The Logic of the Self-Refutation Argument in Dissoi Logoi 4.6
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-9471.v14i2p195-202Keywords:
dissoi logoi, self-contradiction, self-refutationAbstract
Dissoi Logoi 4.6 presents a beautiful self-refutation argument, which I analyse here, offering a different assessment of its relation to self-contradiction and the Liar paradox from the only one available in the literature.
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