Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Homotopic Hierarchies of Mental Content: A Structural Account of Percepts, Beliefs, and Artificial Cognition

Homotopic Hierarchies of Mental Content: A Structural Account of Percepts, Beliefs, and Artificial Cognition

Erdman, Francis

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN10: 9999341071
ISBN13: 9789999341073
Publisher: Eliva Press
Published: Jan 1 2026
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What is the difference between seeing and believing? How does the mind transform raw perception into structured thought? In this interdisciplinary work, Francis Erdman proposes a new way of understanding mental content. Drawing on ideas from topology, he challenges the traditional divide between percepts and beliefs, arguing that both arise from a unified process of transformation across time. Rather than treating thoughts as fixed representations, this framework emphasizes what remains the same as experience changes. The book then extends this perspective into artificial intelligence. If human cognition depends on recognizing patterns that persist through variation, can machines be designed to do the same? In response, Erdman introduces a neural-topological-symbolic framework aimed at improving how AI systems generalize, recognize structure, and make decisions. Bridging philosophy of mind and modern AI, this work offers a fresh perspective on how meaning, identity, and belief emerge in both biological and artificial systems. It invites readers to reconsider intelligence not as static knowledge, but as the ability to preserve structure through change.

Also in

Philosophy

View All