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yablo's paradox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yablo's -para-dox
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

Published by Stephen Yablo in 1993.

Questions

What does yablo's paradox mean?
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.
Where does yablo's paradox come from?
Published by Stephen Yablo in 1993.

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