ABSTRACT
The example above is the simplest form of the paradox. To say I am lying is in part to say that I am making a false statement. This gives no problem if the statement I am referring to is some other statement, as it could be (‘I wasn’t unfaithful. No, I have to admit it. I am lying’). But a problem arises if it is used self-referentially. The trouble is that the self-referential use gives rise to the contradiction that my statement is both true and false, since if it is true it is false and if it is false it is true.
