scholarly journals Fundamentality and Conditionality of Existence

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Sahana Rajan
Keyword(s):  
Object Oriented ◽  
Elementary Particles ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Modern Physics

In metaphysics, fundamentality is a central theme involving debates on the nature of existents, as wholes. These debates are largely object-oriented in their standpoint and engage with composites or wholes through the mereological notion of compositionality. The ontological significance of the parts overrides that of wholes since the existence and identity of the latter are dependent on that of the former. Broadly, the candidates for fundamental entities are considered to be elementary particles of modern physics (since they appear to play the role of ultimate parts to all phenomena). The paper intends to show the inadequacy of the object-oriented notion of conditionality by pointing out that the parts and wholes possess varying conditions of existence. By alleging that only the parts are ontologically significant is to conflate such conditions and neglect the spectrum of conditions which exist in our world. A proposal for a revised notion of compositionality in terms of structural relatedness is also put forward.

‘Wheels have been set in motion’: Geocentrism and Relativity in Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Campos
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Frames Of Reference ◽  
Quantum Uncertainty ◽  
Galilean Relativity ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
20Th Century Physics ◽  
Time Specific ◽  
Do So

By decentring our reading of Hamlet, Stoppard’s tragicomedy questions the legitimacy of centres and of stable frames of reference. So Liliane Campos examines how Stoppard plays with the physical and cosmological models he finds in Hamlet, particularly those of the wheel and the compass, and gives a new scientific depth to the fear that time is ‘out of joint’. In both his play and his own film adaptation, Stoppard’s rewriting gives a 20th-century twist to these metaphors, through references to relativity, indeterminacy, and the role of the observer. When they refer to the uncontrollable wheels of their fate, his characters no longer describe the destruction of order, but uncertainty about which order is at work, whether heliocentric or geocentric, random or tragic. When they express their loss of bearings, they do so through the thought experiments of modern physics, from Galilean relativity to quantum uncertainty, drawing our attention to shifting frames of reference. Much like Schrödinger’s cat, Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are both dead and alive. As we observe their predicament, Campos argues, we are placed in the paradoxical position of the observer in 20th-century physics, and constantly reminded that our time-specific relation to the canon inevitably determines our interpretation.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Website Direktorat Jenderal Industri Agro Kementerian Perindustrian

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-65
Author(s):  
M R Sadif ◽  
J C Wibawa
Keyword(s):  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Prototype Model ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Website Development ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Object Oriented Approach ◽  
Descriptive Method

The Directorate General of Agro-Industry is one of the implementing elements of the duties of the Minister of Industry, which has the task of organizing the formulation and implementation of policies. In order to encourage the growth and development of the role of the agro-industry, especially in providing informative information, which is very important in the current era of technology 4.0, publications and information facilities are needed regarding the development of the agro-industry. The design of this study used a descriptive method, using an object-oriented approach, while its development used a prototype model. This study aims to develop a website that is in accordance with several important factors that need to be considered so that website development can touch the quality side of the Ministry of Industry, Directorate General of Agro-industry which is in line with Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Information Disclosure. This research produces a quality website at the Ministry of Industry, Directorate General of Agro-Industry, and meets the principles of good governance in accordance with Presidential Instruction No. 3 of 2003. So that the transparency and accountability of the information on this website are expected to have an impact on increasing the confidence of both local and foreign investors.

Dreams of a Boreal Empire, Nightmares of a Polar Vortex

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Schwoch
Keyword(s):  
Polar Vortex ◽  
Smithsonian Institution ◽  
Russian Empire ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Bering Strait ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Scientific Team

This chapter discusses the failed efforts of the government, military, and Western Union to build a telegraph route in the 1860s across Alaska, beneath the Bering Strait, and into Europe via the Russian Empire. One central theme is the role of Robert Kennicott and the Smithsonian Institution as a scientific team of natural historians participating in this expedition. The ambiguous corporate-military entanglements of expedition members raises questions about whether the expedition was also some sort of occupying force on the ground in Russian Alaska prior to the Alaska Purchase in 1867.

Yoga and The Physics of Higher States of Consciousness

2018 ◽  
pp. 335-358
Author(s):  
Alex Hankey
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Cosmology ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
Pure Consciousness ◽  
States Of Consciousness ◽  
Action Refinement ◽  
Higher States Of Consciousness ◽  
Modern Physics ◽  
Inner Light ◽  
The Universe

Higher states of consciousness are developed by meditation, defined by Patanjali as that which transforms focused attention into pure consciousness, the 4th state of pure consciousness - a major state in its own right, with its own physics, that of ‘experience information'. Phenomenologies of states 5 to 7 are explained from the perspective of modern physics and quantum cosmology. The role of the 5th state in life is to make possible witnessing states 1 to 3 resulting in ‘Perfection in Action'. Refinement of perception involved in the 6th State results in hearing the Cosmic Om, seeing the Inner Light, and seventh sense perception. All require special amplification processes on pathways of perception. Unity and Brahman Consciousness and their development are discussed with examples from the great sayings of the Upanishads, and similar cognitions like those of poet, Thomas Traherne. Throughout, supporting physics is given, particularly that of experience information, and its implications for Schrodinger's cat paradox and our scientific understanding of the universe as a whole.

Are ICT/Web 2.0 Tools Influencing Civic Engagement in Modern Democracies?

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-85
Author(s):  
Indu Nair ◽  
Bardo Fraunholz ◽  
Chandana Unnithan
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Indian Context

Web 2.0 tools, while mobilising citizens to make informed choices, may also manipulated public opinion. This hypothesis forms the central theme of this research investigation through the historiography lens. Based on concurrent research from decade, the authors take a closer look at citizen-to-citizen engagement, so as to trace the role of web 2.0 tools, in perhaps manipulating public opinion or enabling democratic governance through reversal of some existing defects in the Indian context. Specifically, they raise these questions: Has ICT enabled civic engagement manipulated public opinion in this developing democracy? Has it succeeded in reversing apparent defects in the electoral system, which is regarded pivotal in democracies? Focusing on the elections, the authors present a synopsis of the use of web 2.0 tools which were seemingly efficiently and prolifically used during the elections albeit to reach out to the large population base in this country.

Towards a Materialist Conception of Sound as Thing

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (02) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Luc Döbereiner
Keyword(s):  
Object Oriented ◽  
Central Point ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective ◽  
Perceptual Phenomenon

This article proposes a conception of sound as the material of artistic experimentation. It centres on a discussion of the nature of sound’s ontological status and aims to contribute to a new understanding of the role of materiality in artistic practices. A central point of discussion is Pierre Schaeffer’s notion of the sound object, which is critically examined. The phenomenological perspective that underlies the concept of the sound object depicts sound as an ideal unity constituted by a subject’s intentionality. Thus, it can barely grasp the physicality of sounds and their production or their reality beyond individual perception. This article aims to challenge the notion of the sound object as a purely perceptual phenomenon while trying to rethink experimentation as a practical form of thought that takes place through interacting with sonorous material. Against the background of recent object-oriented and materialist philosophical theories and by drawing on the Heideggerian concept of the thing and Gilbert Simondon’s theories of perception and individuation, this article strives to outline a conception of sound as a non-symbolic otherness. The proposed idea of thingness revolves around a morphogenetic conception of the becoming of sonorous forms that links their perception to their physicality.

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