... andthe nature and content ofthe act itself The issue ofthe truth of P2, i.e what implications this might have, then becomes pressing Speaking of which, I now want to rehearse briefly some of ... The same can be said of all the expressions in (1), and all the other examples introduced so far And yet, it appears that these expression types, which (on my view) have both the syntax andthe ... readers of features of a tree that are important for the larger lessons ofthe book, even when they are not essential to the point at hand One result of these competing forces is that my trees are often...
... a common basis for the theory of linguistic meaning and for the theory of pictorial representation, and also for the theory of meaning andthe theory of inference Finally, the objection goes ... 'doctrine of signs'; in this case, one has to choose either a theory 'ofthe sign or a theory of semiosis (or ofthe significant practice, ofthe communicative processes, of textual and discursive ... meaning of words andthe pragmatic nature ofthe question, the prayer, andthe order Those who oppose a pragmatics of discourse to a semantics of sign units shift the attention from the systems of...
... order ofthe sum of two functions is not greater than the larger ofthe orders ofthe two summands, and if the orders ofthe summands andofthe sum are all equal, then 21 the type ofthe sum ... greater than the larger ofthe types ofthe two summands In addition, if one ofthe two functions is of larger growth than the other, then the sum has the same order and type as the function of larger ... analogue of Rolle’s theorem Theorem (Gauss-Lucas Theorem [50, p 8],[57, Theorem 1.2.1]) If p(z) is a non-constant polynomial, then the zeros of p (z) belong in the convex hull ofthe zeros of p(z) The...
... to take advantage of these government handouts of your money, and wineries represent just a handful ofthe thousands of industries and mostly wealthy households that have done the same Fifth, photovoltaic ... within the communities of scientists, engineers, and other experts who work on solar energy But because of specialization and occupational silo effects, few of these professionals capture the entire ... owners are often shocked by the underwhelming performance of their solar arrays in the real world For example, roof jobs may require that they disconnect, remove, and reinstall their rooftop arrays...
... PT thermal energy management The experiences ofthe pinch analysis are incorporated in theGreen Brewery Concept The concept calculates a generic list of heat sources and heat sinks based on the ... includes the development of M AN U of technology change, a bottom-up approach for heat integration via the pinch analysis andthe integration of renewable energy based on the process temperatures and ... need to be entered The calculation ofthe thermal energy demand is done on a process level based on the production data and technologies to allow for a detailed energy balance ofthe status quo in...
... estimates ofthe purposes and proprieties ofthe Incarnation on the one hand andofthe multiple and contrasting job-descriptions for Christ’s saving work on the other Secondarily, focus of detail and ... with the mutual interaction of soul and body on the one hand andofthe soul’s powers on the other Bonaventure begins with the dolor that is the sorrow of a soul that is really suffering with the ... be in two ofthe states of human being at once—on the one hand, to experience the bitter suffering of our sin and alienation, the acute torment of His passion and death; and on the other, to enjoy...
... examples of “phenomenologies” Their subjects are meaning and knowledge, not linguistic theories or cognitive sciences Thephilosophyof physics andthephilosophyof social sciences, on the other hand, ... function; the equivalence ofthe analyses bears only on the issue ofthe extent ofthe former notion and indicates nothing concerning the extent ofthe latter As previously mentioned, the Churchlands ... profound transformations in the definition ofphilosophyof mind, aesthetics and logic Still other questions, like “what is the nature of complexity?”, “what is the nature of life?”, “what is the...
... history ofphilosophyandof science G.A.J.Rogers is Professor ofPhilosophy at Keele University andthe Editor ofthe British Journal for the History ofPhilosophy He is the Editor (with the late ... on the motion ofthe heart andthe blood Böhme, The Signature of All Things Pascal b Bacon, Ofthe Advancement and Proficience of Learning Bacon, New Atlantis Gassendi, Exercises in the Form of ... Voltaire and other philosophes ofthe early French Enlightenment Attention to it can be a way of announcing some ofthe themes ofthe volume as a whole and also linking together some ofthe figures...
... because they presented only theories of obligation, or of right and wrong, and I was not ready to offer a theory ofthe good I had some thought that a theistic metaethical theory ofthe good ... member ofthe Faculty ofPhilosophy at Oxford University Paul Hoffman is Professor ofPhilosophy at the University of California, Riverside Larry M Jorgensen is Assistant Professor ofPhilosophy ... that the form ofthe Good (or of Beauty) occupies in Plato’s ‘middle dialogues’, and more and more convinced ofthe centrality ofthe idea of intrinsic excellence, both for ethical theory and...
... his emphasis on truth theories as theories of interpretation, on the other In using a truth theory as a theory of interpretation, we use the T-theorems ofthe theory rather than its axioms That ... the author of Self and World (1997) E J Lowe is Professor ofPhilosophy at the University of Durham, UK He is author of Kinds of Being (1989), Subjects of Experience (1996), The Possibility of ... Syntax of Anaphora (2004), andThe Syntax of (In)Dependence (2004) x Contributors R M Sainsbury is Professor ofPhilosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, and Susan Stebbing Professor of Philosophy...
... the opposition ofphilosophyand antiphilosophy and to demonstrate the value ofthe former over the latter is cunning The dialogues incorporate representative elements ofphilosophyand antiphilosophy, ... misconception ofthe form and meaning ofthe arguments through importing into them logical and conceptual material foreign to the author and his times On the other, there has been misconception ofthe ... Athens most ofthe political leaders were members ofthe leisure class; however, they were beholden to the will ofthe people Their prominence and influence depended upon the satisfaction of...
... very often goes astray: one concerns the great question ofthe Free andthe Necessary, above all in the production andthe origin of Evil; the other consists in the discussion of continuity andof ... to π (they put it at 3.16) and that they knew the formula for the volume of a truncated pyramid: V = (n/3) (a2 + ab + b2), where a and b are lengths ofthe sides ofthe base ofthe pyramid and ... continuity andofthe indivisibles which appear to be the elements thereof, and where the consideration ofthe infinite must enter in The first perplexes almost all the human race, the other exercises...
... what it is for the experiences in the one case (of things ofthe same color, one in shadow andthe other not) to be different and for the experiences in the other case (of things of different colors, ... case are exactly like the sequences of Px and Pz experiences in the versions ofthe case in which one or the other ofthe systems was inactive throughout the members of these sequences can be ... quale; without it they will not be realizers ofthe same quale, and there is nothing that could make one of them rather than any ofthe others a realizer of that quale But this imposes the requirement...
... remains in the world ofthe generous sentiments ofthe ancient Greeks and Romans who placed love of country andthe public good, andthe welfare of future generations, before fortune and before ... the validity of other conceptions ofphilosophy in their context, or indeed ofthe role of social forces, or popular culture, in the making ofthe Atlantic democratic revolutions ofthe eighteenth ... culture andthe world of Islam, together with other ramifications ofthe late seventeenth- and early eighteenthcentury revolution in scholarship and ideals of learning In the research for, and writing...
... The End of Comparative Philosophyandthe Task of Comparative Thinking SUNY series in Chinese Philosophyand Culture Roger T Ames, editor The End of Comparative Philosophyandthe Task of ... throughout the history of Western philosophy, as the abstracting and theorizing influences ofthe later Greeks, the theologizing influences of medieval times, and scientification in more modern times ofthe ... different from the Other The Auseinandersetzung is an encounter ofthe Self andthe Other, and we must learn to let go ofthe assertively polemic connotations which often accompany the word “confrontation,”...
... that the unaccustomed position ofthe ngers makes the synthesis of their perceptions impossible: the right side ofthe middle nger andthe left side ofthe index not ordinarily work together, and ... Empiricism andthephilosophyof mind In Herbert Feigl and Michael Scriven, eds., Minnesota Studies in thePhilosophyof Science, Volume I: The Foundations of Science andthe Concepts of Psychology and ... on the palm of one hand and a penny on the palm ofthe other: he might (perhaps truthfully) say, The half-crown looks to me larger than the penny, though they feel the same size. If we apply the...
... leaves the body at death and goes off on its own Parallelness Dewey sees the metaphor ofthe Eye ofthe Mind as the result ofthe prior notion that knowledge must be ofthe unchangeable: The theory ... preachers and philosophers as the moral teachers ofthe youth The result was that the more "scientific" and "rigorous" philosophy became, the less it had to with the rest of culture andthe more ... however, often made Understanding why they are made requires an understanding of intellectual history rather than an understanding ofthe meanings ofthe relevant terms, or an analysis ofthe concepts...
... distinction between the sensuous andthe non-sensuous since the time of Plato The outcome of this distinction can be seen throughout the history of Western philosophy, as the abstracting and theorising ... The unexpressed standard for considering and judging the early thinkers is thephilosophyof Plato and Aristotle These are taken as the Greek philosophers who set the standard both before and ... appreciation ofthe role of language in philosophy There are different sorts of language used in different areas ofphilosophy There is for example a certain use of language in analytic philosophy, and...
... form and arrangement ofthe body’s parts andthe power ofthe mind cannot be the product of chance (153) In the course of developing this theme, Balbus turns to the mind and reason and extols the ... imposition in the origin of language, the other about the standard of correctness governing the formation and use of words A purely natural account ofthe origin of language in the style of Epicurus ... understanding ofthe general structure ofthe world Second, they assumed that these people, in naming the gods, wished to signify the segment ofthe natural world that the gods, in the view of these...