Associative neural networks for the humanities
Maandag 16 november 2009 10:00
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Associative neural networks implement structures of real brains in order to structure and analyse data: they detect, autonomously and without pre-given ontologies, associative structures within texts. As a result, one obtains a computer-generated analysis of texts on the basis of semantic criteria. The basic idea can be described as follows: the meaning of a term of phrase depends on how these are, via associative structures, related within a larger textual framework. “God” or “matter” will have a different meaning for, for example, Descartes and Spinoza, and this difference will be visible in the associations related with these terms. This makes innovative search functions possible where, for instance, the original search term need not occur in the associatively linked result.The associative structures can help to understand the genesis of meaning within a text, and they allow for an automatical comparison of texts. This can provide answers to traditional questions of historians and editors, such as the dating of a text or the ascription of authors to an anonymous text.
The programs have been developed, financed by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Utrecht, in a cooperation between the Department of Philosophy (Paul Ziche, Ernst-Otto Onnasch, Erik-Jan Bos) in Utrecht and Dr. Klaus Holthausen from the Dr. Holthausen GmbH, Bocholt.
At the moment, the systems runs on the basis of the works of Descartes and of the German idealists: Kant, Fichte, Schelling. New sources are to be added, and new functions are under construction. The current system provides a working tool with a large number of applications in many fields of the humanities (and beyond).
Program
10:00 Keimpe Algra (Vice-dean research, Faculty of Humanities, University of Utrecht): Introduction
10:15 Paul Ziche (History of philosophy, University of Utrecht): Questions from the humanities and technical solutions: Guiding ideas of the network-project
10:30 Klaus Holthausen (Dr. Holthausen GmbH/qimaya, Bocholt): Associative neural networks: Background and applications
11:00 Erik-Jan Bos, Ernst-Otto Onnasch (History of Philosophy, University of Utrecht): Preliminary explorations in the Corpora of Descartes and the idealists
Reception
- Wie:
- Keimpe Algra, Paul Ziche, Klaus Holthausen, Erik-Jan Bos, Ernst-Otto Onnasch
- Wat:
- Presentatie over Neurale Netwerken
- Waar:
- Boothzaal, UB
- Wanneer:
- 16 November 2009
- Kosten:
- geen