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Geometry and meaning

Autor Dominic Widdows

Editorial CSLI PUBLICATIONS

Geometry and meaning
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  • Publisher CSLI PUBLICATIONS
  • ISBN13 1575864487
  • Type BOOK
  • Pages 319
  • Collection CSLI lecture notes #172
  • Published 2004
  • Bookbinding Rustic

Geometry and meaning

Autor Dominic Widdows

Editorial CSLI PUBLICATIONS

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Book details

From Pythagoras's harmonic sequence to Einstein's theory of relativity, geometric models of position, proximity, ratio, and the underlying properties of physical space have provided us with powerful ideas and accurate scientific tools. Currently, similar geometric models are being applied to another type of space--the conceptual space of information and meaning, where the contributions of Pythagoras and Einstein are a part of the landscape itself. The rich geometry of conceptual space can be glimpsed, for instance, in internet documents: while the documents themselves define a structure of visual layouts and point-to-point links, search engines create an additional structure by matching keywords to nearby documents in a spatial arrangement of content. What the Geometry of Meaning provides is a much-needed exploration of computational techniques to represent meaning and of the conceptual spaces on which these representations are founded.