Commutative Poisson algebras $A$ can be thought of as commutative algebras equipped with a first-order deformation into a noncommutative algebra given by the Poisson bracket. A simple example is the symmetric algebra $S(\mathfrak{g})$ of a Lie algebra, which can be deformed into the universal enveloping algebra $U(\mathfrak{g})$. Today I learned that Poisson algebras also appear <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610236">in algebraic topology</a> as follows: - If $X$ is a pointed space, the iterated loop space $\Omega^d(X)$ is an algebra over the little $d$-disks operad. - Hence the homology $H_{\ast}(\Omega^d(X))$ is an algebra over the homology of the little $d$-disks operad. - The homology of the little $d$-disks operad is an operad $\text{Pois}^d$ whose algebras are (graded commutative) Poisson algebras where the bracket has degree $1 - d$. (I may have that last statement slightly wrong.) > Can these two points of view be related? For example, is it known whether $H^{\ast}(\Omega^d(X))$ is naturally the associated graded of some filtered algebra associated to $X$?