semantic boundary
A semantic boundary is a discretization of a meaning unit continuity essence of a given meaning unit.
semantic boundarys are the key narratives that allow us to distinguish what is part or belongs to a meaning unit and what does not.
A semantic boundary intent is to differentiate a meaning unit from another more than to define itself but it intrinsically works for both intents.
semantic boundarys can express qualities intrinsic to the object meaning unit (predicate)s or can express qualities in relation to its usage (semantic field).
E: A “banana” and a “mango”, they are fruits and they are sweet. These predicates (“they are fruit and they are sweet”) are part of their meaning unit continuity essence, they wouldn’t be a banana or a mango otherwise. At the same time the predicates also help us to distinguish them from a “cauliflower”. In that case, these predicates are acting as semantic boundarys. If all we know about a mango and a banana is that they’re fruits and sweet, they’re basically the same meaning unit, so we need another semantic boundary (like what shape they have) to make the distinction.
semantic boundarys are very important in the context of Interplanetary mind-map. up-resolutioning is the process of adding semantic resolution to a meaning unit. It is by defining clear semantic boundarys that we can distinguish the different meaning units as well as sub-meaning-unit.
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