Originally Posted by
Universal Mind
I think there is some kind of language issue mixed with a lack of substance factor to the resolution of the false statement paradox, but it is hard to pin point specifically what it is. I agree that some questions do not have answers. I asked earlier in this thread what color somebody's elbow sees. That is a question that does not have an answer. However, the crazy issue with the false statement paradox is that the law of the excluded middle is a rule of logic which says that a proposition is either the case or is not the case. There is no third alternative. Questions that do not have answers generally do not involve that factor. The statement, "This statement is false," is either true or it is not. Anything that can be named is either true or it is not. That does not mean it is either true or false. Not true is not always the same as false. A triangle is not true because it does not qualify as a proposition. However, it is not false either. So, the law of the excluded middle does not say every idea is either true or false. It says that every proposition is either true or false.
What I cannot answer is whether, "This statement is false," is true or false. Since the statement is that the statement is false, I cannot say whether the statement is true. Its falsehood is the proposition, so the falsehood is what is in question. Is it true that the statement is false, or is it not true that the statement is false? If it is false, then it is true, and if it is true, then it is false. Nothing that is real turns logic on its head like that paradox. It is off the charts.