would you agree that 1/0  is not less
   than 7, and also not greater than 7?
6) Would you agree that the liar sentence is not less 
   than 7, and also not greater than 7?

Arnon


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