Pinocchio beards the barber
Date
2012-10
Authors
Eldridge-Smith, Peter J.
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract
Once, the 29th incarnation of Chuang Tzu dreamt he was Pinocchio and
awoke doubting it. The next night he dreamt how Pinocchio experienced
logical explosion. Pinocchio was a representative counterpart at a logical
world parliament, elected for his one outstanding feature: his nose for
truth. Pinocchio’s nose grew just when he was stating something untrue
(the Pinocchio principle). One day Pinocchio was beguiled by the dark side
of logical force into saying ‘My nose is growing’ (the Pinocchio statement).
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Chuang Tzu, Pinocchio principle, truth, logic, Liar statement
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