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If, "This sentence is false or meaningless," is non-prime, does it still pose the same revenge threat or a different one?
A non-prime disjunction is one that is true even if none of its disjuncts are; I've seen them come up at least in impossible-worlds talk, but now I'm wondering whether the basic "revenge"1 ...
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Does replacing "this" -> "the" in the liar sentence keep the same referent?
Imagine two sentences printed in a car with 1 airbag:
a) This airbag is harmful to young occupants
b) The airbag is harmful to young occupants
They have the same referent, the airbag.
I'm asking if a ...
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