tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post1782486004089804015..comments2008-05-17T18:12:51.224-04:00Bobmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021459937110238083noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-52382096523417274222008-05-17T18:12:00.000-04:002008-05-17T18:12:00.000-04:00That statement would be either true or false. Not sure which. But not nonsense. Of course, many false statements could also be considered nonsense, but in another sense.Bobmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021459937110238083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-31996764306642131982008-05-17T16:39:00.000-04:002008-05-17T16:39:00.000-04:00?<BR/><BR/>I forgot the question mark.dedwarmohttp://dedwarmo.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-37310716833584408782008-05-17T16:22:00.000-04:002008-05-17T16:22:00.000-04:00Lee Harvey Oswald shot John F. Kennedy. <BR/><BR/>Is this statement true, false, or nonsense.Dedwarmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511799379780202377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-22546851667816429722008-05-06T13:49:00.000-04:002008-05-06T13:49:00.000-04:00No, many statements are neither true nor false. They're just nonsense. Possibly the most famous academic example is Noam Chomsky's, "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously." Of course, he should know since most of what he said was nonsense. Now look what you've started ;-)Bobmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021459937110238083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-31792255405416792272008-05-05T00:58:00.000-04:002008-05-05T00:58:00.000-04:00I mean in general. Anytime someone makes a statement can it be said to be either true or false?Dedwarmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511799379780202377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-70242672738591431822008-05-05T00:44:00.000-04:002008-05-05T00:44:00.000-04:00So is every statement either true or false?Dedwarmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00511799379780202377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-69224852759988876162008-05-03T13:57:00.000-04:002008-05-03T13:57:00.000-04:00Those are good questions. In the strictest sense, this example is not really a paradox. It's just a plain old contradiction. I would call it a "shifting contradiction" since the first statement is asked to change its meaning since it refers to itself.<BR/><BR/>It's very similar to the statement, "I always lie." Or, "This barber shaves only those who do not shave themselves." If he shaves himself, then he doesn’t shave himself. This sounds like a paradox, but it's really just a contradiction.<BR/><BR/>However, that doesn't really answer your question, since there are real paradoxes. A paradox is an apparent contradiction, not a real one. And I suppose their existence illustrates our inability as humans to understand many things.<BR/><BR/>And it highlights the difference between man and God, who never contradicts Himself, or He wouldn't be God.Bobmohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08021459937110238083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37718489.post-25578701438546815452008-04-25T17:38:00.000-04:002008-04-25T17:38:00.000-04:00Why do paradoxes exist? Why are they possible? What do they reveal about the nature of God? What do they tell us about the limitations of our nature?Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02760911155023522830noreply@blogger.com