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Towards a Coherent Theory of Physics and Mathematics
As an approach to a Theory of Everything a framework for developing a
coherent theory of mathematics and physics together is described. The main
characteristic of such a theory is discussed: the theory must be valid and and
sufficiently strong, and it must maximally describe its own validity and
sufficient strength. The mathematical logical definition of validity is used,
and sufficient strength is seen to be a necessary and useful concept. The
requirement of maximal description of its own validity and sufficient strength
may be useful to reject candidate coherent theories for which the description
is less than maximal. Other aspects of a coherent theory discussed include
universal applicability, the relation to the anthropic principle, and possible
uniqueness. It is suggested that the basic properties of the physical and
mathematical universes are entwined with and emerge with a coherent theory.
Support for this includes the indirect reality status of properties of very
small or very large far away systems compared to moderate sized nearby systems.
Discussion of the necessary physical nature of language includes physical
models of language and a proof that the meaning content of expressions of any
axiomatizable theory seems to be independent of the algorithmic complexity of
the theory. G\"{o}del maps seem to be less useful for a coherent theory than
for purely mathematical theories because all symbols and words of any language
musthave representations as states of physical systems already in the domain of
a coherent theory.Comment: 38 pages, earlier version extensively revised and clarified. Accepted
for publication in Foundations of Physic
Ontology-based Fuzzy Markup Language Agent for Student and Robot Co-Learning
An intelligent robot agent based on domain ontology, machine learning
mechanism, and Fuzzy Markup Language (FML) for students and robot co-learning
is presented in this paper. The machine-human co-learning model is established
to help various students learn the mathematical concepts based on their
learning ability and performance. Meanwhile, the robot acts as a teacher's
assistant to co-learn with children in the class. The FML-based knowledge base
and rule base are embedded in the robot so that the teachers can get feedback
from the robot on whether students make progress or not. Next, we inferred
students' learning performance based on learning content's difficulty and
students' ability, concentration level, as well as teamwork sprit in the class.
Experimental results show that learning with the robot is helpful for
disadvantaged and below-basic children. Moreover, the accuracy of the
intelligent FML-based agent for student learning is increased after machine
learning mechanism.Comment: This paper is submitted to IEEE WCCI 2018 Conference for revie
Some comments on "The Mathematical Universe"
I discuss some problems related to extreme mathematical realism, focusing on
a recently proposed "shut-up-and-calculate" approach to physics
(arXiv:0704.0646, arXiv:0709.4024). I offer arguments for a moderate
alternative, the essence of which lies in the acceptance that mathematics is
(at least in part) a human construction, and discuss concrete consequences of
this--at first sight purely philosophical--difference in point of view.Comment: 11 page
Quantum Non-Objectivity from Performativity of Quantum Phenomena
We analyze the logical foundations of quantum mechanics (QM) by stressing
non-objectivity of quantum observables which is a consequence of the absence of
logical atoms in QM. We argue that the matter of quantum non-objectivity is
that, on the one hand, the formalism of QM constructed as a mathematical theory
is self-consistent, but, on the other hand, quantum phenomena as results of
experimenter's performances are not self-consistent. This self-inconsistency is
an effect of that the language of QM differs much from the language of human
performances. The first is the language of a mathematical theory which uses
some Aristotelian and Russellian assumptions (e.g., the assumption that there
are logical atoms). The second language consists of performative propositions
which are self-inconsistent only from the viewpoint of conventional
mathematical theory, but they satisfy another logic which is non-Aristotelian.
Hence, the representation of quantum reality in linguistic terms may be
different: from a mathematical theory to a logic of performative propositions.
To solve quantum self-inconsistency, we apply the formalism of non-classical
self-referent logics
Neurocognitive Informatics Manifesto.
Informatics studies all aspects of the structure of natural and artificial information systems. Theoretical and abstract approaches to information have made great advances, but human information processing is still unmatched in many areas, including information management, representation and understanding. Neurocognitive informatics is a new, emerging field that should help to improve the matching of artificial and natural systems, and inspire better computational algorithms to solve problems that are still beyond the reach of machines. In this position paper examples of neurocognitive inspirations and promising directions in this area are given
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