VSAVM

Conceptual spaces

This wiki entry defines a term used across VSAVM and explains why it matters in the architecture.

The diagram has a transparent background and highlights the operational meaning of the term inside VSAVM.

Related wiki pages: VM, event stream, VSA, bounded closure, consistency contract.

Definition

Conceptual spaces model concepts as regions in a geometric space rather than as discrete symbols.

Role in VSAVM

VSAVM uses a two-geometry view: VSA similarity provides candidate retrieval, while VM state-space geometry determines consequences and conflicts. Conceptual spaces offer a useful metaphor for regions and invariants in VM state space.

Mechanics and implications

A concept corresponds to a region of states satisfying constraints. Thinking more corresponds to exploring a larger neighborhood of the state graph. Similarity geometry accelerates search, but execution geometry governs correctness.

Further reading

Conceptual spaces connect cognition and geometry. VSAVM uses the idea operationally: regions correspond to stable state configurations under closure.

conceptual-spaces diagram
Concepts as regions: VSAVM maps this intuition to VM state-space regions rather than to embedding points.

References

Conceptual spaces (Wikipedia) State space (Wikipedia) Graph traversal (Wikipedia)