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[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

This sentence is not known to be true by any omniscient being.

I don't understand how this disproves the existence of an omniscient being. What if I said "This sentence is not known to be true by any logical being." Is my existence disproven now?

[-] jlou@mastodon.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Being logical doesn't imply knowing every true sentence.

Also, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knower_paradox

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[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Logical meaning having the ability to follow logical rules to determine whether or not any statement is true or false. I've followed that train of logic and determined that the sentence you provided is neither true nor false. I've determined that it is paradoxical. Why would an omniscient being be unable to know that this is a paradox?

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