Talk:Preface paradox

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Something rather clever I noticed about this paradox. if there are no errors whatsoever in the book, then the author's apology [Sorry, but this book has errors in] is, in fact, in error. So the book does have errors in it, So the statement is correct... etc, etc. 83.217.167.110 (talk) 10:48, 13 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the _preface_ does, in that case. It might be considered a preamble to but not part of the book. And anyway this is why they say "any errors" which covers the unlikely event of none.137.205.183.31 (talk) 15:34, 12 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Attempted Solutions

I was curious how the paradox could be resolved, so I did a bit of research and added it here. I am neither a logician, nor a philosopher, so please, someone review the section and fix my terminology if necessary. (Feel free to delete this note afterwards.) --Šedý (talk) 10:39, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Here's an attempted solution: the author's professed admission of errors likely remaining in the book is not in fact an admission of errors, at all, but the false humility and pretended self-effacement that is customary among e.g., academics, for a variety of reasons, none of which I intend to dilate upon. Needless to say, there is no citable source for these assertions.

Nuttyskin (talk) 11:36, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]