Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

Intentional Semantic Geometry: Statements as Grammar-Mediated References into Determinable Spectra

Non-trivial scientific meaning is not, in general, a proposition in a fixed logic-space. A statement is a pointer into a semantic geometry - a spectrum - and its interpretation is grammar-mediated: a grammar decides how the statement names regions or positions in the spectrum. Bo...

Visual Lexicon, Grammar and Syntax of Underwater Paintings: Cristian Mesa Velázquez's Works vs Pre-Raphaelite Symbolism and the Hyperrealism of Samantha French (with Italian translation included)

This article examines how three bodies of work, consisting of selected works by the Pre-Raphaelite painters of the nineteenth century, the contemporary American painter Samantha French, and the Cuban-born, Spain-based painter Cristian Mesa Velázquez, use water and the submerged b...

Theory Choice in Epistemic Networks: Five ways to avoid premature convergence

Abstract In this article, we study difficult theory-choice situations, where division of cognitive labor is needed. Network epistemology models suggest that reducing connectivity is needed to prevent premature convergence on bad theories. We compare how network density, community...

Meaning, Opacity, and Function: An Observer-Relative Classification of Artifacts

Every working epistemic system – a research group, a software stack, a model with its operators – holds artifacts it uses without understanding: models invoked through interfaces, cryptographic routines run as black boxes, legacy code executed daily. Whether an artifact is unders...

Meaning, Opacity, and Function: An Observer-Relative Classification of Artifacts

Every working epistemic system – a research group, a software stack, a model with its operators – holds artifacts it uses without understanding: models invoked through interfaces, cryptographic routines run as black boxes, legacy code executed daily. Whether an artifact is unders...

Solving the sum-and-product problem: a geometric solution via the Pythagorean theorem

This article addresses a foundational problem of algebra: finding two numbers x1 and x2 given their sum s and their product p (with s, p>0). This ancient problem, which lies at the historical origin of quadratic equations, was solved geometrically by Babylonian and Greek mathemat...