... occur in the mineral An anion is a negatively charge atom, and a AnIntroductiontotheStudyof Mineralogy polyanion is a strongly bound group of atoms consisting of a cation plus several anions ... to deliver enough energy to accomplish this For example, the sonication ofthe basalt soil was insufficient to fully lift the 36 AnIntroductiontotheStudyof Mineralogy iron coatings off the ... sediment If land subjected to any of these surface mining techniques is not properly AnIntroductionto Mineralogy 13 restored after its use, then it leaves an unsightly scar on the land and is highly...
... woman is the Empress, the man the Emperor, and the angel the Hierophant The man and woman also correspond tothe two ministers ofthe Hierophant, tothe pillars ofthe High Priestess, and tothe lilies ... symbol ofthe union of and 2, or the Magician and the High Priestess The cross formed by the legs ofthe Hanged Man thus refers tothe four elements which the Magician arranges and classifies, and ... the other In the middle distance are the Watch-towers ofthe East and the West They are the Pillars ofthe High Priestess, and the Pillars of Mercy and Severity on the Qabalistic Tree of Life The...
... fully in my Kinds of Being: A Studyof Individuation, Identity and the Logic of 18 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind ciple is correct, then, and turn tothe case of a person and his or her ... it, then, it seems, by analogy with the statue and the lump of bronze, every part ofthe body must be a part ofthe person but not every part ofthe person can be part ofthe body: that is to ... conception ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compatible the theories and observations ofthe various different sciences: and providing that conception is not the task of any one of those...
... conception ofthe whole of reality, we cannot hope to render compatible the theories and observations ofthe various different sciences: and providing that conception is not the task of any one of those ... what they say about this Secondly, if they mean to abandon reasoned argument altogether, even in defence of their own position, then I have Introduction nothing more to say to them because they ... embrace any kind of sensation, perception or thought This agreed, we can say that the philosophy of mind is the philosophical studyof subjects of experience – what they are, how they can exist, and...
... strange coincidence, the inhabitants of this planet speak a language which sounds just like English and that they use the word ‘snow’ for the stuff descending from their skies An inhabitant ofthe ... propositional attitude 74 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind states And let us then see whether this hypothesis gives rise to any insuperable difficulties THE CAUSAL RELEVANCE OF CONTENT A problem ... following How the contents of mental states contribute tothe causal explanation of behaviour? Can the contents of mental states be assigned to them independently ofthe environmental circumstances in...
... an account of our concepts of mental states than as a theory ofthe nature of mental states themselves 52 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of mind ing an adequate account ofthe character of ... states of consciousness to other human beings, so that to deny consciousness tothe hypothetical pile of pebbles in the circumstances envisaged would be to succumb to narrow-minded prejudice, ofthe ... strings of meaningless marks or sounds If that is so, then to abandon the category of belief is implicitly to abandon also the very notions of truth and falsehood and therewith, it seems, the very...
... colour and shape ofthe tree and ofthe house, the intervening ground between them, the sky behind them, and other objects in their vicinity (together with their colours and shapes) And these other ... this is passed tothe other tank and the same amount of water is let into or out of it But a much easier solution is to place the two tanks on the same level and join them by an interconnecting ... to divide one’s attention in a way which seems to be psychologically impossible From the point of view ofthe causal theory, then, it is easy enough to 148 Anintroductiontothe philosophy of...
... that analyse c o n t e n t are essentially two-pronged: there are always t w o a g e n c i e s — u s and t h e m , the body and the spirit, the ego and the id, the brain and the mind Part ofthe ... i s last advantage is crucial to our effort to e x t e n d our understanding of mental life back into the waking state, and to obtain comparable quantitative data from the minds ofthe same individuals ... priorities we have managed to get along and to help each other F o r m e , the meaning ofthe dream is transparent: I am anxious about my p r o p e r t y and about entrusting it to people w h o are...
... Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to have been due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized ... BEFORE THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS III THE GERMAN INVASIONS AND THE BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE 25 IV THE RISE OFTHE PAPACY 44 V THE MONKS AND THE CONVERSION OFTHE GERMANS 56 VI CHARLES MARTEL AND ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... convinced ofthe validity ofthe algorithm as well as ofthe correctness ofthe process of analysis Some algorithms are worth analyzing because their analyses can add tothe body of mathematical tools ... reference: the intended use ofthe algorithm, the importance ofthe algorithm in relationship to others from both practical and theoretical standpoints, the difficulty of analysis, and the accuracy and ... assumed to be larger than all the elements tothe end of each ofthe auxiliary arrays, to help accomplish the task of moving the remainder of one ofthe auxiliary arrays back to a after the other...
... due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized neighbors, or the need of new lands for their increasing numbers And the Romans, by means of their ... BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE [Sidenote: The Huns force the Goths into the Empire Battle of Adrianople, 378.] Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... relative tothe Earth The overall relative velocity is the sum ofthe rotational velocity ofthe Earth, the velocity ofthe Earth round the Sun and the Solar System around the centre ofthe Galaxy, ... point of view ofthe observer at C, isotropy requires that the expansion in AC be the same as in BC The sides ofthe triangle are expanded by the same factor Adding a galaxy out ofthe plane to ... The light curves ofthe Cepheids give the distance to their host galaxy and calibrate the luminosity ofthe host If necessary the brightest galaxies themselves can then be used as standard candles...
... observed the rising and setting ofthe sun and the several phases ofthe moon The more thoughtful among them have then proceeded to ask the question, “Why? Why does the moon wax and wane? Why does the ... Discuss the nativist and empiricist explanations ofthe origin of human attributes 16 First describe the positions of mechanism and vitalism and then indicate which ofthe two positions you accept and ... refer tothe totality of things but also suggested an elegant, ordered universe The aesthetic aspect ofthe meaning ofthe term kosmos is reflected in the English word cosmetic Thus, tothe early...
... conceptions of history-writingThe ancient and mediổval ideal The "history of civilisation "The modern historical "manual "The romantic ideal at the beginning ofthe centuryHistory regarded as a branch of ... an art; what are the duties of history; what is the use of history; and so on On the other hand, there is incontestable truth in the remark that nearly all the specialists and historians of to- day ... reflection on the conditions of historical analysis and synthesis, have robbed the work of specialists and historians of much of its value The truth is, that, of all branches of study, history is without...
... due to their love of adventure, their hope of enjoying some ofthe advantages of their civilized neighbors, or the need of new lands for their increasing numbers And the Romans, by means of their ... BREAK-UP OFTHE ROMAN EMPIRE [Sidenote: The Huns force the Goths into the Empire Battle of Adrianople, 378.] Previous tothe year 375 the attempts ofthe Germans to penetrate into the Empire appear to ... than any ofthe other German races Besides the kingdoms ofthe East Goths and the Franks, the West Goths had their kingdom in Spain, the Burgundians had established themselves on the Rhone, and...
... immediately the following theorems: The number of partitions of n into m parts is equal tothe number of partitions on n into parts the largest of which is m; The number of partitions of n into not ... and T ∩ R = ∅ A translation of S of one ˜ into T , i.e., it makes R vanish! On the other hand, a ˜ ˜ unit tothe right sends S ˜ ˜ ˜ rotation ofthe plane through θ sends S into R making T vanish! ... primes n not exceeding n; the number of distinct primes factors of n; the number of prime power factors of n; the number of divisors of n; d the sum ofthe divisors of n p≤n ω(n) = p|n Ω(n) =...
... convinced ofthe validity ofthe algorithm as well as ofthe correctness ofthe process of analysis Some algorithms are worth analyzing because their analyses can add tothe body of mathematical tools ... reference: the intended use ofthe algorithm, the importance ofthe algorithm in relationship to others from both practical and theoretical standpoints, the difficulty of analysis, and the accuracy and ... assumed to be larger than all the elements tothe end of each ofthe auxiliary arrays, to help accomplish the task of moving the remainder of one ofthe auxiliary arrays back to a after the other...
... is therefore provided, which links the development ofthe mathematical theories tothestudyof programs The only cost of this approach occurs in theintroductionof transducers, instead of restricting ... given input if and only if the problem has an answer yes for the input, that is, the program accepts the language { x | x is an instance ofthe problem, and the problem has the answer yes at x ... http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/theory-bk/theory-bk-onese3.html and storing it in x Then the program reads the input and checks that each ofthe input values differs from the value stored in x The notion ofan imaginary...
... one of a or b is an initial segment ofthe other, then c is the shorter element If neither is an initial segment ofthe other, then either a(y) = + and b(y) = - or a(y) = - and b(y) = + In either ... example, in theANINTRODUCTIONTOTHE THEORY OFTHE SURREAL NUMBERS 16 proof ofthe associative law for addition Theorem 3.3 The surreal numbers form an Abelian group with respect to addition The empty ... away can F and G be from a and still have a = F|G? As a rough rule of thumb, the larger the length of a, the closer F and G must be to a AN INTRODUCTIONTOTHE THEORY OF SURREAL NUMBERS 40 Proof,...