Vol. 32 No. 1 (2012)
Symposium

Circularity is Still Scary

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  • Paula Teijeiro
Paula Teijeiro
Universidad de Buenos Aires
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36446/af.2012.106

Published 2012-05-01

Keywords

  • Paradox,
  • Circularity,
  • Yablo’s formalization
  • Paradoja,
  • Circularidad,
  • Formalización de Yablo
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Abstract

Cook (forthcoming) presents a paradox which he says is not circular. I see no reasons to doubt the non-circularity claim, but I do have some concerns regarding its paradoxicality. My point will be that his proposal succeeds in offering a formalization, but fails in providing a formal paradox, at least of the same type and strength as the Liar.

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References

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