Thirdness as self-reference in computing
Kumiko Tanaka‐Ishii, Yuichiro Ishii · Semiotica · 2006
We argue that the essence of thirdness in computing is self-reference. Our discussion is grounded on the theories of Church and Curry, which have been studied in the domain of theoretical computing. Using their theories, we show that any program can be transformed into a program consisting only of three-term relations, where the essence of the three-term relations lies in self-reference.