Formal vs self-organised knowledge systems: a network approach

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2011-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/1105.1058v2

Physica A 390 (2011) 4652-4659

Physics

Physics and Society

research paper

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.physa.2011.06.074

In this work we consider the topological analysis of symbolic formal systems in the framework of network theory. In particular we analyse the network extracted by Principia Mathematica of B. Russell and A.N. Whitehead, where the vertices are the statements and two statements are connected with a directed link if one statement is used to demonstrate the other one. We compare the obtained network with other directed acyclic graphs, such as a scientific citation network and a stochastic model. We also introduce a novel topological ordering for directed acyclic graphs and we discuss its properties in respect to the classical one. The main result is the observation that formal systems of knowledge topologically behave similarly to self-organised systems.

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