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DOES THE MEANING OF LYING POSE A PROBLEM TO PINOCCHIO’S PARADOX? by MARIA-FLORIANA GAȚE

MARIA-FLORIANA GAȚE University of Bucharest DOI: https://doi.org/10.62229/rrfaxv-2/3 Abstract: In this paper I sketch two solutions to Pinocchio’s Paradox, mainly by resorting to the concept of lying, as it is conceived by Augustine in his “De mendacio”. I will argue that the paradox is based on a slightly narrow conception of what it means to lie,…

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