Creating Links and Meaning
2025-09-18
In the explanation of Meanings are likenesses and vice versa in Study Group 3#61fcad9aaff09e00004a8bdb on "Experience Process and Meaning Creation", the relevance to Scrapbox Link was pointed out (2022-03-22).
Consider this again.
I think it is important to consider this in conjunction with the next section "Relation or relata" (Experiential Processes and the Creation of Meaning" Study Group 3#61fcad9aaff09e00004a8be9)
https://gyazo.com/6daa15c9a0828717e485fcfbf719c4b2
1: The naive concept of a link is that there exists a target B to be linked to first.
2: However, as anyone familiar with Scrapbox/Cosense knows, Scrapbox/Cosense often makes links to a target X that does not exist
3: The reason why we do it is because it is beneficial to connect A and B via X when another page B links to target X in the future
When A links to X in (2), this link becomes a bidirectional link with a reverse link.
Not useful at (2), but very useful at (3), with links to A and B on page X
https://gyazo.com/03f81cea46f1fcd8abf3977ed8a99eca
https://gyazo.com/c2316b2b2d0f0a01f0e7e22ca5e87a31
1: It can be interpreted that A and B are bi-directionally linked by an edge called X.
2: It can be interpreted that there is a bidirectional link from A and B to the tag X.
3: In Scrapbox/Cosense terms, X is not a special object such as a "tag", but a page object like A and B
In addition, a direct link is created between A and B by the 2-hop link mechanism
https://gyazo.com/564def644599d3b1b423066ee790756f
https://gyazo.com/6908a56f5b2239425b1af84f8c0ba761
Gray Translucent Meaning Diagram
1: bracketing feeling that X has more value than just one word in a sentence at the time A is verbalized
2: Similarly, when we verbalize B, we feel the value of X and bracketing it.
3: This is connected by the system to discover the existence of A
Related: Story intersections become atoms....
The realization that it is an intersection can be achieved without relying on the human brain.
4: The fattening of the description of X creates an aspect of A created by X and an aspect of B created by X.
When a "new aspect" is created, there are three ways in which it can be expressed as a symbol
In this case, it is first expressed as a "relationship" that "both A and B are referring to X".
After that, "aspects of A" and "aspects of B" are derived: "how X is used in A" and "how X is used in B".
The comparison of these will encourage the verbalization of X
"Aspects of A (derived by X)" and "Aspects of B (derived by X)" become "Aspects of X (derived by A)" and "Aspects of X (derived by B)", due to the fact that X becomes clearer.
5: Bracketing the description of X also has symbols of value such as Y and Z.
Aspects of A created by X and aspects of B created by X create new Cs and Ds.
This looks like CIRCUMLOCUTION.
"Experiential Processes and the Creation of Meaning" Study Group 3#61fcad9aaff09e00004a8c01
but the GPT5 commentary made me feel a little differently.
activation diffusion is closer.
Clarification of blurriness by what you write. it clearly says CIRCUMLOCUTION, which means either GPT5 is misunderstanding Gendlin's particular phrasing or I am misunderstanding it.
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