Michele Pasin / Quotes

Naming periods like biological species

[...] we identify a period concept with the term plus a reference to the first known publication that actually defined it, just as it is good practice in…

Thesauri Of Historical Periods – A Proposal For Standardization. #natural-language #concept #users #URI #identifiers #terms

Tf–idf with citations

The idea behind tf–idf also applies to entities other than terms. In 1998, the concept of idf was applied to citations.[9] The authors argued that "if a very…

Tf–idf - Wikipedia #terms #idea #number #concept #authors

Our interpretation of the world can't be made explicit

This alternative philosophical standpoint suggests that our interpretation of the world cannot be made explicit, and any attempt to do so will render our…

Introducing Artificial Intelligence (Henry Brighton and Howard Selina) #interpretation #meaning #knowledge-representation #hermeneutics

Concept drift in the humanities

Different versions of the same dataset show that concepts change their meaning over time, especially if the time gap is wide. Although not meaning exactly the…

Semantic Web For The Humanities #concept #meaning #century

Interpretation (philosophy)

Here we expect students to grasp the meaning of philosophical concepts, propositions and texts. What constitutes successful interpretation is a contentious…

Taking Philosophical Dialogue Online #text #tradition #interpretation #meaning #concept

Ontology is an exercise in detection not creation

Requirements have no effect on meaning. Concepts are unaffected by whether or not you choose to include them in an application. If a given concept is that of…

Ontology And The Art Of Not Designing | In Context #meaning #art #ontology #things #concept