I know a word of three letters and two

1. There are two kinds of people on a mysterious island. There are so-called Honestants who speak always the truth, and the others are Swindlecants who always lie.
Three fellows (A, B and C) are having a quarrel at the market. A gringo goes by and asks the A fellow: «Are you an Honestant or a Swindlecant?» The answer is incomprehensible so the gringo gives another quite logical question to B: «What did A say?» B answers: «A said that he is a Swindlecant.» And to that says the fellow C: «Do not believe B, he is lying!»
Who is B and C?

It is impossible that any inhabitant of such an island says: «I am a liar.» An honestant would thus be lying and a swindlecant would be speaking truth. So B must have been lying and therefore he is a swindlecant. And that means that C was right saying B is lying — so C is an honestant. However, it is not clear what is A.

2. Afterwards he meets another two aborigines. One says: «I am a Swindlecant or the other one is an Honestant.»
Who are they?

Logical disjunction is a statement «P or Q». Such a disjunction is false if both P and Q are false. In all other cases it is true. Note that in everyday language, use of the word «or» can sometimes mean «either, but not both» (e.g., «would you like tea or coffee?»). In logic, this is called an «exclusive disjunction» or «exclusive or» (xor).
So if A was a swindlecant, then his statement would be false (thus A would have to be an honestant and B would have to be a swindlecant). However, that would cause a conflict which implicates that A must be an honestant. In that case at least one part of his statement is true and as it can’t be the first one, B must be an honestant, too.

3. Our gringo displeased the sovereign with his intrusive questions and was condemned to death. But there was also a chance to save himself by solving the following logic problem. The gringo was shown two doors — one leading to a scaffold and the second one to freedom (both doors were the same) and only the door guards knew what was behind the doors. The sovereign let the gringo put one question to one guard. And because the sovereign was an honest man he warned that one guard is a Swindlecant.
What logic question can save the gringo’s life?
You probably remember the answer from the very first problem on this page, don’t you 

4. Our gringo was lucky and survived. On his way to the pub he met three aborigines. One made this statement: «We are all Swindlecants.» The second one concluded: «Just one of us is an honest man.»
Who are they?

The first one must be a swindlecant (otherwise he would bring himself into a liar paradox), and so (knowing that the first one is lying) there must be at least one honestant among them. If the second one is lying, then (as the first one stated) the third one is an honestant, but that would make the second one speak the truth. So the second one is an honestant and C is a swindlecant.

5. In the pub the gringo met a funny guy who said: «If my wife is an Honestant, then I am Swindlecant.»
Who is this couple?

It is important to explore the statement as a whole. In this logical conditional («if-then» statement) p is a hypothesis (or antecedent) and q is a conclusion (or consequent).
It is obvious, that the husband is not a Swindlecant, because in that case one part of the statement (Q) » … then I am Swindlecant.» would have to be a lie, which is a conflict. And since A is an Honestant, the whole statement is true.
If his wife was an Honestant too, then the second part of statement (Q) » … then I am Swindlecant.» would have to be true, which is a conflict again. Therefore the man is an Honestant and his wife is a Swindlecant. Or is it a paradox? Think about it.

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