Title: It depends on what
1It depends on what your meaning of it, is.
By that quintessential Philosopher, Bill Clinton
2- This sentence is false. If it is true, then
it is false and if false, then true inconsistency
3- This sentence is unprovable.
- If true, then fine. But it cant be proved, so
it is incomplete.
4- This sentence (I believe) is indubitable.
- Doubt it, and it is false. Therefore you
shouldnt (cant) doubt it, so it is true (and
dogma threatens). But what it says corresponds
to your indubitability. It is your belief, your
world, your reality. But if so, it is
incomplete a true statement that includes
itself, a totalizing statement, and it includes
you, the believer. But you cant deny it
(yourself)which puts you in Cartesian anguish
either reason, or the horror of chaos. It is as
to say I believe it, hence you put yourself
outside. So it was incomplete. It the
universal signifier, the empty set, the
noticed absence.
5- It is like the Prisoners Paradox both
determinable and indeterminable
6The warden told the prisoners they would be
executed within the next 7 days, but that the day
of their execution would be a surprise. They
reasoned that if the day of their demise were the
7th day, it wouldnt be a surprise, so that day
was canceled. Then if it were the 6th day, no
surprise, so that day was discarded. And so on
until the present day, but if that were the
case, then no surprise. Thus, the warden
couldnt make good on his word thus they
couldnt be put to death.
7- Like Russells paradox Any and all universal
statements are henceforth prohibited, which is
inapplicable to itself.
8- Or like a variation of Chaitins paradox This
sentence is indubitable. If it is determinately
dubitable, then its dubitability is indubitable.
Thus the problem of determinability, and
applicability, to itself. It cant be determined
absolutely if it is dubitable, so it is not
indubitable.
9- It
- The nonperson pronoun, an infinitely
- variable Empty Set, between openness and
closure, that which is nothing, yet it is
potentially everything.
10My only salvation is happiness. The atonal
happiness within the essential it. That doesnt
make sense? But it must To live is this the
happiness of the it. And Ill yield not as
someone vanquished but in an allegro con brio.
Clarice Lispector, The Stream of Life, 1989, p. 77