I noticed you wrote this:
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I just noticed the title of this thread. "This sentence is false" is a fascinating one to contemplate. Naturally, the usual way of reasoning is "If it's true, then what it says is so, so it really is false--but that contradicts its being true; if it's false, then what it says isn't so, so it isn't false--but that contradicts its being false." However, it can be *meaningless*. Then it doesn't say anything, so it doesn't say it's false.
The Strengthened Liar, "This sentence is either false or meaningless," is thought by many to be a problem for that account, but I don't think it is. One can't say, "Well, we're supposing it's meaningless, but it *says* it's false or meaningless, so it's true," because it doesn't actually *say* it's false or meaningless, because, being meaningless, it doesn't say *anything*.
- Is your logic parallel with mine?
Off topic-- I revived this thread! Didn't know it was that easy, lol. Man, off topic, but I hate how intellectuals think they have prerogative to make exaggerated unproven claims that are widely accepted solely because of their field of study and societal position. Maybe if they understood string theory I would have more respect for them.