On Fri, 24 Oct 2008, Ed Murphy wrote:
> Logical:  "This statement is true."  On the basis of logic alone,
> either TRUE or FALSE is self-consistent.
>
> Legal:  "Goethe was a player at <appropriate time c. December
> 2006>".  According to one legal interpretation, TRUE is consistent
> and FALSE is not; according to another, FALSE is consistent and
> TRUE is not.

The legal example depends on what theory of gamestate you subscribe to.  
One could equally say that there's two gamestates, and each gamestate has 
a different self-consistent answer.  [If you don't like "gamestate" as
it implies multiple universes, substitute "set of axioms"].

-Goethe


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