External Publications

This page gathers selected External Publications 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.

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.

3) Data Without Structure: Attachment, Alignment, and Compatibility as Preconditions for Cognitive Interpretation (V1). Available on Zenodo.

This conceptual contribution proposes that cognitive data does not become understanding through accumulation alone. It introduces attachment, alignment, and compatibility as preconditions for cognitive interpretation, especially in relation to cognitive data, structure-first reasoning, and Human-AI cognition.

4) LinkedIn Monthly Newsletter "Cognition Before Capability"

Edition 1: Why Preserving Cognition Matters in the Age of AI

Edition 2: Delegation Is Not the Same as Co-Thinking