The paradox of the non-communicator

Philosophical Studies 15 (6):92 - 96 (1964)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Whereas the paradox of the liar has to do with the sentence "This sentence is false," the paradox of the non-communicator has to do with the sentence "This sentence is meaningless." It is argued that the paradox can be used to prove, among other things, that Russell's Theory of Types is false. The argument is defended against various objections.

Other Versions

No versions found

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 101,505

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

The paradox defended.Theodore Drange - 1967 - Philosophical Studies 18 (1-2):1 - 12.
Paradox regained.Theodore Drange - 1969 - Philosophical Studies 20 (4):61 - 64.
The Liar Paradox and “Meaningless” Revenge.Jared Warren - 2023 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 53 (1):49-78.
Denying The Liar.Dale Jacquette - 2007 - Polish Journal of Philosophy 1 (2):91-98.
The Liar Paradox and Bivalence.Douglas Steven Oro - 1988 - Dissertation, Brown University
Undeniably Paradoxical.John Barker - 2008 - Polish Journal of Philosophy 2 (1):137-142.
Liar paradox.Bradley Dowden - 2001 - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
The liar paradox, expressibility, possible languages.Matti Eklund - 2007 - In J. C. Beall (ed.), The Revenge of the Liar: New Essays on the Paradox. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press UK.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
53 (#410,962)

6 months
13 (#264,153)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Theodore Drange
West Virginia University

Citations of this work

On the non-communicator.Karel Lambert - 1966 - Philosophical Studies 17 (1-2):27 - 30.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references