Who's afraid of Martin Heidegger? Some friendly comments on the paper by Professor Matthew Johnson

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher S. Peebles
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Archaeological Theory ◽  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Theoretical Position ◽  
Human Habitat ◽  
Metaphysical Commitment ◽  
Natural Transformations ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Selection Of

I am in general agreement with Professor Johnson's main points. To his and the editor's question, ‘is there archaeological theory?’, His answer is ‘yes and no’. This ambiguous but accurate answer can be divided variously. The first category would be archaeological theory per se, which would encompass the work and thought from that of Nicholas Steno in the 17th century to that of Michael Schiffer (2002) today. It would be about the natural transformations of ‘deposits’. Next there would be theories about the transformation of natural materials into the more or less durable remains that comprise archaeological ‘data’ – the stuff of everyday lives. Again, work of Michael Schiffer (2001) and Daniel Miller (1998) comes to mind. They and a long list of contemporary archaeologists deploy theory on behalf of the understanding of the creation of things that build the human habitat. Broader use of theory comes with the deployment of frameworks from demography to demonology and ecology to ethics that are used to structure historical and anthropological questions that might be answered with archaeological remains. Each selection of a theoretical position entails one or another metaphysical commitment about what comprises ‘data’ and ‘evidence’ and what constitutes a proper explanation. In this regard Professor Johnson asks, does archaeology indiscriminately adopt and apply various philosophical positions without proper regard for their extent, implications and conditions for application? His answer is yes, certainly, and to our disadvantage. As Christopher Chippindale and I have noted on several occasions, archaeology treats philosophical traditions a bit like a Chinese menu or perhaps the contents of a supermarket: the archaeologist takes one from column A and another from column B, and a whole bunch of stuff from the dairy aisle and more from the fruits and vegetables section. Not only is this not kosher – one does not mix dairy and Derrida – but the selections are radically contradictory and sometimes even incoherent.

scholarly journals Mapping QTL for spike fertility and related traits in two doubled haploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) populations

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Pretini ◽  
Leonardo S. Vanzetti ◽  
Ignacio I. Terrile ◽  
Guillermo Donaire ◽  
Fernanda G. González
Keyword(s):  
Doubled Haploid ◽  
Marker Assisted Selection ◽  
Triticum Aestivum L ◽  
Physiological Model ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Genomic Regions ◽  
Fertility Traits ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Background In breeding programs, the selection of cultivars with the highest yield potential consisted in the selection of the yield per se, which resulted in cultivars with higher grains per spike (GN) and occasionally increased grain weight (GW) (main numerical components of the yield). In this study, quantitative trait loci (QTL) for GW, GN and spike fertility traits related to GN determination were mapped using two doubled haploid (DH) populations (Baguette Premium 11 × BioINTA 2002 and Baguette 19 × BioINTA 2002). Results In total 305 QTL were identified for 14 traits, out of which 12 QTL were identified in more than three environments and explained more than 10% of the phenotypic variation in at least one environment. Eight hotspot regions were detected on chromosomes 1A, 2B, 3A, 5A, 5B, 7A and 7B in which at least two major and stable QTL sheared confidence intervals. QTL on two of these regions (R5A.1 and R5A.2) have previously been described, but the other six regions are novel. Conclusions Based on the pleiotropic analysis within a robust physiological model we conclude that two hotspot genomic regions (R5A.1 and R5A.2) together with the QGW.perg-6B are of high relevance to be used in marker assisted selection in order to improve the spike yield potential. All the QTL identified for the spike related traits are the first step to search for their candidate genes, which will allow their better manipulation in the future.

Selection of the cold logistics model based on the carbon footprint of fruits and vegetables in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 130251
Author(s):  
Liu Bin ◽  
Li Jiawei ◽  
Chen Aiqiang ◽  
Panagiotis E. Theodorakis ◽  
Zhu Zongsheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Selection Of

Experiments in Environment Integration

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan W. Brown ◽  
David J. Carney ◽  
Edwin J. Morris ◽  
Dennis B. Smith ◽  
Paul F. Zarrella
Keyword(s):  
Production Quality ◽  
Current Level ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Tool Integration ◽  
Current State ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
Framework Technology ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Selection Of

In assembling a CASE environment from a collection of commercial off-theshelf (COTS) tools, tool users must find ways to connect the tools such that they provide adequate support for their particular software development approach. This task takes place in the context of limited knowledge of the tools, limited access to the source or internal structures of the tools, limited resources with which to perform and maintain the tool connections, and evolving understanding of the needs of the tool users. This places severe restrictions on what can be attempted in terms of tool interconnection. Environment framework technologies (e.g., ECMA PCTE, ATIS, BMS, ToolTalk, or CORBA) claim to provide a set of common integration services that aid in the tool integration process. There have been numerous discussions about the value, maturity, and complexity of these framework technologies. Such discussions are characterized by three points: general agreement that framework technology per se is a valuable goal to pursue; moderate disagreement as to whether the current level of framework technology is a sufficient basis for production quality CASE environments; and considerable disagreement about which of the current technologies are the most likely to mature and succeed. Notable about these discussions, however, is that there has not been extensive use of the technologies in question. This stems from several sources: their expense, their unfamiliarity and complexity to current tool users, and a widespread concern about their immaturity. This lack of use is perhaps understandable, but it has had the additional effect that partisans of one or another technology have made assertions based on little factual information about the relative merits of the technology in question. To expand our own expertise in tool integration and framework technologies, and to answer the question, “What tool integrations are possible for third-party tool users given the current state of COTS tools and integration technology?” we performed a set of experiments involving the integration of a collection of common COTS tools with environment framework technologies in support of a typical development scenario. Our selection of these tools and technologies was based on common availability and application to the development scenario(s) of interest.

scholarly journals Agronomic potential and selection of okra hybrids to obtain potential genitors

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel M Maciel ◽  
Rafael R Finzi ◽  
Alexandre William C Marra ◽  
Fábio J Carvalho ◽  
Ana Paula O Nogueira
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Divergence ◽  
Canonical Analysis ◽  
Index Number ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Germplasm Bank ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Agronomic Potential ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Fruit Mass ◽  
Selection Of

ABSTRACT Evaluation of pre-commercial hybrids in a germplasm bank is essential for determining its commercial potential or its utility as a potential genitor in a breeding program. The objective of this study was to determine genetic divergence and per se behavior of 47 pre-commercial hybrids from okra germplasm bank of the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Precocity index (%), number of fruits (fruits per plant), average fruit mass (g) and productivity (g per plant) were evaluated. Analysis of genetic divergence was performed by multivariate analysis using Mahalanobis distance with different clustering methods (UPGMA and canonical analysis). The performance of hybrids was compared by Scott-Knott (p= 0.05). A significant genetic variability among okra hybrids was observed. UPGMA and canonical analysis grouped the hybrids similarly, being satisfactory to represent genetic divergence. Ten hybrids presented higher performance than the commercial hybrids. Among them, UFU-QB16 stood out as the most promising hybrid for being used as a potential parent in breeding programs after auto pollination.

E-Dan

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Ackerman
Keyword(s):  
Archaeological Remains ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Archaeological Data

Abstract Scholars have long documented the ways in which the Bible’s descriptions of Solomon’s temple, as well as the biblical descriptions of the temple’s environs, evoke the Genesis 2–3 account of the Garden of Eden. In this paper, I suggest that Israelite tradition likewise understood Edenic imagery to manifest itself at other sanctuary sites, preeminently the sacred precinct at Tel Dan that is known to us both from textual accounts and archaeological remains. More specifically, Edenic imagery is evoked at Tel Dan by the site’s topography and by certain archaeological data, as well as in a surprisingly wide-ranging corpus of biblical, deuterocanonical, and pseudepigraphical texts.

Classic-to-Contact-Period Continuities in Maya Governance in Central Petén, Guatemala

Ethnohistory ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prudence M. Rice ◽  
Don S. Rice
Keyword(s):  
Power Sharing ◽  
Classic Period ◽  
Contact Period ◽  
Maya Lowlands ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Terminal Classic ◽  
Governance Strategies ◽  
Per Se

Abstract This article integrates ethnohistorical and archaeological data in examining political continuities or structural equivalencies in the lakes region of central Petén (southern Maya lowlands) between the Late and Terminal Classic periods and the Postclassic and Spanish Contact periods. The equivalencies are of three kinds: “deep structures” (quadripartition), common political expediencies and functions (power-sharing and council houses), and temporal continuities per se (dual rulership). The article concludes that the rupture (“collapse”) between Classic and Postclassic political forms was only partial, and numerous structures and practices of late Petén Itza Maya geopolitical organization can be seen in earlier Classic-period phenomena. These underscore long-term continuities in governance strategies.

Chance Encounters, Nietzschean Philosophy, and the Question of Improvisation

2019 ◽  
pp. 88-102
Author(s):  
Philipa Rothfield
Keyword(s):  
Will To Power ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Will ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Selection Of

This essay is an attempt to think of dancing per se as a mode of improvisation. It draws on Nietzschean philosophy as a means to conceive of dance as a dynamic flux, made up of a multiplicity of forces. Improvisation ensues from the selection of these forces and their consequent corporeal becoming. What follows is a reading of Nietzsche’s work in terms of force and the will to power, which also draws on Deleuze’s engagement with Nietzschean philosophy. Improvisation is posed in these terms, as an encounter with chance that offers and produces the force of the future.

An in-store experimental analysis of consumers' selection of fruits and vegetables

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (15) ◽  
pp. 2587-2602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valdimar Sigurdsson ◽  
Nils Magne Larsen ◽  
Didrik Gunnarsson
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL PROBLEMATIQUE IN THE SOVIET ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE 1940’s – 1960’s: FROM THE MAIN GOALS TO PRACTICAL REALIZATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-52
Author(s):  
S. Paliienko
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Written Language ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Archaeological Theory ◽  
Practical Realization ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
Methodology Development ◽  
Archaeological Data ◽  
Primitive Society ◽  
History Of

The article is dedicated to the main aim of the Soviet archaeology, which was also its feature – to study social development of ancient societies basing on archaeological sources. It was stated at the beginning of 1930s and after the WW2 a list of actual tasks was specified. In the late 1940’s – the early 1970’s they included studying of regularities and features of ancient (from primitive to feudal) societies development, reconstruction of concrete history of folks from the USSR territory, which had no written language, researches on handicrafts, swap and trade, studies of the mediaeval village history, examination of primitive society ideology, improvement of the typological method and archaeological theory, preparation of fundamental publications. All these tasks were practically realized in work of archaeological research institutions during above mentioned period, in particular, research fellows of central and republican archaeological research establishments worked on topics related to study of social and historical problems of ancient societies basing on archaeological data. As well these problems were discussed at methodological workshops of the Institute of archaeology AS USSR and its Leningrad branch, at All-Union meetings and conferences. Soviet archaeologists completed resumptive archaeological publications with historical conclusions and chapters or even separate volumes of fundamental books dedicated to history of particular folks, regions or periods in the 1950’s – the early 1970’s. This work on social and historical problematique determined Soviet archaeologists’ requirement for methodology development which was a cause of appearance of a new subdiscipline. The Soviet theoretical archaeology institutionalized in the early 1970s.

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