Two Paradoxes of Satisfaction

Eldridge-Smith, Peter

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Two Paradoxes of Satisfaction

Date

2015

Authors

Eldridge-Smith, Peter

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

There are two paradoxes of satisfaction, and they are of different kinds. The classic satisfaction paradox is a version of Grelling's: does 'does not satisfy itself ' satisfy itself ? The Unsatisfied paradox finds a predicate, P, such that Px if and only