兰德尔·贾雷尔《第八空军》中说谎者悖论的意义

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1353/phl.2022.0011

Richard Mcdonough

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摘要:逻辑悖论，如欧布里得斯的说谎者悖论(即“我现在在撒谎”是真的，当且仅当它是假的)，是否具有任何“存在”意义，或者它们仅仅是数学头脑的大脑难题?本文认为，兰德尔·贾雷尔(Randall Jarrell)的诗《第八空军》(Eighth Air Force)诗意地运用了欧布里得斯(Eubulides)的说谎者悖论，这是本丢·彼拉多(Pontius Pilate)的妻子在她关于“谋杀”耶稣的陈述中所说的，目的是象征性地捕捉人类生活中固有的普遍的两面性(不真实性)，具体来说，人类生活，即使在其真实的陈述中，也是“真理”和“谎言”不可分割的混合体。

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The Meaning of the Liar Paradox in Randall Jarrell's "Eighth Air Force"

Abstract:Do logical paradoxes, like Eubulides's liar paradox (the claim that "I am now lying" is true if and only if it is false), have any "existential" significance or are they mere brain puzzles for the mathematically minded? This paper argues that Randall Jarrell's poem "Eighth Air Force" contains a poetic use of Eubulides's liar paradox, spoken by Pontius Pilate's wife in her statements about the "murder" of Jesus, in order to capture, symbolically, the inherent universal duplicity (inauthenticity) of human life, specifically, the fact that human life, even in its true statements, is an inseparable blend of "truth" and "lies."

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