Natural Code of Subjective Experience

Abstract

The paper describes a model of subjective goal-oriented semantics extending standard «view-from-nowhere» approach. Generalization is achieved by using a spherical vector structure essentially supplementing the classical bit with circular dimension, organizing contexts according to their subjective causal ordering. This structure, known in quantum theory as qubit, is shown to be universal representation of contextual-situated meaning at the core of human cognition. Subjective semantic dimension, inferred from fundamental oscillation dynamics, is discretized to six process-stage prototypes expressed in common language. Predicted process-semantic map of natural language terms is confirmed by the open-source word2vec data.

Lexicons of Key Terms in Scholarly Texts and Their Disciplinary Differences: From Quantum Semantics Construction to Relative-Entropy-Based Comparisons

“…Despite many limitations, quantum semantics thus provides an alternative to approaches in which semantic fields are constrained to have fixed meanings, without the possibility of subjective bias. Interestingly, recent advances in quantum semantics [ 81 ] may open a way to discuss the role of subjective experiences (e.g., including affective factors) in determining the phase factors, and thus, tuning of lexicons. This possibility aligns well with approaches where sentiment analysis is included as part of analysis of cognitive networks (see, e.g., reference [ 31 ].…”

Quantum core affect. Color-emotion structure of semantic atom

“…Following Surov ( 2022 ), the present approach considers individual cognition as serving a particular binary decision, judgment, or behavioral act faced by a subject, such as making tea or not. However trivial that may seem, in the present approach choices of this kind are the only thing one ever does in a free manner, requiring deliberate control 1 .…”

“…By representing context in relation to the basis decision to be made, the qubit state (Equation 1) encodes its meaning in subjective experience of the considered person (Surov, 2022 ).…”

“…While maintaining key features of the quantum approach such as contextuality, superposition, and entanglement, it is unique in allowing simple geometrical representation, recently interpreted as an individual semantic space (Surov, 2021 ). Furthermore, the qubit structure is shown to encode elementary states of emotional experience (Surov, 2022 ). This link allows mapping of color to qubit states both mathematically and semantically, providing complete psychological interpretation for this particular class of quantum-cognitive states.…”

“…This result is approached in the following steps. First, Section 2 outlines the quantum-theoretic model of semantic space (Surov, 2022 ), central to the following analysis. Next, Section 3 summarizes previously established meanings of basic colors, including state of the art in color-emotion correspondence and relevant models of color.…”