On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Shane Mage wrote: > On Dec 30, 2011, at 11:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> Russell's so-called "Barber paradox" (does >> the barber who shaves everyone in his village who does not shave >> himself >> shave himself?) > > The answer: the barber shaves herself!
By the way, Russell was a plagiartist. It ain't Russell's paradox (the function that cannot be performed because self-contradictory), it's the invention of W.S. Gilbert: "And so we straight let out on bail a convict from the county jail whose head was next on some pretext condemned to be mown off. And made him Headsman, for we said Who's next to be decapited cannot cut off anothers head until he's cut his own off his own off, his o o o own off. And we were right, I think you'll say to argue in this kind of way; And I am right And you are right And all is right --too-loo-ra-lay!" “The law is like a spider’s web; the small are caught and the great tear it up.” Solon _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
