liar paradox

English

Alternative forms

• liar's paradox

Noun

liar paradox (plural liar paradoxes)

1. (philosophy, logic) A paradox involving statements such as "this sentence is false", or "the following statement is true: the previous statement is false", which cannot be meaningfully regarded as either true or false.

   Graham Priest has argued the liar paradox is a true dialetheia.

Translations

Translations

• Dutch: leugenaarsparadox (nl) m
• Finnish: valehtelijan paradoksi
• French: paradoxe du menteur m
• German: Lügner-Paradox n
• Italian: paradosso del mentitore m
• Polish: paradoks kłamcy m
• Portuguese: paradoxo do mentiroso m
• Russian: парадо́кс лжеца́ m (paradóks lžecá)
• Spanish: paradoja del mentiroso f