... Complexity, Teleology, andthe Arrow of Time 199 The many-universes theory neatly solves the problem ofthe origin of the arrow of time. The wave function as a whole can be completely time- symmetric, ... anyone of these universes will by definition call the low-entropy endof the universe the Big Bang andthe high-entropy endthe big crunch. Without the temporal asymmetry implied, life and observers ... percent ofthe nuclear matter was in the form of iso-lated protons – the nuclei of hydrogen. Hydrogen is the fuel ofthe stars. Itdrives the processes that generate most ofthe entropy in the universe...
... reluctant to endorseany discourse of ends or the end, will speakunapologetically of the endof theodicy. ‘For an ethical sensibility the justification of the neighbour’s pain is the source of all ... speakof the other and others, when it is a question of the third, of justice and politics, must I not necessarily rejoin the theoret-ical language and logic of theodicy? But let us remain with the ... suf-fering and that critique as the critique of theodicy, the announcing of theendof theodicy. We are now in a position to say that what fol-lows from the description is the refusal of theodicy....
... average out. In the end, people livetheir lives and work at their jobs and build their companiesin calendar time. Therefore, for most stocks and markets,for most ofthe time, there is little ... QUANTITATIVEFINANCE The perception of time, risk and return during periods of speculation The ratio between a tick of intrinsic timeand a second of calendar time varies from stock to stock, depending on the ... ratio andthe classic risk–return relationships of arbitragepricing theory andthe capital asset pricing model. The second hypothesis concerns the perception of time. I conjecture thatin times of...
... two types of government, ‘ the power ofthe few andthe power of the masses,” are joined to form the republic. “But in the republic are not the citizens human persons and the acts of government ... relations of units in the text to the intention of the creators ofthe text…. 4. The relation of textual units to nonliterary events with which units in the textestablish relations ofthe sort ... letter to the grand duchess of Tuscany of 1615 on the use of biblical quotations in scientific matters, and Il saggiatore of 1623, a scathing defense of hisviews on the nature of comets from the attack...
... Europe and Eurasia, and the chapters in the second half ofthe book focus explicitly on this region and its problems after theendof communism in 1989 andthe collapse ofthe 32 THEORY AND ... have included the end ofthe cold war, the demise of communism, andthe machinations of thug-gish politicians seeking to preserve their livelihoods and reputations in a timeof 1IntroductionEvery ... ofthe old eastern bloc. Many of the great debates ofthe 1990s—over recognition ofthe newly independent states of eastern Europe and Eurasia, Western intervention in Bosnia and Kosovo, the...
... the abstracting and theorizing infl uences ofthe later Greeks, the theologizing infl uences of medieval times, and scientifi cation in more modern times ofthe originary thinking of Being. In general ... characteristics: the distinction between the sensuous andthe non-sensuous since thetimeof Plato. The outcome of this distinction can be seen throughout the history of Western philosophy, as the abstracting ... 1 TheEndof Comparative Philosophy and the Task of Comparative Thinking Heidegger andthe Other Commencement | 31never appears as such, for then it would be a thing and thus nameable and...
... void the Buddhists speak of: the void thatgenerates the “ten thousand things,” the whole array of created beings. The roaring ofthe ocean waves arises out ofthe silence ofthe ocean. This is the interplay ... presence of self and other and we experience the other from the inside of life as such.In this profound experience of self and other, merged and yet separatelypresent, silence becomes the fertile ... Chapter 1 The Awe Before There Are Words The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging ofthe stormy sea, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.—William...
... by the blood volume and flow ofthe basivertebral vein withantegrade and retrograde flow of venous blood in and out of the valveless epidural vein system. The volume change of the vertebral body ... fixed. The deformations oftheend plate,vertebral body, and basivertebral vein were calculated. The change ofthe vertebral body volume and cross-sec-tional areas along the basivertebral vein and ... vertebralbody and cross-sectional areas and that ofthe basivertebral vein, due to the inward bulging of the end plate under compression. This volume change could initiate the reverse flow of blood from the epidural...
... home. The first things I saw were there, the first scents, the first tastes, the earth, the wheat fields , the idea of going back to the placefrom where you left off, to return to your mother's ... deposition/conservation in a coffin) suggest an inten-tion to witness either the disappearance or the perma-nence ofthe individuality ofthe deceased. The B standregarding cremation relates to their need to ... 2 of 10(page number not for citation purposes)distinctive as are the cultures, and they change and evolvewith them [2]. The "role of dying" andthe belief in Everlasting LifeIn the...