This project is about "the integration of conceptual form". In pursuit of this broad ambition, we need a definition of "concept".
While respecting existing theories, our methods are stipulative and synthetic. We are forming an algebraic hypothesis based on a suite of definitions grounded in dimensionality.
We are striving to be consistent with computer science, semantic ontology, and cognitive science (psychology). We are trying to produce an interpretation that makes sense in all these contexts, in a format that supports cooperation and interaction among academic and technical sectors around a common body of fundamental definitions.
We are observing and noting the role of human behavior and motivation, but we are not developing a theory of "how human beings form concepts", because we believe that "human beings form concepts in many ways", no doubt accommodating aspects of the various theories of concepts, depending on factors like context, culture, skill and education, etc.
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