Questions tagged [self-reference]
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What is the source of the wonder surrounding our existence? [closed]
Is the sense of impenetrable wonder, surrounding our perceived existence, caused by the structure of our imagination, which is either circular in terms of subject-object, or infinitely linear in terms ...
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what's the exact meaning of “reference” in Luhmann's Texts?
in Niklas Luhmann's Texts, the form of Communication is the understanding(Verstehen) the difference between the information and the utterance(Mitteilung).
He said, then we can know that the ...
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Can these selfreferential statements be rewritten as such?
This statement is a paradox = this statement is both true and false
this statement is a hypodox = this statement is either true or false
this statement is a contradiction/always false = this ...
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always false vs necessarily false , is it the same?
according to the basic tenets of classical propositional logic, contradictions are 'always false' tautologies 'always true'.
When it is extended to modal logic we have the notions of 'necessarily ...
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This statement is in a disjunction with itself
Are the following listed statements equivalent?
1: (1) is in a disjunction with (1)
1: (1) is in a disjunction with (1) OR 1: (1) is in a disjunction with (1)
(the intended meaning of (1) is '...
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'this statement is true' , 'this statement is not not true' [duplicate]
Given the following self-referential sentences
a. this statement is true
b. this statement is not not true
are (a) and (b) intersubstitutable, given classical logic
can one eliminate the double ...
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Liars paradox towards a solution?
This statement is not true
2.This statement is true only if true and not true.
(1) and (2) are clearly different sentences, but do they express the same proposition?
If yes, then it becomes clear ...
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What is the self? [closed]
Let us accept that science has an answer. The self then would be a representation of one's own body in the context of the environment. However if that is true wouldn't it imply that something is aware ...
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SELF-REFERENCE AND THE LANGUAGES OF ARITHMETIC
Hello can someone explain me exacty how in this fragment of the paper (SELF-REFERENCE AND THE LANGUAGES OF ARITHMETIC, RICHARDG.HECK,JR.):
(9) Tr(x) ≡∃y(rhs(x,y)∧¬Tr(y)), where rhs(x,y) is a formula ...
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Can we create a paradox of self-consciousness?
On the theme of Russell's paradox:
Does the set of all sets that do not contain themselves contain itself?
And the Barber's paradox:
Does a barber who shaves all men who do not shave themselves ...
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The origin of a particular self-reference paradox
This is a simple reference request, for the origin of a particular type of paradoxical statement. The example I remember is
Roger Penrose can't consistently claim this statement to be true.
It's a ...
