metastatement
Statement about statements
A metastatement is a statement about statements—language that comments on, describes, or analyzes other language rather than addressing the subject directly.
That's a strong claim is a metastatement about someone's argument.
"Always" is an overstatement evaluates word choice.
Academic writing and debates rely heavily on metastatements to frame, qualify, or critique discourse itself.
Theory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- reflexivityQuality of self-reference
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
intentionality · Wittgenstein · Tarski · postmodernism · deconstruction · Derrida · critique · self-awareness
Structural or contextual shaping
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
- asideBrief theatrical digression
parenthetical · disclaimer · caveat · hedge · signposting · authorial intrusion · self-correction · elaboration
Language-in-context study
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- metalanguageVocabulary describing linguistic structure
- self-referencePointing to oneself
reflexivity · performative · presupposition · context · framing · quotation · mention · metalinguistic
Statement expressing a judgment
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- truth-valueProposition's logical standing
- self-referentialAlluding to itself
- paradoxSeemingly absurd truth
incompleteness · recursion · Russell · hierarchy · axiom · theorem · consistency · decidability
epistemology
Theory of knowledge
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- reflexivityQuality of self-reference
consciousness · intentionality · Wittgenstein · Tarski · postmodernism · deconstruction · Derrida · critique · self-awareness · representation
framing
Structural or contextual shaping
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- clarificationMaking meaning plain
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
aside · parenthetical · disclaimer · caveat · hedge · signposting · authorial intrusion · self-correction · elaboration · annotation
pragmatics
Language-in-context study
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- metalanguageVocabulary describing linguistic structure
self-reference · reflexivity · performative · presupposition · context · framing · quotation · mention · metalinguistic
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- truth-valueProposition's logical standing
- self-referentialAlluding to itself
paradox · incompleteness · recursion · Russell · hierarchy · axiom · theorem · consistency · decidability