# springer paper version anglaise 08072026

Geometry as a metaphor for debates.

Jean Sallantin ¹, Dominique Luzeaux ², Jonas Turbeaux ³, Véronique Pinet ⁴, Antsa Nasandratra Nirina Avo ⁵

¹ CNRS LIRMM, Montpellier, France

² École Supérieur Polytechnique de Paris & Ministère de l'armée, Paris, France

³ Code Commun Coop, France

4  Lycée Joliot-Curie, Sête, France

5  Université d'Amoron'i Mania, Ambositra, Madagascar

Abstract. In  science, geometry is used as a metaphor-in the mathematical sense of the term, not in the sense used in the social sciences-to model problems in both physics and mathematics. A geometric formalization of these debates serves here as a  metaphor  to  represent  the  interactions  between  natural  and  artificial  symbolic reasoning.

In  this  geometry,  symbolic  reasoning  is  metaphorically  represented  by  lines  that unravel, become tangled, intersect, spiral, and intertwine, situated on the faces of a polyhedron, with arguments located at the intersections of these lines.

For both humans and machines, the effect of symbolic reasoning compounds with that  of  language  processing  and  shapes  the  statements.  The  analytical  method presented here extracts arguments embedded in human verbatim transcripts or in a document produced by individual or collective reasoning. Democratic debates take place  among scholars, creative  individuals,  and  children,  all  of  whom  possess  an innate capacity for symbolic reasoning.

Thus, a synthesis of a document is defined here as a new document distinct from the  original,  as  its  arguments  factor  out  a  subset  of  the  original  document's arguments.

Generative  Artificial  Intelligence  (GAI)  is  used  here  to  analyze  a  document, generate a synthesis, and establish a logical table that maps the arguments derived from its analysis and from the analysis of its syntheses.

In this method, the analysis is indifferent to arguments from authority and treats all symbolic reasoning equally, regardless of its authors. It proves effective in a debate that  respects  equality,  human  dignity,  and  freedom  of  expression  as  participants discuss topics that concern them all-equally yet distinctly.

This is why the ideal setting for applying this method is a democratic discussionin  an  educational  institution-among  its  administrators,  teachers,  and  students, focusing on the use of IAG in education. The goal is to debate a charter that can be revised  annually,  establishing  rules  for  the  use  of  IAG  to  prevent,  in  particular, forms of plagiarism and cheating.

A  high  school  debate  is  presented  here  as  an  example,  but  this  approach  can  be applied just as effectively to hundreds of thousands of educational institutions, as well  as  to  teaching  the  proper  use  of  GAI  in  any  institution  that  adheres  to  the principles of a social and solidarity economy-and even in any industry seeking to promote the responsible use of GAI internally.

Ultimately, the goal is to empower a community-including those 'unfamiliar with the  field'-to  integrate  generative  AI  into  a  shared  digital  space  that  can  be managed collectively.

Keywords: Deliberative  Synthesis · Generative  AI · Argumentative  Logic · Educational Governance · Hypostases · Geometries of Debates

I. Introduction

The interplay  between  the  methodological  challenges  arising  from  the  production  of  syntheses and  document  analyses,  and  the  technical  challenge  posed  by  the  introduction  of  generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in an educational context constitutes the analytical core of this paper. These  two  dimensions  reinforce  one  another  in  a  way  that  the  following  section  sets  out  to explain. After highlighting the structural biases that complicate the rigor of citizen consultation syntheses,  the  analysis  will  focus  on  examining  the  methodological  approach  itself.  Validation through  experimentation  in  an  educational  setting  serves  to  illustrate  the  feasibility  of  its widespread implementation.

1.1 Background and Issues

Citizen consultations and community co-creation initiatives traditionally face significant methodological challenges during the synthesis phase [1]. Indeed, the most common risk lies in the  problem  of  majority  consensus:  synthesizers  and/or  rapporteurs  tend  to  prioritize  recurring ideas, relegating minority perspectives-even those that are innovative or worthy of interest-to the  background  [2].  Furthermore,  taking  quotes  out  of  context  frequently  results  in  presenting proposals in isolation from the arguments that support them [3].

Added to this is the rapporteur's subjective bias, as their assessment of what is 'important' or 'constructive' is strongly influenced by their own culture, opinions, or expectations [4]. In the specific  context  of  consultations  involving  public  administrations,  the  summary  unconsciously tends  to  align  with  institutional  positions  and  downplay  critical  voices.  Finally,  ensuring  the comprehensiveness of arguments within a broader community turns the summary into a complex, cumbersome process that is costly in terms of time and resources.

Consequently, compiling a summary of a discussion requires a rigorous methodology that ensures traceability,  trust,  and  fidelity  to  the  exchanges.  It  is  essential  to  design  a  technical  solution capable of processing large volumes of discussions in a neutral manner, incorporating points of agreement and disagreement, and respecting the line of reasoning validated by all participants.

1.2. Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education

This methodological need is particularly critical in light of the emergence of generative AI in the field  of  education,  where  its  use  is  now  unavoidable.  While  various  studies  demonstrate  its effectiveness in personalizing learning [5], [6] or managing data [7], [8], [9], their deployment raises profound ethical questions, particularly regarding plagiarism and cheating [10], [11], [12]. Learners'  use  of  generative  AI  is  thus  frequently  criticized  as  an  algorithmic  substitution  for independent work [13], [14], [15].

The ethical dimensions of IAG-including  academic integrity, transparency, traceability, cognitive autonomy, equitable access, data protection, and representation biases-were immediately highlighted. The lack of regulatory frameworks governing the creation and use of these tools has sparked heated debates within the educational community, prompting systematic research  on  making AI-based  learning  tools  safer  [16].  Since  the  technological  rollout  has  far outpaced  the  development  of  regulations,  an  institutional  vacuum  has  emerged,  encouraging students to adopt these tools independently and without supervision.

This  phenomenon  is  a  major  concern  for  the  international  scientific  community  at  the  highest levels. As Yoshua Bengio [17] points out, the rapid advancement toward increasingly powerful AI systems  requires  that  our  understanding  of  their  risks  be  based  on  a  rigorous  and  quantifiable mathematical approach, in order to develop effective mitigation strategies.

1.3 Objectives

The objective of this article is to present a methodological protocol and to outline its logical and geometric  foundations.  This  formalization  requires  the  implementation  of  reasoning  structures shared  by  a  triptych  of  intelligences:  individual  human  intelligence  (IHI),  collective  human intelligence (CHI), and artificial intelligence (AI). The aim, therefore, is to demonstrate how the triptych of intelligences (IIH, ICH, AI) can be operationalized through a rigorous procedure for constructing a deliberative synthesis.

The  study  of  IAG  in  education  provides  an  empirical  context  that  multiplies  opportunities  for debate  among scholars,  creative  individuals,  and  children.  Empirical  validation  in  a  real-world setting is being prepared at a high school and can easily be replicated in subsequent experiments.

In this context, AI does not act as a substitute for human judgment: it serves as a catalyst for it. The community retains full control over its argumentative choices and evaluates the synthesis by verifying  its  alignment  with  the  original  verbatim  transcript.  A  human-in-the-loop  feedback mechanism ensures this ongoing critical review. The resulting charters do not conclude the debate -they reignite it.

The remainder of the article is structured as follows. We first present the theoretical concepts that serve as the framework for this study. We then detail the methodology behind the concept of the triptych of intelligences, the construction of the deliberative synthesis, the geometry of the debate, and the definition of hypostases-a central element of the formal procedure. Third, we present an experimental section in which a generative AI applies the method to this very text, serving as a fixed-point  test  of  the  procedure.  Finally,  this  article  concludes  with  a  general  conclusion, followed  by  a  discussion  of  its  potential  application  to  debates  on  the  use  of  generative AI  in education.

II. Theoretical Framework

To address this challenge, this research draws on several theoretical and technical foundations:

       The  ethics  of  discussion;  This  approach  posits  that  human  debate  must  adhere  to Habermas's framework [18], according to which a norm is valid only if it is accepted by the  participants  following  a  free,  rational,  egalitarian  discussion  free  from  domination. Legitimacy thus stems from collective deliberation rather than from an external authority.

   The experimental protocol of the Éphicentria Project does not view the creation of the charter  as  an  administrative  process,  but  rather  as  the  governance  of  an  informational 'common  good.'  To  operationalize  this  approach,  this  methodology  draws  on  the principles of Elinor Ostrom. Collegial and transparent discussions are structured so that the  production  of  verbatim  transcripts,  their  analysis,  and  their  synthesis  are  entirely controlled  by  the  educational  community,  with  generative  AI  acting  exclusively  as  a neutral  computational  third  party  that  intervenes  after  a  debate  to  highlight  areas  of consensus and points for further discussion.

      The geometric framework of the debate: The logical and geometric modeling of the debate is  based  on  the  work  on  topoi  by  Lafforgue  and  Caramello  [19],  applied  to  the formalization  of  digital  argumentation  by  Antsa  Nasandratra  Nirina  Avo  [20]  in  her dissertation and subsequently taken up and developed by Jean Sallantin et al. in the freely available  booklet  titled  'The  Digital  Debate.  The  Medium  for  Democratic  Renewal' [21].https://spartacus-idh.com/fr/nouvelles-visions-des-sciences/130-130.html

   Technical infrastructure: The IT development of the methods of analysis and synthesis and their integration is carried out by Jonas Turbeaux (https://hypostasia.org/).

III. Proposed Method

This  article  proposes  an  original  method  for  analyzing  and  synthesizing  debates,  focused  on analyzing the summaries provided by the debaters and the correspondence between the verbatim transcript  and  the  summaries  that  generalize  it.  Its  uniqueness  lies  in  a  detailed  and  precise analytical approach. It relies on symbolic reasoning that identifies arguments and presents, in a logical  table,  the  implications-or  lack  thereof-of  the  arguments  in  relation  to  those  in  the summary.

This  method  thus  allows  any  user  to  harness  the  processing  power  of  a  connectionist  AI (statistical/neural  networks)  while  constraining  it-through  the  geometry  of  the  debate-to structure its inferences in the manner of a symbolic AI (based on formal logic, rules, and symbol manipulation, etc.).

The  approach  relies  on  a  central  tool:  the  table  of  hypostases,  which  allows  for  a  direct comparison of the text of the summary with the original verbatim. At a glance, the reader can thus identify  arguments  that  are  not  supported  by  any  actual  evidence-that  is,  the  potential 'hallucinations' of generative AI. This formal framework constitutes the core of the methodological  contribution:  it  provides  a  criterion  for  logically  verifying  the  fidelity  of  the synthesis, applicable systematically and independently of the semantic content of the arguments.

The  logical  table  does  not  evaluate  the  meaning  of  the  arguments,  but  rather  their  structural relationships:  implication,  corroboration,  and  absence.  In  doing  so,  it  makes  the  deliberative synthesis  procedure  auditable  and  reproducible,  which  is  a  necessary  condition  for  its  use  in contexts of collective deliberation.

3.1. The Triptych of Intelligences and the Geometry of Debates

Artificial intelligence is now an integral part of the complex systems we study, design, and teach. In this context, we affirm a normative principle: AI must not be an opaque instrument of control held by a few actors, but must be designed and governed as a digital commons serving a global, open,  sustainable,  and  reflective  knowledge  society.  This  principle  differs  from  other  possible models (private ownership, state- or corporate-centered regulations) and remains open to debate as  a  principle  because  it  articulates  the  perspective  from  which  we  conceive  of  the  triptych  of intelligences.

In this context, we anticipate that future generations will surprise us with their uses of AI, in the spirit of Edgar Morin: 'Expect the unexpected.' Do their constructive uses align with Habermas's ethics of discussion-seen as the means to articulate thought, both individual and collective-and its implementation by communities aware that they inhabit complex systems such as our planet together?

We distinguish three forms of intelligence:

individual human intelligence (IHI), which is subjective;

collective human intelligence (CHI), which is intersubjective;

artificial intelligence (AI), which is of a different material nature.

These three forms interact by exchanging information via interfaces. When they are connected through interfaces, we obtain the triptych of intelligences. In this context, the debate-the IHIICI  relationship-refers  to  the  way  in  which  people  within  the  same  community  enrich  their arguments  by  comparing  viewpoints,  reaching  agreements,  finding  solutions,  and  making compromises. In order to preserve collegiality, subsidiarity, and transparency in these debates, we propose that AIs intervene in the debate only as a subsidiary third party, using logic and geometry to reconstruct the verbatim arguments of a debate that is dying down in a way that revives it.

This limitation on AI's role raises questions: Will a community view AI as merely a toy that can be set aside, as a tool limited to transcribing the debate verbatim, or as a third party guided by other knowledge that might overshadow that of the debaters? Will AI reveal information that has until  now  remained  implicit,  accelerating  collective  creativity  through  a  process  that  Paul Bourgine summarizes as 'one for all, all for one'?

Artificial intelligence, stemming from the work of Alan Turing, is revolutionizing the relationship between human thought (both individual and collective) and computation. Turing's machine is a universal model of computation, meaning it can represent any other computational model. Alan Turing used it to account for the existence of undecidable statements in arithmetic, which means this  model  allows  for  indeterminacy.  But  (and  most  importantly),  the  relationship  between thought and computation has yet to be formalized.

The formal analysis of AFC concepts shows that, when knowledge is formulated as propositions, AI programming languages correspond to one another. There are therefore multiple operational strategies for moving from one representation to another: by object, by concept, and by rules. In the case of games, the problem remains that of finding a better representation than that of one's opponent.

We introduce a three-dimensional geometry-the geometry of debates-to formalize the space in which symbolic reasoning unfolds. In this geometry, AI is a computator that operates in the world of empirical and formal proofs, just as humans do.

The geometry of debates represents symbolic reasoning as lines that coil into spirals, cluster into strands,  intersect,  and  intertwine  on  the  surface  of  a  three-dimensional  solid-a  polyhedron.  It begins by positing six forms of symbolic reasoning, inspired by Peirce: induction, deduction, and abduction, each in both empirical and formal versions. One can visualize Peirce's cycles-one empirical, the other formal-spinning these threads (lines) at different speeds; discoveries occur where the lines intersect. Arguments are situated at the intersections of different lines, typified by hypostases that characterize their status (for example: this argument is 'unproven' according to one mode of reasoning and 'unrefuted' according to another).

In the operational triptych, three interfaces structure the relationship between IIH, ICH, and AI:

   The debate, the IIH-ICH interface, through which individuals interact directly within a community.

       The  IIH-AI  argumentative  interface,  through  which  each  debater  can  review  the arguments extracted by the AI from the original verbatim transcript and associated texts.

       The  propositional AI-ICH  interface,  through  which  a  group  evaluates  arguments transcribed into logical propositions.

A propositional interface presents the arguments and the relationships between them, as found in the summaries, in the form of propositions. In this visualization, controversies are not primarily anomalies  to  be  eliminated,  but  resources  to  be  clarified  and  worked  through.  For  example, 'speaking of the constant speed of light as an invariant implies speaking of special relativity as a theory.'

These information processing methods provide debaters with a syntactic-logical and geometric -analysis  of  their  reasoning  that  is  entirely  independent  of  the  'meaning'  of  the  arguments present in the analyzed texts and verbatim transcripts.

This purely syntactic approach serves as a safeguard against hallucinations, 'AI slop,' and the resulting  fictitious  consensus.  Its  usefulness  and  transparency  stem  from  the  fact  that  the arguments  point  to  human-generated  documentation  compiled  by  a  community  acting  in  good faith, which does not accept arguments 'out of thin air': no synthesis should be considered valid without explicit grounding in texts.

The  geometry  of  debates  serves  as  a  frame  of  reference  for  mapping  both  human  symbolic reasoning and AI reasoning onto a geometric structure: for geographers, the example is the world map. According  to  this  metaphor,  deliberative  syntheses  correspond  to  maps  that  do  not  fully cover the world map but align with one another when superimposed locally.

A charter is a legal transcription of a deliberative synthesis.

A charter uses legal mechanisms to mark consensus and controversy. However, the authorizations,  prohibitions,  and  permissions  of  deontic  rules  always  present  contradictory situations, as suggested-fictionally but illuminatingly-by Asimov's laws.

For their part, epistemic rules concern what we know, what we do not know, and leave certain statements undetermined; finally, rules of best practice must always be updated.

In the case of high schools, the Montreal Declaration on the Responsible Development of AI and UNESCO's texts on AI in education set out an ethical framework, guide the digital transition so that everyone can benefit from it, and seek to reduce power dynamics linked to authority, wealth, or knowledge.

It is in this context that debates in educational and research institutions are essential for refining the  approach.  Indeed,  the  agreements  to  be  discussed  will  focus  on  how  to  educate  the  new generations who are already using AI.

In  a  highly  visible  and  practical  way,  this  agreement  will  establish  rules  to  prevent  cheating, plagiarism, cognitive delegation, and informational biases, while supporting the development of learners' critical thinking and cognitive autonomy.

The triptych  involves  symbolic  reasoning  practiced  by  every  human  being.  Recent  research  in cognitive science by Dehaene et al.[22] shows that human symbolic reasoning is innate and that it engages parts of the brain that process simple geometric shapes (lines, circles, rectangles, points) -as evidenced by children's drawings-and is also located in the areas responsible for number processing. Such a connection could explain why we easily grasp deliberative syntheses.

This logical-geometric method of processing verbatim transcripts is justified if it enables us to observe the correction of arguments identified during a debate or a synthesis.

3.2 Constructing a Deliberative Synthesis

The  deliberative  synthesis  methodology  is  a  structured  approach  to  integrating  the  three intelligences of the triptych (IIH, ICH, IA) in order to make explicit the points of agreement and disagreement present in a verbatim transcript. It provides a practical procedure for mapping the geometry of debates, from human reading to mapping onto the polyhedron.

This section is detailed enough to serve as prompts for a generative AI tasked with performing analyses and syntheses.

3.2.1. Identifying Arguments

The AI reads a text (or the verbatim transcript of a debate) in blocks to isolate arguments: these are statements located within the text or transcript. Each argument has a hypostasis (among the 30 in  debate  geometry)  and  a  debate  mode  (discussed,  disputed,  controversial,  consensual). Example: 'AI should be conceived as a digital commons' is classified as a principle/value type, with a debate mode that is often 'discussed' or 'controversial.'

3.2.2 Extracting Primary Arguments

By definition, a primary argument is an argument that factors other arguments and is not itself included in another primary argument. Primary arguments form a basis for covering the set of all arguments. One mathematical method for obtaining them is the diagonalization of a matrix whose columns contain the terms used to state or describe the arguments and whose rows contain the arguments themselves.  The  AFC  formal  concept analysis refers to prime arguments as 'irreducible.' They behave like prime numbers because they cannot be decomposed and because they  denote  the  arguments  they  group  together.  Thus,  prime  arguments  form  a  basis  that condenses the information present in the arguments.

3.2.3 Bi-typed prime arguments

By  definition,  an  argument  is  bi-typed  when  two  hypostases  are  attributed  to  it  (for  example: principle + method, value + law, theory + problem, axiom + paradigm).

These arguments signal a structuring argumentative tension because 'speaking of this in this way implies speaking of this in that other way.'

3.2.4 Commenting on Arguments

Any debater may comment on any argument.

3.2.5 Writing a Deliberative Synthesis

A  synthesis  is  a  text  that  abstracts  all  or  part  of  a  verbatim  transcript.  A  synthesis  is  not  a summary; it must not rephrase the verbatim transcript. The arguments in a synthesis must distill the arguments from the verbatim transcript.

Comments on the arguments in a synthesis will guide its reformulation.

An IAG writes a synthesis by following an outline and guidelines for structuring its paragraphs, which require a subheading and examples-both consensus and disputed-of the arguments that the synthesis brings together.

3.2.6 Drafting a Charter

A charter is a legal document that summarizes the deliberative process behind a document.

The  sections  of  the  charter  apply  Ostrom's  principles-proposed  for  the  management  of  a commons by a community-to this specific context. Here is one version:

   As a commoner, I recognize the resources I must care for and the people with whom I share  this  responsibility.  Commons  resources  are  those  we  create  together,  those  we protect as gifts of nature, or those that everyone can use.

   We use the commons resources we create and those we care for. We use the resources (time,  space,  technology,  quantity  of  a  resource)  available  in  a  given  context.  As  a commoner,  I  am  convinced  that  there  is  a  proportional  relationship  between  my contributions and the benefits I receive.

   We establish or modify our own rules and decide for ourselves on our commitments; and  every  commoner  can  participate  in  this  process.  Our  commitments  aim  to  create, maintain, and preserve the commons in order to meet our needs.

      We ensure compliance with these commitments ourselves, and sometimes we ask those  we  trust  to  help  us  achieve  this  goal.  We  constantly  reassess  the  relevance  and usefulness of our commitments.

      We develop appropriate rules to address violations. We determine the legitimacy of the sanction and its type based on the context and severity of the offense.

      Every commoner must have the necessary space and resources to resolve conflicts. We strive to resolve conflicts among ourselves in an accessible and direct manner.

   We decide on our own regulations, and external authorities respect them.

   We recognize that each commune is part of a larger whole. Thus, better coordination of  governance  and  broader  cooperation  require  the  involvement  of  various  institutions operating at different scales

3.3 Hypostases

The  selected  hypostases,  which  correspond  to  the  concrete  categories  used  to  structure  the analysis of the corpus, are described here.

3.3.1 Definition

Hypostases play a central role here. They classify arguments. They have a formal definition in the  geometry  of  debates  as  lying  at  the  intersection  of  lines  of  reasoning;  they  also  have  an informal definition. They can be inferred from statements that have been proven or refuted.

Table 1. Formal definitions of the 30 hypostases (not refuted by X / not proven by Y)

| Hypothases    | Definition                                                               |
|---------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Aporia        | not refuted by empirical induction and not proven by empirical deduction |
| Approximation | not refuted by empirical induction and not proven by formal deduction    |
| Paradox       | not refuted by empirical induction and not proven by formal abduction    |
| Formalism     | not refuted by empirical induction and not proven by formal induction    |
| Event         | not refuted by empirical deduction and not proven by formal deduction    |
| Variation     | not refuted by empirical deduction and not proven by empirical abduction |
| Dimension     | not refuted by empirical deduction and not proven by formal abduction    |
| Mode          | not refuted by empirical deduction and not proven by empirical induction |
| Belief        | not refuted by empirical deduction and not proven by formal induction    |
| Invariant     | not refuted by formal induction and not proven by formal deduction       |
| Value         | not refuted by formal induction and not proven by empirical abduction    |
| Structure     | not refuted by formal induction and not proven by formal abduction       |
| Axiom         | not refuted by formal induction and not proven by empirical induction    |

Table 1. Formal definitions of the 30 hypostases (not refuted by X / not proven by Y)

| Conjecture   | not refuted by formal induction and not proven by empirical deduction     |
|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Paradigm     | not refuted by formal deduction and not proven by empirical abduction.    |
| Object       | not refuted by formal deduction and not proven by formal abduction.       |
| Principle    | not refuted by formal deduction and not proven by empirical induction.    |
| Domain       | not refuted by formal deduction and not proven by formal deduction.       |
| Law          | not refuted by formal deduction and not proven by empirical induction.    |
| Phenomenon   | not refuted by empirical abduction and not proven by formal deduction.    |
| Variable     | not refuted by empirical abduction and not proven by formal abduction.    |
| Variance     | not refuted by empirical abduction and not proven by empirical induction. |
| Index        | not refuted by empirical abduction and not proven by empirical deduction. |
| Data         | not refuted by empirical abduction and not proven by formal induction.    |
| Method       | not refuted by formal abduction and not proven by formal deduction.       |
| Definition   | not refuted by formal abduction and not proven by empirical abduction.    |
| Hypothesis   | not refuted by formal abduction and not proven by empirical induction.    |
| Problem      | not refuted by formal abduction and not proven by empirical deduction.    |
| Theory       | not refuted by formal abduction and not proven by formal induction.       |

3.3.2 Formal Definition of Debate Modes

The purpose of a debate may be to reach a consensus-based model of discussion. Controversy implies dispute; dispute implies debate; and the negation of debate implies consensus.

Table 2. Formal Definition of Debate Modes.

| Debate Format   | Formal Condition                    |
|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
| Undisputed      | A Hypostasis ¬ Pi & ¬Rj             |
| Disputed        | A Hypostasis ¬ Pi & ¬Rj if Pj & ¬Pi |

Table 2. Formal Definition of Debate Modes.

Controversial A Hypostasis ¬ Pi & ¬Rj if Pj & Ri

3.3.3 Informal Definitions of Hypostases

The definitions of hypostases are taken from dictionaries Table 3. Informal definitions of hypostases.

| Hypostasis     | Informal Definition                                                             |
|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Paradigm       | A paradigm is a model or an example.                                            |
| Object         | An object is that which is the focus of discourse, thought, or knowledge.       |
| Principle      | Principles are the a priori causes of knowledge.                                |
| Domain         | A domain is a field defined by limits, boundaries, borders, or demarcations.    |
| Law            | Laws express correlations.                                                      |
| Phenomenon     | Phenomena are perceived through the senses.                                     |
| Variable       | A variable is something that changes within a system.                           |
| Variance       | Variance characterizes the dispersion of a distribution or a sample.            |
| Index          | An index is a numerical or literal indicator used to distinguish or classify.   |
| Data           | Data is what is accepted or given, used to discover or reason.                  |
| Method         | A method is a procedure that indicates what to do or how to do it.              |
| Definition     | A definition is the determination or characterization of a concept's content.   |
| Hypothesis     | A hypothesis concerns the explanation or possibility of an event.               |
| Problem        | A problem is a difficulty to be solved.                                         |
| Theory         | A theory is an explanatory, hypothetical, and synthetic intellectual construct. |
| Approximation  | An approximation is an estimated value of an actual quantity.                   |
| Classification | Classifications involve dividing things into classes or categories.             |
| Aporia         | Aporias are difficulties of a logical or philosophical nature.                  |
| Paradox        | Paradoxes are propositions that are both true and false.                        |

| Hypostasis   | Informal Definition                                                                                        |
|--------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Formalism    | Formalism is the consideration of the form of an argument.                                                 |
| Event        | Events are what happens.                                                                                   |
| Variation    | Variations are changes from one state to another.                                                          |
| Dimension    | Dimensions are measurable quantities that determine positions.                                             |
| Mode         | Modes are the ways in which a system exists.                                                               |
| Belief       | Beliefs are certainties or convictions that lead one to believe something is true, plausible, or possible. |
| Invariant    | Invariants are quantities, relations, or properties that remain unchanged during a transformation.         |
| Value        | A value is a measure of a variable quantity.                                                               |
| Structure    | Structures refer to the organization of a system's components.                                             |
| Axiom        | Axioms are propositions accepted as true at the outset of a theory.                                        |
| Conjecture   | Conjectures are unverified opinions or propositions.                                                       |

IV. Application to the EPHICE N TRIA debate The 4 EPHICE N TRIA

Debates  took  place  between  the  head  of  the  school,  teacher,  former  students,  parents,  AI researchers,  free  software  developers.  They  produced  verbatim,  their  analyses,  deliberative syntheses  and  charters.  Each  new  debate  was  carried  out  with  the  text  of  a  charter  from  the previous debate attached. The aim is to prepare the charter that will be retained by the school board. The current methodology is presented to the school on the April verbatim. His analysis shows 1702 arguments The following deliberative synthesis analysis presents 21 prime arguments that factor some of the verbatim arguments.

4.1 Deliberative synthesis of the Debate on AI in education: challenges and perspectives

1. Introduction to Educational AI

The debate over the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in education raises crucial questions about its ability to improve instruction. Opinions vary widely, and it is essential to recognize how these tools can either support or hinder learning processes. "Does the use of AI improve education or not?" The concern also extends to the potential psychological impact of AI on users, questioning whether these tools can cause "damage to people's heads."

2. Relationship between tools and pedagogy

Current pedagogy must integrate these new technological realities, while preserving the human relationship within education. AI is perceived as a tool that can give emulation, but it must be used with caution so as not to dehumanize learning. "The human being must remain at the center of the educational process." It is crucial to maintain a framework that supports the use of the tools while preserving student interest and the quality of human interaction.

3. Promoting the responsible use of AI

Education  must  indeed  promote  conscious  and  responsible  use  of  AI.  To  do  this,  it  seems essential  to  discuss  and  establish  charters  that  clearly  define  the  obligations  and  prohibitions regarding the use of AI tools, especially for underage students. "An educational and pedagogical AI  must  be  contained  and  marked."  It  also  seems  necessary  to  encourage  new  generations  to enrich their understanding, rather than being satisfied with ready-made answers provided by AI.

4. Intellectual Property and Ethics

Issues  related  to  intellectual  property  and  ethics  are  central  to  this  discussion.  While  AI  can process  a  large  volume  of  data,  it  is  crucial  to  regulate  how  this  information  is  used  and represented.  "It's  true  that  the  notion  of  intellectual  property,  ethics,  etc.,  is  something  that  is going to be extremely important." Without adequate regulation, the use of AI could lead to abuse and a loss of trust within educational relationships.

5. AI: A Multifaceted Tool

AI  offers  fascinating  opportunities  and  can  be  a  powerful  ally  for  education  in  terms  of personalizing learning and optimizing teaching methods. However, its ability to generate results in a matter of seconds can also devalue long and laborious learning efforts.

"AI is perceived as a tool for improving courses."

It is crucial to strike a balance between the use of these technologies and the promotion of human cognitive effort in the educational process.

6. Consequences of AI Use

Several concerns are emerging about the risks of isolation that AI could generate among young people.  The  ease  of  interacting  with  machines,  to  the  detriment  of  human  interaction  and emotional learning, deserves to be addressed seriously.

"There is nonetheless a danger of selling an illusion."

The risks  of  excessive  dependence  on  these  systems,  as  well  as  concerns  about  the  quality  of learning, raise questions that institutions must be prepared to answer proactively.

7. Conclusion: Towards a Collaborative Charter

It is therefore essential that schools create a charter governing the use of AI within a collaborative framework, involving students, parents, and teachers. This approach aims not only to regulate the use  of  tools  for  educational  purposes,  but  also  to  establish  a  culture  of  responsibility  and transparency regarding their impacts.

"I hope we will have a foundation for a charter that can be validated."

In  conclusion,  the  path  towards  an  effective  and  responsible  integration  of AI  in  education  is fraught with pitfalls, but the benefits it can bring will remain strategic provided they are managed with intelligence and ethics.

The  draft  charter  is  a  proposed  rewriting  of  the  deliberative  synthesis  in  a  form  suitable  for students. It presents a slight compression of the 22 arguments of the deliberative synthesis into 16 primary arguments.

4.2 Charter for Responsible Use of AI in Education

1. Introducing AI in Our Schools

We, the students, know that artificial intelligence (AI) is a tool that can help us learn better. But it is important to ask: does it really improve our education?

There are different opinions on the subject, and some people fear that AI may cause psychological problems.

2. The Importance of Human Contact

In our classrooms, teaching must incorporate these new technologies while keeping the human relationship at the heart of our learning. AI can be good support for us, but we must use it without forgetting that human interactions are vital.

"Humans must remain at the center of the educational process."

We must all be mindful of maintaining an environment that fosters our interest and the quality of interactions between us and our teachers.

3. Using AI Responsibly

It is essential that we talk to each other and define rules on how to use AI. This means we must establish clear rules and prohibitions, especially for those of us who are younger.

"Educational and pedagogical AI must be contained and clearly bounded."

Instead of just asking AI for answers, we should learn to enrich our understanding through it.

4. Ownership and Ethics in the Use of AI

Questions of intellectual property and ethics are very important when we talk about AI. We must be careful about how we use and represent information, because without good rules, we could lose trust in our learning relationships.

"It is true that the notion of intellectual property, ethics, etc., is something that will be extremely important."

5. AI as a Learning Tool

AI can truly improve our learning by offering us personalized methods. However, we must be careful that those who try to use AI to generate quick results do not diminish our efforts and our work.

"AI is perceived as a tool for improving courses."

We must find a balance between the use of these new technologies and the importance of our hard work.

6. Avoiding Isolation Through AI

Concerns are arising about the risks of isolation that AI could cause. If we become too dependent on  machines,  we  risk  losing  our  human  interactions  and  our  ability  to  learn  to  manage  our emotions.

"There is nonetheless a danger of selling an illusion."

Being too addicted to AI can raise questions about the quality of our learning.

7. Towards a Collaborative Charter

This is why it is essential that our institutions create a charter to govern the use of AI. This project must include all students, parents, and teachers in order to create a responsible and transparent educational environment.

"I hope we will have a foundation for a charter that can be validated."

This  charter  will  be  able  to  guide  us  in  the  use  of AI  while  helping  us  establish  a  culture  of responsibility and transparency.

8. Together for the Future

We know that the path to integrating AI into our schools can be difficult, but if we work together with  listening  and  respect,  we  will  be  able  to  benefit  from  everything AI  can  bring  us,  while acting with ethics and intelligence.

4.3 Logical Table of Correspondences Between the Arguments of the Deliberative Synthesis and Those of the Proposed Charter

This table organizes, by hypostasis, the presentation of the arguments taken up as examples in the charter, the arguments excluded from the charter (on a red background), those factored into the charter's arguments (struck through), and those added to the charter but absent from the synthesis (on a green background).

V. Second Application Example: Logical Table Applied to This Own Text

Here,  the  approach  is  applied  to  this  very  text.  Column  V2  contains  the  arguments  of  its deliberative synthesis, whose structure follows that of an Ostrom-style charter. Column V3 is a rewriting, based on V2, of a charter intended for children. 11 of the 30 hypostases are instantiated by arguments. The correspondences between arguments arise from the fact that the arguments in V3 factor in or corroborate those in V2.

| Hypostases              | Argument V2                                                                                                   | Argument V3                                                     |         |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| Epistemic (2)           | Epistemic (2)                                                                                                 | Epistemic (2)                                                   |         |
| Axiom                   |                                                                                                               |                                                                 | =       |
|                         | 1. Consensus on the need for clear rules for AI use.                                                          | 1. Students create their own rules for                          |         |
| Theory                  | 2. The use of AI raises concerns about its impact on instruction. • Integrating AI requires collaboration and | using AI. 1. AI seems to have potential to improve instruction. | =       |
| ethics. Speculative (2) | ethics. Speculative (2)                                                                                       | ethics. Speculative (2)                                         |         |
| Conjecture              | 1. Integrating AI requires listening and respect in order to reap its benefits.                               | - Removed                                                       | Deleted |
| Hypothesis              | 2. Regulation is essential to maintain trust in pedagogy. • The benefits of AI depend on careful management.  | Removed                                                         | Deleted |
| Structural (2)          | Structural (2)                                                                                                | Structural (2)                                                  |         |

| Invariant                                      | 1. The human relationship must be preserved despite AI integration.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 1. Students commit to keeping their mutual promises. =                                                                                            | =                                  |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| Structure                                      | 1. Proposal for a collaborative charter on AI use.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 1. Need for a charter to govern                                                                                                                   | =                                  |
| AI use. = Normative (3)                        | AI use. = Normative (3)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | AI use. = Normative (3)                                                                                                                           | AI use. = Normative (3)            |
| Belief                                         | 1. Integrating AI requires listening and respect in order to reap its benefits.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 1. Importance of collaboration for integrating AI into schools. =                                                                                 | =                                  |
| Principle                                      | 7. The human relationship must be preserved despite AI integration. • Pedagogy must integrate technology while remaining human-centered. • Consensus on the need for clear rules for AI use. • Need to regulate AI use in education to prevent abuse. • Need to create a charter to govern AI use. • Objective of the charter: promote responsibility and | 3. A balance between technology and human effort is necessary. • Creation of rules to handle violations. • Need for a charter to govern AI use. = | =                                  |
| Value                                          | transparency. • Integrating AI 2. Importance of balance between technology and cognitive effort. • Objective of the charter: promote                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | - Removed                                                                                                                                         | Deleted                            |
| responsibility and Problematic (1)             | responsibility and Problematic (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | responsibility and Problematic (1)                                                                                                                | responsibility and Problematic (1) |
| Problem                                        | 7. The use of AI raises concerns about its impact on instruction. • Need for a framework to govern AI use. • Need to regulate AI use in education to prevent abuse. • Regulation is essential to maintain trust in pedagogy. • Importance of balance between technology and cognitive effort. • Excessive AI use could diminish the                       | 1. Every child must have the space to resolve their conflicts. =                                                                                  | =                                  |
| quality of learning. • The Object / Method (1) | quality of learning. • The Object / Method (1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | quality of learning. • The Object / Method (1)                                                                                                    |                                    |

| Method   | 4. Pedagogy must integrate technology while remaining human-centered. • Need for a framework to govern AI use. • Proposal for a collaborative charter on AI use. • Need to create a charter to govern AI use.   | 4. A balance between technology and human effort is necessary. • Creation of rules to handle violations. • Every child must have the space to resolve their conflicts. • Importance of collaboration for   |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

VI. Conclusions and Perspectives

This contribution has proposed a general framework for articulating individual thought, collective deliberation, and artificial computation, and illustrates it in the context of introducing generative AI (GenAI) into education.

The formalized protocol - grounded in the geometry of debates, the theory of the triptych of intelligences,  and  the  principles  of  commons  governance  -  aims  to  provide  educational communities  with  a  rigorous  instrument  enabling  them  to  collectively  take  ownership  of  the challenges posed by AI, rather than simply undergoing them.

Analysis of the verbatim of each community - school, laboratory, local authority, company, or association  -  is  an  essential  condition  for  avoiding  reductive  syntheses  and  for  presenting debates  in  terms  that  allow  everyone  to  identify  their  own  arguments,  map  controversies,  and make their choices intelligible and justifiable.

Within  this  framework,  GenAI  ceases  to  be  a  mere  text-generation  tool:  it  becomes  a  neutral, subsidiary  computational  third  party,  allowing  a  community  to  build  its  own  norms  and democratically control their production and revision. The hypostases become a kind of 'signage'. in the social sense of the term, for the use of IAG.

The goal is to give a community - including its non-experts - the means to manage a digital commons.

The intended next step is to deploy this protocol within educational communities concerned about the conditions of GenAI use in their teaching practices. It suggests turning schools into "écolabs" (school-laboratories) to study the management of digital commons. It is easy to verify that giving children a voice - whose ignorance is accepted as a matter of principle - affects the verbatim of the debate. It is well known that we are all, whether teacher or student, ignorant: as a patient in a hospital, as a citizen before the administration, as an inhabitant of Earth before nature...

Ultimately, the aim is to transform GenAI from a tool of cognitive substitution into a lever for collective  empowerment,  in  the  service  of  developing  critical  thinking  and  civic  education  in resource-constrained educational environments.

VII. Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank the EPHICENTRIA project and its director, Véronique Gaillard, for  their  contribution  to  the  experiment,  as  well  as  Michel  Robert  for  his  participation  in  the

integrating AI into discussions that informed this article, and Yves Rinato for making the resources of his company, Intactile Design, available.

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