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April 7, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Direct Self-Semantic Fixed Points: Intrinsic Diagonal Claims Against Final Internal Self-Theories Paper 52 of the NEMS Suite

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NSNova Spivack

Key Points

  • The aim is to prove contradictions within self-semantic frameworks related to final self-theories.
  • Construct a contradiction within the intrinsic self-semantic framework.
  • Introduce semantic negation on claims and a self-reference framework.
  • Utilize fixed-point code to demonstrate outcomes.
  • Mechanize findings in Lean 4 for computational verification.
  • Established that a self-theory cannot resolve fixed-point claims without contradiction.
  • Derived corollaries of no-weak-self-erasure and no-strong-self-erasure.
  • Demonstrated results are generated by the self-semantic framework itself.

Abstract

Paper 51 proved that no sufficiently expressive diagonally capable reflexive system can internally contain a final theory of its own realized semantics. That theorem was established by reducing the final self-theory to a total decider and importing the SelectorStrength barrier. The present paper upgrades the result into an intrinsic theorem: we construct the contradiction directly inside the self-semantic framework itself. We introduce semantic negation on claims, a self-reference frame for code-level fixed points, and anti-verdict claims of the form " (T) does not say yes on (c). " Under these hypotheses, we prove that there exists a fixed-point code (d) such that ( (d) ) is semantically equivalent to the anti-yes claim for (T) on (d). A putative final self-theory must then correctly settle this fixed-point claim; a case split on its verdict yields contradiction in every branch. The result is therefore self-generated by the self-semantic framework rather than only by reduction to external barrier machinery. We derive direct no-weak-self-erasure and no-strong-self-erasure corollaries. The development is mechanized in Lean 4 as the SemanticSelfReference library in reflexive-closure-lean. The direct theorem is bridged back to the general self-reference calculus of Paper 26. Primary Lean anchors: selfₛemanticfixedₚointₑxists, directₙofinalₛelfₜheory (). Trust boundary. Checked in reflexive-closure-lean with dependencies on nems-lean; kernel + pin + imports as usual. Narrative claims about "intrinsicity" are conceptual, not separate theorem declarations.

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Nova Spivack (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d49fe5b33cc4c35a22858ahttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19429827
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