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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

11014	Self-reference paradoxes seem to arise only when falsity is involved [Read]
	Full Idea: It cannot be self-reference alone that is at fault. Rather, what seems to cause the problems in the paradoxes is the combination of self-reference with falsity.
	From: Stephen Read (Thinking About Logic [1995], Ch.6)