Re: Liar paradox

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From: Warren Goldfarb
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 06:27

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In article <1992Dec16.191006.16896@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> leemike@eecg.toronto.edu (Michael Lee) writes:
>There is a collection of essays by Quine called `Paradoxes and Other
>Essays' which deals with the above paradox (nonparadox), with a quote
>by St. Paul followed by a blurb by Quine.  The first essay deals with
>antimonies in clear expository manner.

The collection by Quine is titled "The Ways of Paradox"; the essay in
question is eponymous.  The title is a reference to Gilbert and Sullivan's
"Pirates of Penzance":  "How quaint the ways of paradox/ At common sense
they gaily mock".

Warren Goldfarb
Department of Philosophy
Harvard University

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