Ultrametric model of mind, II: Application to text content analysis

Author: Murtagh F.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 2070-0466

Source: P-Adic Numbers, Ultrametric Analysis, and Applications, Vol.4, Iss.3, 2012-07, pp. : 207-221

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Abstract

In a companion paper, Murtagh (2012), we discussed how Matte Blanco's work linked the unrepressed unconscious (in the human) to symmetric logic and thought processes. We showed how ultrametric topology provides a most useful representational and computational framework for this. Now we look at the extent to which we can find ultrametricity in text. We use coherent and meaningful collections of nearly 1000 texts to show how we can measure inherent ultrametricity. On the basis of our findings we hypothesize that inherent ultrametricity is a basis for further exploring unconscious thought processes.