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DEBRA: On the Unsupervised Learning of Concept Hierarchies from (Literary) Text
With this work, we introduce a novel method for the unsupervised learning of conceptual hierarchies, or concept maps as they are sometimes called, which is aimed specifically for use with literary texts...
Topic Modeling and Clustering Case Study
We look in detail at some of the most common clustering and topic modeling techniques in NLP against a philosophical text to see how they perform. Focused on Python sklearn and gensim libraries that support K-Means, Hierarchical and Non-negative…
ChatGPT Code Generation Capabilities: a case study of topic modeling in python
Introduction
What follows is a description of a few weeks interaction with ChatGPT using it as a sort of coding assistant for a research project in Topic Modeling that I am currently working on. Topic Modeling is in and of itself a semi-advanced…
Semantic Spaces and Word Embeddings
Just released, see full paper here.
Abstract
One of the critical hurdles, and breakthroughs, in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in the last two decades has been the development of techniques for text representation…
Applied philosophy podcast hosted by Ron Macklin
I recently joined Ron Macklin and Deb Dendy of MacklinConnection on “The Story in Your Head” podcast. Together we discussed the connections between the physical, metaphysical, and philosophical realms. We talked about a number of philosophical…
Language, Symbol and Meaning
Notes from the Digital Underground, Wednesday October 12, 2022
As i dive deeper into the bowels of Machine Learning (ML), exploring the nuance and depth of its underlying geometry mathematical formulations, the role of mathematics, symbol…
Idealogical Reference Architecture (IRA), abridged version published in Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP)
Abridged version available in the latest issue (Vol.12 No.3 2022) of Open Journal of Philosophy (OJPP), accessible here.
Complete text available online here.
Abstract
With this work we introduce a system of idealogical metaphysics which…
Latest Books
Homo Mysticus: ex machina
Homo mysticus is a book about the science of mysticism, seen through the lens of ancient cosmogony and sacred geometry. This book connects the spiritual and the otherworldly to the practical and tangible in a refreshingly down-to-earth way. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the subjects of both mysticism and science.
Metaphysics Reconsidered
This work sits at the tail end of a progression of studies into theology, mysticism, and philosophy which reaches its apex here philosophically. It builds off of the understanding of the (shared) foundations of theological, mystical, and philosophical knowledge from antiquity that we explore in Theology Reconsidered and Homo Mysticus that have…