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

21567	'All judgements made by Epimenedes are true' needs the judgements to be of the same type [Russell]
	Full Idea: Such a proposition as 'all the judgements made by Epimenedes are true' will only be prima facie capable of truth if all his judgements are of the same order.
	From: Bertrand Russell (The Theory of Logical Types [1910], p.227)
	A reaction: This is an attempt to use his theory of types to solve the Liar. Tarski's invocation of a meta-language is clearly in the same territory.