-
number of
words derive from the same root,
including refer, referee,
referential, referent, referendum. The verb
refer (to) and its
derivatives may carry...
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Referential integrity is a
property of data
stating that all its
references are valid. In the
context of
relational databases, it
requires that if a value...
- In
analytic philosophy and
computer science,
referential transparency and
referential opacity are
properties of
linguistic constructions, and by extension...
- second-order cybernetics, and linguistics, as well as in humor. Self-
referential statements are
sometimes paradoxical, and can also be
considered recursive...
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Referential density is a
concept of ficto-narrative
theory put
forward by
Thomas G.
Pavel in his 1986 book,
Fictional Worlds. The
concept refers to the...
- Self-
referential humor, also
known as self-reflexive humor, self-aware humor, or meta humor, is a type of
comedic expression that—either
directed toward...
- " Liar paradox: "This
sentence is false." This is the
canonical self-
referential paradox. Also "Is the
answer to this
question 'no'?", and "I'm lying...
-
different types of
meaning to consider: semantic-
referential meaning and
indexical meaning. Semantic-
referential meaning refers to the
aspect of meaning, which...
-
parents of a
suicidal youth suffering from a
variation of this illness, "
referential mania",
decide to
remove him from a
hospital in
order to keep a more...
- The
inscrutability or
indeterminacy of
reference (also
referential inscrutability) is a
thesis by 20th
century analytic philosopher Willard Van Orman...
