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Yablo's paradox

Yablo's paradox proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Yablo's paradox

  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.

Origin of Yablo's paradox

Published by Stephen Yablo in 1993.

Questions about Yablo's paradox

What does Yablo's paradox mean?
Yablo's paradox means 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.
What part of speech is Yablo's paradox?
Yablo's paradox is a proper noun.

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