... constant factor, as they are all integer mul-tiples ofthe cost of a basic instruction cycle. Furthermore, the total runningtime ofthe program will be within a constant factor ofthe number of com-pares. ... research papers led to a survey paper, then to a monograph, then to a book, then to two books, then to a life’s work, I learned, as many studentsand collaborators around the world have learned, ... edition of our book An Introductiontothe Analysis of Algorithmswas prepared with these thoughts in mind. It is dedicated tothe memory of Philippe Flajolet, and is intended to teach generations to...
... TOTHE REST OF THIS BOOK I have organised the contents of this book so as to begin,in chapter 2, with some fundamental metaphysical problemsconcerning the ontological status of subjects of ... accept what they say about this.Secondly, if they mean to abandon reasoned argument alto-gether, even in defence of their own position, then I have 1 Introduction What is the philosophy of mind? ... meaning thereby just that they feel,see, think, reason and so forth. According to this view of the matter, the philosophy of mind is the philosophical study of minded things just insofar as they...
... XIIIHow to Write Letters (Formerly TheBook of by Mary Owens Crowther The Project Gutenberg EBook of How to Write Letters (Formerly TheBook of Letters), by Mary Owens Crowther This eBook is for the ... by the length andarrangement ofthe letter. The inside address consists ofthe name ofthe person or ofthe firm and the address. The address should comprise the street number, the city, and the ... and use the kind of language that seems best to fit both the subject matter and the reader, and he will give the fitting ofthe words to the reader the first choice.There is something of a feeling...
... possible. And the provision of just such a conception is one ofthe principaltasks of metaphysics.3 The point of these remarks is to emphasise there cannotbe progress either in the philosophy of mind ... GUIDE TOTHE REST OF THIS BOOK I have organised the contents of this book so as to begin,in chapter 2, with some fundamental metaphysical problemsconcerning the ontological status of subjects of ... philosophical analysis of the concept of seeing: but each will have more credibility to the extent that it is consistent with the other.METAPHYSICS AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND The philosophy of mind is not...
... eagle.OBJECTIONS TO A TELEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF MENTAL CONTENTThese advantages ofthe teleological theory of representationover the causal theory may encourage us to try to extend it to the case of mental ... statistical notion of normality willnot help the causal theory of content to solve the problem of misrepresentation, then it begins to look as though the causal theory is doomed to failure. Nor ... instance, the various different alarm-calls used by vervet monkeys to alertother monkeys tothe presence of various kinds of predator.19One type of call appears to represent the presence of eagles,another...
... states of consciousness to other human beings, so that to deny consciousness to the hypothetical pile of pebbles in the circumstances envisagedwould be to succumb to narrow-minded prejudice, ofthe ... tothe computer’s ‘inputs’, other software states of the computer, and the computer’s ‘outputs’. By a ‘software’ state of a computer, I mean, for instance, its storing of a particularpiece of ... causally tothe bodily behaviour of its subject, as when abelief that one’s leg has been injured, together with a desire to relieve the consequent pain, can cause one to rub the affec-ted part of the...
... shape ofthe tree and ofthe house, the interveningground between them, the sky behind them, and otherobjects in their vicinity (together with their colours andshapes). And these other ingredients ... one to divide one’s attention in away which seems to be psychologically impossible. From the point of view ofthe causal theory, then, it is easy enough to An introductiontothe philosophy of ... neither of them assigns any significant role in perception tothe qualit-ative or phenomenal characteristics of perceptual experience.Indeed, neither of them really has any use for the notion of perceptual...
... sphere altogether in favour of an equation of literaturewith poetry. But these Romantics, as we now refer to them, none the less sought to establish the importance of their vision of aes-thetic ... these apparently dis-tinct histories became part ofthe same story ofthe fragmentation of the ideal of literature as a public sphere. The excesses gener-ated by the French Revolution, on the ... important part ofthe recent rise of interdisciplinaryapproaches has been the exploration ofthe historical evolution of the academic disciplines themselves, then it may be of some help to our own...
... 1 THE SHORT FORM OF THE BOOKOF AM-TUAT THE SUMMARY OFTHEBOOKOF WHAT IS IN THE UNDERWORLD. THE BEGINNING OFTHE HORN OF AMENTET, [WHICH IS] THE UTTERMOST POINT OF THE DEEPEST DARKNESS. THE ... ANTE-CHAMBER OFTHE TUAT.IN THE FIRST DIVISION ofthe " ;Book of Gates ofthe Tuat," according tothe sarcophagus of Seti I., wesee the horizon ofthe west, , or the mountain ofthe west, ... rowed along over the watertherein in his boat to perform the plans (or, affairs) ofthe gods ofthe Tuat, the gathering together [of them] by their names, the manifestations of their shapes (or,...
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... difference Hypothesis of cause Introduction At the turn ofthe twentieth century, the best known of all dream investigators would be Sigmund Freud, who set out to base his theory ofthe mind on ... strengthened over the past SO years. In the process, thebook offers the reader a unique opportunity to reconsider his or her own dream theory and, into the bargain, to learn about the fascinating ... sleep, it is difficult to have recall unless an awakening occurs to restore the availability of these chemicals tothe brain. account for the bizarreness and the loss of logical reasoning. If...
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... phytoplankton. This closes the cycling of material through the model food web. One ofthe fundamental laws which the biogeochemical models have to obey is the conservation of mass. The total ... on the structure ofthe model equations and use the visualized products of the simulation to discuss the results. In this section we study the properties ofthe model for constant rates. The ... to define what we wish to describe with the model. The example we are going to use in this chapter aims at the description ofthe seasonal cycle of phytoplankton in mid-latitudes. We wish to...
... Goths into the Empire. Battle of Adrianople, 378.]9. Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to have been due to their love of adventure, their ... but they had also learned that they could defeat the Roman legions. The battle of Adrianople may, therefore, be said to mark the beginning ofthe conquest ofthe western part ofthe Empire by the ... It was the era ofthe great "fathers" of Christian theology, to whom alltheologians since have looked back as tothe foremost interpreters of their religion. Among the chief of thesewere...