Abstract: World Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Research

Abstract:
This paper presents an introduction to self-reference. The definition of self-reference will be presented, namely the entity with the property of looking-back-at-itself, and from this definition it will be shown how the entire world is obtained. Through repeated look-backs-at-itself, self-reference starts from the first self-identification, “I am”, which is experienced as the sensation of being alive, and continues to more complex self-identification, ending up with the entire world being self-reference itself. In this process, it is shown how consciousness is the direct consequence of self-reference and how qualia present an inclusion and transcendence structure as a direct consequence of self-reference including and transcending itself. It will be shown that the definition of self-reference implies an interplay between form and formless, making it in the end an entity that cannot be spoken about, though at the same time responsible for the creation of the entire world. Parallels with set theory will be made along the way.