Recall That Grady Is Gilmore's Example of a Tardigrade in Cryptobiosis

question 6

Multiple Choice

Recall that Grady is Gilmore's example of a tardigrade in cryptobiosis. According to Gilmore, the Capacitist solution to the Paradox of Cryptobiosis says that

• A) propositions (1) - (3) are not inconsistent.
• B) proposition (1), that Grady is not alive, is false. Grady is alive.
• C) proposition (2), that Grady is not dead, is false. Grady is dead.
• D) proposition (3), that everything is either alive or dead, is false. Grady is neither alive nor dead.
• E) there are at least two different senses of the words 'dead'. In one sense, proposition (2) is true and (1) is false. In the other sense, proposition (2) is false and (1) is true.

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