reflexivity

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Meaning

(logic and mathematics) a relation such that it holds between an element and itself

the coreferential relation between a reflexive pronoun and its antecedent

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Fundamental analysis seeks to establish how underlying values are reflected in stock prices, whereas the theory of reflexivity shows how stock prices can influence underlying values. George Soros

A coproduction between Italy and France, Contempt became known as a pinnacle in cinematic modernism with its profound reflexivity. Source: Internet

Defining equality within a theory If a theory has a binary formula A(x,y) which satisfies reflexivity and Leibniz's law, the theory is said to have equality, or to be a theory with equality. Source: Internet

If there continues to be little or no appetite for internal critique and public reflexivity then the same kinds of ‘solutions’ will be tried again and again, despite their now well-documented flaws and limitations. Source: Internet

For a comparison of Adorno's and Bourdieu's rather divergent conceptions of reflexivity, see: Karakayali, Nedim. Source: Internet

Here the order relation on the elements of A is inherited from P; for this reason, reflexivity and transitivity need not be required explicitly. Source: Internet

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