The Message Whose Message it is that there is no Message
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10609644 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alicia Juarrero |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 892 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Language Notes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-6611 • E-ISSN: 2326-1978 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2904823 |
| OpenAlex | W2333195805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
Since classical times, philosophers have been fascinated by puzzles of reflexivity. Reflexivity, Lawson points out, as a turning back on oneself, a form of self-awareness, has been part of philosophy since its inception (9). Champlin identifies several forms of reflexive paradoxes: self-deception (Can you deceive yourself by telling yourself a lie?); self-contradiction (p and not-p); selfmovement and self-causation (Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas); selfevidence and self-explanatoriness (vs. petitio principii); self-killing and self-generation of life; self-membership of classes (Russell's paradox); self-knowledge and self-reference (the Liar). Since Foucault's Pendulum is without a doubt the most suggestive-and fun-romp through the thicket of reflexivity since Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach, let's entangle ourselves in the moronic thinking of these strange loops. We may not become converted, or even corrupted, but I'm betting we'll become addicted. For two thousand years of philosophy, arriving at a reflexive paradox was considered unmistakable evidence that there was
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 1998 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |