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Charlie-Boo wrote:
I expect you had a good work-out there. They are always useful.
I read what you wrote. In a nutshell this time, the point I am making
is that if an object references itself then I would not know about it.
In sentences like this:
"This does not have four words."
I am entitled to ask 'what does not have four words?' A self-reference
cannot announce itself except by another act of reference. A
self-reference announces nothing. If two objects refer to each other
and nothing else then I cannot recognise the reference.
So in:
'this sentence is not made of five words'
I need to announce what sentence I am talking about. 'This sentence.. '
is a false reference. If we eliminate the false referenvce we get
' .... sentence is not made of five words'
In which case you see, I am entitled to ask 'what sentence is not made
of five words'?
Summating, self-reference requires another act of reference to identify
a particular sentence. This needs to be made explicit.
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