English Explanatory Dictionary

Yablo's paradox

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A logical paradox resembling the liar paradox but using, instead of a single sentence, an infinite sequence of statements, each referring to the truth values of the later statements in the sequence, and thus attempting to avoid circularity.

Word forms

Yablo's paradox

Etymology

Published by Stephen Yablo in 1993.

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