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    Biosystems. 2000 Jan;54(3):165-80.

    Towards a closed description of observation processes.

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    Department of Economics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

    Abstract

    A closed description of observation processes must necessarily include the observer, too. In order to find a basis for such a unified description, an operator algebra is developed which enables a formal description of at least a significant majority of cognitive processes. It is found that this operator algebra, which is a noncommutative semiring of a type already known in literature, has astonishing similarities with the usual operator algebras in quantum theory. Combined with a method for the formal treatment of perspective notions, the representation scheme proposed here may open a chance for a unified description of a process itself together with the relevant cognitive processes on the observer's side. By the description of parallel-processing systems on the same basis an operational definition of 'internal time' becomes possible.

    PMID:
    10774559
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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