The following two sentences were devised by the logician

Chapter 6, Problem 20E

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Problem 20E

The following two sentences were devised by the logician Saul Kripke. While not intrinsically paradoxical, they could be paradoxical under certain circumstances. Describe such circumstances.

(i) Most of Nixon’s assertions about Watergate are false.

(ii) Everything Jones says about Watergate is true.

(Hint: Suppose Nixon says (ii) and the only utterance Jones makes about Watergate is (i).)

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