Philipe Barsamian is an independent researcher based in Montréal. His work develops formal and theoretical frameworks that sustain contradiction rather than resolving it, connecting formal logic, phenomenology, and contemporary media systems.
Drawing on paraconsistent logic, modal semantics, and proof theory, he investigates how symbolic structures generate meaning, organize contradiction, and transform themselves through re-entry. His research asks: How do systems—logical, cognitive, or cultural—sustain identity through radical change? What does it mean for a structure to represent itself?
Current projects include mechanized verification of modal operators in Agda, experimental protocols for contradiction-preserving reasoning, and empirical analyses of recursive dynamics in large language models and cultural systems. His work spans philosophy of logic, AI ethics, and theories of hybridity across aesthetic and computational forms.
Working outside traditional institutions, he builds formal architectures precise enough for proof assistants and expansive enough for questions of selfhood, epiphany, and the limits of coherence.
Recent &
Forthcoming
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Folding Contradiction: Toward a Post-Dialectical, Paraconsistent Reasoning Architecture (Presentation at UNILOG, Peru, 2025)
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Contradiction as Cognitive Resource: Two Regimes of Sequential Reasoning in Large Language Models (Presentation at UNILOG, Peru, 2025)
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The Fold as Dialogue: Toward a Recursive Formalism (Presentation at the University of Konstanz, Germany, 2026)
Shimmer: Anthony McCall and the Opacity of Light (Essay co-written with Maegan Beck, ESPACE art actuel, n° 143: Light / Lumière, 2026)