Quantum Mereotopology

: Mereotopology faces problems when its methods are extended to deal with time and change. We offer a new solution to these problems, based on a theory of partitions of reality which allows us to simulate (and also to generalize) aspects of set theory within a mereotopological framework. This theory is extended to a theory of coarse- and fine-grained histories (or finite sequences of partitions evolving over time), drawing on machinery developed within the framework of the socalled `consistent histories' interpretation of quantum mechanics.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: AMAI
• Authors: Barry Smith, Berit Brogaard
• Keywords: AMAI 2002, Artificial Intelligence, Mereotopological Framework, Problems, Theory