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Strange loop

A strange loop is a cyclic structure that goes through several levels in a hierarchical system. It arises when, by moving only upwards or downwards through the system, one finds oneself back where one started. Strange loops may involve self-reference and paradox. The concept of a strange loop was proposed and extensively discussed by Douglas Hofstadter…

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Strange loop

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see also · 36
Strange loop → Auditory, Broadway, Circular, Dialogue, Ethical, Figure, Fixed, Formula, Going, Hand, Hofstadter's, Immortal, Impossible, Jackson, Literary, Metamorphic, Michael, Motif, Non-orientable, One
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Strange loop → Ascending, Bach's Canon, Descending, Drawing Hands, Escher's, Gödel's, Hofstadter, The, Tonos, Waterfall
related to Definitions · 9
Strange loop → Am, Bach's Musical Offering, Canon, DNA, Escher, Examples, Gödelian, Hofstadter, In
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Strange loop → According, Gödel, Hofstadter, Peano, The, This
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Strange loop → cyclic structure that goes through several levels in a hierarchical system, hierarchy of levels, paradoxical level-crossing feedback loop
related to Strangeness · 3
Strange loop → Hofstadter, So, The

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Strange looprelated to DefinitionsHofstadter0.60section
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Strange looprelated to DefinitionsEscher0.60section
Strange looprelated to DefinitionsCanon0.60section
Strange looprelated to DefinitionsBach's Musical Offering0.60section
Strange looprelated to DefinitionsDNA0.60section
Strange looprelated to DefinitionsGödelian0.60section
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