Paradox can involve not only truth, but also validity, and it can lead not only to contradiction but also to triviality. This is shown by CurryÕs paradox, capturing the paradoxical nature of RussellÕs paradox and the Liar paradox without the use of negation, and by Pseudo-ScotusÕ paradox, which formulates the paradox as an inference rather a proposition. Indeed, we can formulate an inferential version of CurryÕs paradox as the inference: ÔThis inference is valid, so pÕ. We can infer the conclus
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Foundations of Logical Consequence
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Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: The Logica Yearbook 2009 (2010)
ISBN: 978-1-84890-009-7