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minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoWhy is autological an autological word?
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBecause it refers to itself, it’s like the trivial case
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoHow does it refer to itself? It would need to already have been referring to itself to refer to itself
minus-squareblujan@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI think you’re right, it made sense earlier but not anymore
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI think you’re right. There’s a bit of an infinite regress problem, isn’t there?
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, it made sense earlier but not anymore
I think you’re right. There’s a bit of an infinite regress problem, isn’t there?