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minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoWhy is autological an autological word?
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoBecause it refers to itself, it’s like the trivial case
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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-up0·2 months agoI think you’re right. There’s a bit of an infinite regress problem, isn’t there?
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months 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