title: Towards a closed description of observation processes.
abstract: A closed description of observation processes must necessarily include the observer, too. In order to find a basis for such a unified description, an operator algebra is developed which enables a formal description of at least a significant majority of cognitive processes. It is found that this operator algebra, which is a noncommutative semiring of a type already known in literature, has astonishing similarities with the usual operator algebras in quantum theory. Combined with a method for the formal treatment of perspective notions, the representation scheme proposed here may open a chance for a unified description of a process itself together with the relevant cognitive processes on the observer's side. By the description of parallel-processing systems on the same basis an operational definition of 'internal time' becomes possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Gernert
mesh_terms: D008962:Models, Theoretical; D019370:Observation