December 6, 2005
Center of Excellence Proposal
à
[bead thread on curriculum
reform]
The Taos Institute
(on the possibilities)
Communication to Paul Werbos from Paul Prueitt
Paul Werbos
I know you are busy... but I have a simple question. It is one that you will enjoy. :)
I am reading, and deeply enjoying, your paper Order From Chaos, a
reconsideration of fundamental principles.
I invite both Richard Ballard and John Sowa to read this
paper, in the context of the discussion we have been having about localization
and non-locality.
You and I agree that how language works MUST inherit
properties available at the atomic (quantum) level and at the chemical level,
at the metabolic systems level, etc...
I will make some additional remarks into the next bead in the
bead game.... but for now the simple
question is about Latent Semantic Indexing (using matrix) and Stochastic Latent
Semantic Indexing using probability functions.
Both of these classes of methods seem to be missing the non-locality
part of the equation?
Are you aware of this general theory and the linguistic
analysis that is done using LSI?
The reason I ask has to do with a parallel I see between
the localization theory (and coming implementations as software) that Richard
talks about and the discussions on entropy that you have having in this paper.
I want to move slowly through some technical steps that
connect stochastic theory with the assembly of "localized" 2-aries (I
smile at Ballard) into n-aries. These
technical steps move over work done at Applied Technical Systems
(www.apptecsys.com) on what they now call referential discovery..... almost my
phrase "ontology referential base" or Orb:
http://www.bcngroup.org/area2/KSF/Notation/notation.htm
the steps also move over the topology over conceptual
graphs that John Sowa talks about.. ie how are conceptual graphs compressed
into scoped situational ontology. A
related area of work is morphology induction.
The key to understanding the parallel has to do with
possible "whys" regarding the properties of the Greffet material
(SiC). As you point out, this material
is not subject to the same locality limitation as ideal gaseous systems. As you point out, there is a Boltzman term
(a field) that is used to express a non-locality.
Here is why you started a respond to Ballard by reminding
him that
"I would classify a true PDE model of physics as a
"local" model."
http://www.ontologystream.com/beads/nationalDebate/273.htm
(second sentence)
Walter Freeman has more to say about this.
more .. after some responses...