Ousiometrics and Telegnomics - Measuring Essential Meaning and Remote Knowledge

Explore the concepts of ousiometrics and telegnomics in this thought-provoking lecture by Peter Dodds from the University of Vermont. Delve into the study of essential meaning and remotely sensed knowledge, challenging traditional views on the dimensions of meaning. Discover how the essence of meaning in language is better described by a compass-like plane with axes of powerful-weak and dangerous-safe, rather than the conventional evaluation, potency, and activation model. Examine findings from diverse English language corpora that reveal a systematic bias towards safe, low-danger words in natural language. Learn about the development of an 'ousiometer' for measuring ousiometric time series in temporal corpora. Investigate the application of the power-danger framework to character types in stories and explore potential future research directions. Gain insights into related projects, including measurements of happiness and sadness, dynamics of fame, historical timeline reconstruction, collective chronopathy, and allotaxonometry.