The problem that the meanings of symbols cannot be grounded, but require more symbols to explain them.

plural of problem play

(theater) A form of drama that emerged in the 19th century as part of realism, dealing with contentious social issues through debates between the characters on stage, who typically represent conflicting points of view within a realistic social context.

(computing) In multithreaded computing, when a program mistakenly considers equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never changed in between.

(cellular automata) The problem of finding one-dimensional cellular automaton rules that accurately perform majority voting.

(philosophy) The difficulty of using statistical probability to evaluate the plausibility of a statement such as "the sun will rise tomorrow" based only on prior observations.

Synonym of Newcomb's paradox

An urge to gamble continuously despite negative consequences or a desire to stop.

(geometry) The mathematical problem of determining the set of numbers that can be Heesch numbers.

present participle of problem-solve