cm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1430arrow-down1imageEnglish is a strange language.lemmy.mlcm0002@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoBecause it refers to itself, it’s like the trivial case
minus-squareRandomVideoslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoHow does it refer to itself? It would need to already have been referring to itself to refer to itself
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoI think you’re right. There’s a bit of an infinite regress problem, isn’t there?
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoI think you’re right, it made sense earlier but not anymore
Why is autological an autological word?
Because it refers to itself, it’s like the trivial case
How does it refer to itself?
It would need to already have been referring to itself to refer to itself
I think you’re right. There’s a bit of an infinite regress problem, isn’t there?
I think you’re right, it made sense earlier but not anymore