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If I say 'I am lying,' am I telling the truth?

If I say 'I am lying,' am I telling the truth?

26 May 2026 Search Volume
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If I say 'I am lying,' am I telling the truth?

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Expert Answer

This is the liar's paradox. If the statement is true, then I'm lying, making it false. If it's false, then I'm not lying, making it true. Logicians have proposed various solutions (self-referential statements are meaningless, or the statement has no stable truth value).

Key Insight

This is the liar's paradox.

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