Intrinsic Self-representation
Karl Svozil · Fundamental theories of physics · 2018
Having explored the limits and the “negative” effects of the type of self-exploration and self-examination embedded observers are bound to we shall now examine the “positive” side of self-description. In particular, we shall prove that, at least for “nontrivial” deterministic systems (in the sense of recursion theory and, by the Church-Turing thesis, capable of universal computation), it is possible to represent a complete theory or “blueprint” of itself within these very systems.