A quantum probability explanation in Fock space for borderline contradictions
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Publication:396196
DOI10.1016/J.JMP.2013.11.001zbMATH Open1309.91115arXiv1311.6050OpenAlexW2962884180MaRDI QIDQ396196FDOQ396196
Publication date: 8 August 2014
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The construction of a consistent theory for structuring and representing how concepts combine and interact is one of the main challenges for the scholars involved in cognitive studies. All traditional approaches are still facing serious hindrances when dealing with combinations of concepts and concept vagueness. One of the main consequences of these difficulties is the existence of borderline cases which is hardly explainable from the point of view of classical (fuzzy set) logic and probability theory. Resting on a quantum-theoretic approach which successfully models conjunctions and disjuncions of two concepts, we propound a quantum probability model in Fock space which accords with the experimental data collected by Alxatib and Pelletier (2011) on borderline contradictions. Our model allows one to explain the occurrence of the latter contradictions in terms of genuine quantum effects, such as contextuality, superposition, interference and emergence. In particular, we claim that it is the specific mechanism of `emergence of a new concept' that is responsible of these deviations from classical logical thinking in the cognitive studies on human thought. This result seems to be compatible with a recent interesting application of quantum probabilistic modeling in the study of borderline vagueness (Blutner, Pothos & Bruza, 2012), and analogies and differences with it are sketched here.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6050
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