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It can be readily seen that the English statement above is not a statement about the world, but a statement about the French phrase and its ''relation'' to the world. It is a meta-statement and is true or false depending on the meaning of the French phrase rather than the actual state of the world.  The English phrase would be true even if snow where turquoise.

It can be readily seen that the English statement above is not a statement about the world, but a statement about the French phrase and its ''relation'' to the world. It is a meta-statement and is true or false depending on the meaning of the French phrase rather than the actual state of the world.  The English phrase would be true even if snow where turquoise.

If the liar paradox is recast in this way the paradox disappears.  "Cet enonce est faux" purports to accuratey describe the world, but does it?  What conditions can we attach to it, in the meta-language, to determine when it is true and false?  ""Cet enonce est faux" is true if and only if it describes a state of the world which is not the case" or, alterntively, ""Cet enonce est faux" is false if and only if it describes a state of the world which is the case".  As the statement "cet enonce est faux" fails to describe a state of the world it can be neither true nor false: it is simply a meaningless string of words.

If the liar paradox is recast in this way the paradox disappears.  "Cet enonce est faux" purports to accurately describe the world, but does it?  What conditions can we attach to it, in the meta-language, to determine when it is true and false?  ""Cet enonce est faux" is true if and only if it describes a state of the world which is not the case" or, alterntively, ""Cet enonce est faux" is false if and only if it describes a state of the world which is the case".  As the statement "cet enonce est faux" fails to describe a state of the world it can be neither true nor false: it is simply a meaningless string of words.

== Truth as a Value ==

== Truth as a Value ==