KnowraSelf-referenceLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Self-reference, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 1Related 5Narrower topic 3Gödel's incompleteness theoremsNarrower topic: The broader phenomenon Gödel harnessed to prove limits from inside a system.MetafictionNarrower topic: Metafiction uses literary self-reference to make a work’s constructed nature visible.Halting problemRelated: The decisive counterexample runs on a description of its own code.ParadoxRelated: Self-reference generates famous semantic and logical paradoxes, including the Liar.Diagonal argumentRelated: Some diagonal arguments use self-reference, but Cantor's original construction needs only a list and a differing object.Douglas HofstadterBroader topic: Self-reference links Hofstadter’s mathematical examples to his theories of consciousness.Epimenides paradoxNarrower topic: The puzzle’s paradoxical reading requires the Cretan’s claim to include the speaker.Meta-communicationRelated: Meta-communication can refer to an exchange without necessarily referring to itself.Turing's proofRelated: The contradiction arises when the constructed machine is run on its own description.