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The following sentence is false. The preceding sentence is true. Which is correct?

Update:

The Truth: It is a loop, keep thinking. It is neither and both, it just depends on what step you are on.

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  • 2 decades ago
    Favorite Answer

    Alright, disregard all previous answers. There is no answer to this question because it is paradox, a logical falacy. Both of the statements depend on each other for being truthful, however they contradict each other, so there is no possible answer. No answer would be the correct response.

  • 2 decades ago

    Let's over-analyze for a moment, if the following sentence is false then it is not a sentence at all, but it is a sentence nonetheless. The preceding sentence wouldn't be true because you have nothing to base it or compare, unless you are talking about the preceding sentence, which would be, which is correct. In any case, you have no subject, so in essence you have no question.

  • 2 decades ago

    The first.

    we've got sentence A and sentence B.

    A states that B is wrong

    B states that A is true

    if B claims that A is true, The statement in B is in fact incorrect, making A the opposite of True, which is false

    if A is in fact incorrect in it's claim about B (which states A is true) then this will in fact negate the earlier logic (claiming that A is true, but in reality false)

    this new logic for B is that A's actual claim is false, meaning that b is actually not incorrect, but correct!

  • 2 decades ago

    the 3-t

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  • lenny
    Lv 7
    2 decades ago

    Neither sentence has truth value, as neither makes a claim about anything comprehensible.

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    Mobius Strip

  • 2 decades ago

    The first one.

  • 2 decades ago

    THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IS FALSE, THAT'S THE CORRECT ONE

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    if something is not true,it is false.

    if something is false,it is not true.

    but what is false and what is true?

    why is false false?

    why is true true?

    simply because you like it or not!

    does it mean that the following sentence is false for everyone?

    generalization kills!

    seperation kills too!

    arent we all murderers?

    to move is to kill!

    to rest is to die!

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    let us applay occam's razor. which sentence is simpler? the second sentence is shorter and easier to state. therefore, it is true. lol

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