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Self-reference

Self-reference is a concept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes, characteristics, or actions. It can occur in language, logic, mathematics, philosophy, and other fields.

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Indirect self-reference

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Self-reference

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples75
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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related to Sources · 32
Self-reference → Amsterdam, Annual Conference, Bach, Bartlett, Diagonalization, Ed, Elementary Mathematics, Erasmus UniversityHofstadter, Escher, Eternal Golden Braid, Gödel, Haberdasher, ISBN, James, Jonathan, Kidnapped Kaizen, Mathematical Association, MAV, New York, North-Holland
related to In logic, mathematics and computing · 10
Self-reference → All Cretans, Berry's, Contemporary, Greek Cretan, Gödel's, In, Russell's, The, The Epimenides, These
related to In mythology and religion · 5
Self-reference → Egyptian, For, The Ouroboros, The Quran, Various
related to In media · 4
Self-reference → BBC, Notable, Wikipedia, Wikipedia's
related to Indirect self-reference · 3
Self-reference → An, For, Indirect
is a · 2
Self-reference → concept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes, pervasive part of programmer culture

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Self-referenceis aconcept that involves referring to oneself or one's own attributes0.90text
Self-referenceis apervasive part of programmer culture0.90text
the omnipotence paradox of asking if it was possible for a being to exist that was so powerful that it could create a stone that it could not liftinstance ofparadoxes were created by self-referential concepts0.80text
Russell's paradoxinstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
Berry's paradoxinstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
and ultimately to classical philosophical paradoxes.In game theoryinstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
undefined behaviors can occur where two players must model each other's mental statesinstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
behaviorsinstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
leading to infinite regress.In computer programminginstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
self-reference occurs in reflectioninstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
where a program can read or modify its own instructions like any other datainstance ofThese proofs relate to a long tradition of mathematical paradoxes0.80text
Lispinstance ofboth with assembler and with functional languages0.80text

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