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strange loop
[ streynj loop ]
noun
- Logic, Mathematics. a phenomenon created by the presence of self-referential statements in a complex logical or mathematical system, which renders the system incapable of proving all of the true statements it produces.
- a speculative model of how the self emerges as the source of thought, operating seemingly in a closed loop of its own mental representations of reality, while at the same time, paradoxically, being grounded in and generated from a purely physical loop of neurons and stimuli.
Word History and Origins
Origin of strange loop1
Example Sentences
The production, directed by Stephen Brackett, who was nominated for a Tony for his staging of “A Strange Loop,” features an egg-like object on Arnulfo Maldonado’s set.
But Gretchen is stuck in a strange loop, unable to escape this place and becoming increasingly battered in the process.
A conversation with Michael R. Jackson, whose Tony-winning musical “A Strange Loop” is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre.
A conversation with Michael R. Jackson, whose Tony-winning musical “A Strange Loop” is having its Los Angeles premiere at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Not even after the astounding success he had with “A Strange Loop,” his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning musical that opens at the Ahmanson Theatre on Friday.
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