Proof that Every Sentence can be a Lie
Or a Truth
We can prove that every sentence can be a lie by considering the sentence itself and providing a verbal context for its interpretation.
(1) Every sentence can be a lie.
This can be proven true in this way:
Without changing the sentence, we predicate it declaring it is not true:
(2) It is not true that every sentence can be a lie.
But now we can also say, by the same predication operation that:
(3) It is not true that it is not true that every sentence can be a lie.
And find that truthful or interpretable as well. Every sentence can indeed be a lie.
I can also continue the predication as well ad infinitum while retaining the interpretation that this Sentence (1) can be the truth or a lie.
Similarly, I can take the positive form of the original sentence, as in:
(4) Every sentence can be the truth.
(5) It is not true that every sentence can be the truth.
(6) It is not true that it is not…