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-	{{Template}}	+	{{Template}}'''Self-reference''' is a phenomenon in [[natural language|natural]] or [[formal languages]] consisting in a [[Sentence (linguistics)|sentence]] or [[formula]] referring to itself directly, through some intermediate sentence or formula, or by means of some [[encoding]].<ref>Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-referential</ref> In philosophy, it also refers to the ability of a subject to speak of or refer to themself: to have the kind of thought expressed in English by "[[I (pronoun)|I]]".
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Self-reference is a phenomenon in natural or formal languages consisting in a sentence or formula referring to itself directly, through some intermediate sentence or formula, or by means of some encoding.<ref>Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-referential</ref> In philosophy, it also refers to the ability of a subject to speak of or refer to themself: to have the kind of thought expressed in English by "I".