# which cost?

**Contradictions or holes: which cost would you rather pay?**

A closed loop gives up consistency (dialetheism), total truth (Kripke’s holes) or the ladder itself (non-well-founded sets).

Connects to:
- [closed loops](https://mapideas.org/i/tr_loops)
- [numbers out there?](https://mapideas.org/i/tr_q3)

Sources:
- Kripke, S. (1975). Outline of a Theory of Truth. Journal of Philosophy 72(19), 690–716.

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/tr_q2 · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#tr_q2