Metaphysics.
Or as it is commonly referred to in computer science: function self-application. One example of which being the Y combinator (as in the name of this very forum).
I am applying a tautology in exactly the mathematical sense of a tautology; and I understand my construction just fine.
Had you been more charitable you would’ve addressed my argument; not your strawman of my argument.
> Or as it is commonly referred to in computer science: function self-application
No, that's recursion, not metaphysics.
Is computer science the same as programming, no. Computer science is the study of programming, not programming. You learn this in your first year of CS.
If you're smart enough to _really_ understand what a Y combinator is, this should be a piece of cake.
Metaphysics is the study of "being qua being".
"[Aristotle] claims that each science studies a unified genus, but denies that there is a single genus for all beings". You're applying tautology without really understanding the construction of your own question.
https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/28232/chapter-abstrac...
ELI5: asking about science isn't science. Like reading about painting isn't painting. Or more poetically, "Ce n'est pas une pipe"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images