Obviously the following statement is 'False':
"This sentence contains Seven words".

So we correct the sentence by changing it to:
This sentence does not contain Seven words".

We know that the First statement is False and so now can we conclude that the Second statement is True ?

"We know that the First statement is False and so now can we conclude that the Second statement is True ?"

No we cannot. They are not the same sentence. The first statement contains five words, and the second statement contains seven words; and because it really does contain seven words, it is false. I fail to see what the paradox is here.

Edited on September 19, 2003, 7:11 pm

Posted by Dan on 2003-09-19 19:10:22