Use just the assumed local reflection instance with :
By the deduction theorem for propositional logic, . Classical propositional logic makes this imply the unconditional reflection statement : if is false the consequent is already true, and if is true the displayed implication supplies it. Löb's theorem applied to now gives
Thus full local reflection in a one-sentence extension is inconsistent; in this argument even the single instance concerning suffices.

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