TAUTOLOGY
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 3493 ▶ |
| Object type | Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
A redundant proposition or “A proposition which repeats the same idea in other terms” (E. SCHWARZ, 1993, P.13)
This is the classical philosophical meaning of the word. In SCHWARZ's words: “According to context , a tautology can be no more than a repetition or triviality that does not add anything to which is known… or on the contrary a self-referential proposition”
Indeed, the general concept of autopoiesis introduces an interesting new shade of meaning , related to the self-reproduction or organizational closure of autopoietic systems .
E. SCHWARZ describes it in this case as “… a foundational self-referential proposition, which is fundamental or basic, as for example the identity principle in classical logic : A=A, what is, is” (1993, p.13)
But… is this meaningful, or meaningless?
See also
Structural differential