Archived Contributions

This page gathers selected Archived Contributions by Marina A. Popova. The works explore advanced cognition, structured thinking, Human-AI Cognition, language, logic, and conceptual frameworks developed through the Third Organism research direction.

My Current Contributions:

1) The Einstein - Popova Contribution: From Direct Amplification to Embodied Formation (V1, V2, V3, V4). Available on Zenodo.

Einstein's formula, E=mc2, remains one of the most important expressions in modern physics. I do not approach it here as an error to be corrected. I approach it as an anchor, a powerful expression of mass-energy relation, direct amplification, and physical release. My contribution asks a different structural question. If direct amplification describes energy release, what describes formation before release? What allows a relation to become stable enough to hold, grow and later express power?

2) Mapping as Constrained Alignment: A Structure-First Extension of Structure-Mapping Theory (V1). Available on Zenodo.

In this public research note I am introducing constrained alignment as a structure-first extension of Structure-Mapping Theory. It proposes that mapping should be understood not only as relational correspondence, but as correspondence that can hold under conditions of structural compatibility. The note distinguishes structure, compatibility, alignment, and mapping, and argues that a proposed mapping becomes meaningful only when the relevant relations can coexist within a structurally viable configuration. It also discusses implications for analogy, learning, conceptual modelling, and Human-AI interaction.