Geometry and Meaning

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."

• Publication year

  2004

• Venue

  Computational Linguistics

• Publication date

  2004-11-15

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Computer Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1162/coli.2006.32.1.155
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