Post-Non-Classical World View in the On-Screen Reality of the Digital Epoch

2015 ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Elena V. Nikolaeva
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Dynamic Chaos ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Fractal Nature ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
First Order ◽  
Classical World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Strange Loops ◽  
Cultural World

The article analyzes the correlation between the screen reality and the first-order reality in the digital culture. Specific concepts of the scientific paradigm of the late 20th century are considered as constituent principles of the on-screen reality of the digital epoch. The study proves that the post-non-classical cultural world view, emerging from the dynamic “chaos” of informational and semantic rows of TV programs and cinematographic narrations, is of a fractal nature. The article investigates different types of fractality of the TV content and film plots, their inner and outer “strange loops” and artistic interpretations of the “butterfly effect”.

Quantitative Models of Motor Responses Subject to Longitudinal, Lateral, and Preview Constraints

1978 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarald O. Kvålseth
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Motor Control ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Movement Time ◽  
Arm Movements ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Motor Responses ◽  
First Order ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Index Of Difficulty

First- and second-order linear models of mean movement time for serial arm movements aimed at a target and subject to preview constraints and lateral constraints were formulated as extensions of the so-called Fitts's law of motor control. These models were validated on the basis of experimental data from five subjects and found to explain from 80% to 85% of the variation in movement time in the case of the first-order models and from 93% to 95% of such variation for the second-order models. Fitts's index of difficulty (ID) was generally found to contribute more to the movement time than did either the preview ID or the lateral ID defined. Of the different types of errors, target overshoots occurred far more frequently than undershoots.

Resolution in type theory

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 414-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Set Theory ◽  
Type Theory ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Order Logic ◽  
First Order Logic ◽  
Higher Order Logic ◽  
First Order ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Axiomatic Set Theory ◽  
Order Predicate Calculus

In [8] J. A. Robinson introduced a complete refutation procedure called resolution for first order predicate calculus. Resolution is based on ideas in Herbrand's Theorem, and provides a very convenient framework in which to search for a proof of a wff believed to be a theorem. Moreover, it has proved possible to formulate many refinements of resolution which are still complete but are more efficient, at least in many contexts. However, when efficiency is a prime consideration, the restriction to first order logic is unfortunate, since many statements of mathematics (and other disciplines) can be expressed more simply and naturally in higher order logic than in first order logic. Also, the fact that in higher order logic (as in many-sorted first order logic) there is an explicit syntactic distinction between expressions which denote different types of intuitive objects is of great value where matching is involved, since one is automatically prevented from trying to make certain inappropriate matches. (One may contrast this with the situation in which mathematical statements are expressed in the symbolism of axiomatic set theory.).

Varia: The Enduring Power of the Classical World View

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Jenkins ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
World View ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Religious Philosophy ◽  
Classical World ◽  
Human Image ◽  
Ethical Stance ◽  
Enduring Power

For the poet, prophet, and politician, as for the lover, the king, and the anthropologist, the human is the measure of all things. Philosophers and psychologists define us as a perceiving consciousness, an object determined by the environment, a subject not only capable of heroic individualism but also of esoteric understanding. For some, our measure is beyond things and our true worth lies not only in the here and now but rather in our freedom to transcend the bounds of self and prevail beyond the limits of temporality. For the artist, whose creative consciousness aims to redeem the human image from the constraints of brute anonymity, the questions about our status must be asked if not finally answered. The article considers the role that the classical world view plays in the process of artistic redemption. It looks at the Judeo-Christian and Classical legacies and their interpretations. Nineteenth-century Russian literature and religious philosophy are then analysed. The article winds up with a reading of select poems by Osip Mandelstam as special attention is paid to the ethical stance of the poet when confronted with the dictates of totalitarian power.

Cultural World View Defense Measure

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamila Wojdylo ◽  
Miguel Kazén ◽  
Julius Kuhl ◽  
Olga Mitina
Keyword(s):  
World View ◽  
Cultural World

A Biographical Sketch

Rashi ◽  
2012 ◽  
pp. 12-51
Author(s):  
Avraham Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
World View ◽  
Community Leader ◽  
Biographical Sketch ◽  
Writing Style ◽  
Unique Character ◽  
Late Middle Ages ◽  
Great Confidence ◽  
Literary Output ◽  
Cultural World

This chapter offers a biographical sketch of Rashi. There are numerous folk legends about Rashi's birth, especially the miracles wrought for his mother during her pregnancy, and about his father and his father's journeys outside France and meetings with various sages, including Maimonides. None of these legends is reliably documented, however, and nothing can be gleaned from them about the events of Rashi's life. Ultimately, they reflect the cultural world of Jewish society in the late Middle Ages—a time that saw the composition, in Jewish circles as in Christian, of numerous hagiographical works recounting the miracles performed for holy men. Rashi is renowned throughout the Jewish world not only for his wide-ranging literary productivity but also for his unique character. Five qualities stand out in his warm and radiant personality: humility and natural simplicity, pursuit of truth, concern for human dignity, great confidence in his own abilities, and a sense of mission as a community leader. These qualities are evident in his actions, his relations with other people, his ties to his students, his world-view, his scorn for arrogance, his love of peace, his literary output, and even in his writing style. The chapter then considers Rashi's status and fame.

scholarly journals Scalar field cosmology in Lyra's geometry

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. K. Shchigolev ◽  
E. A. Semenova
Keyword(s):  
Exact Solution ◽  
Scalar Field ◽  
Generating Function ◽  
Function Method ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
First Order ◽  
Homogeneous Cosmological Models ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Lyra’S Geometry ◽  
Scalar Field Cosmology

<p>The new classes of homogeneous cosmological models for the scalar fields are build in the context of Lyra’s geometry. The different types of exact solution for the model are obtained by applying two procedures, viz the generating function method and the first order formalism.</p>

On the undecidability of finite planar graphs

1971 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solomon Garfunkel ◽  
Herbert Shank
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Equivalence Relations ◽  
Original Graph ◽  
First Order ◽  
Semantic Embedding ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Hereditary Undecidability

In this paper we demonstrate the hereditary undecidability of finite planar graphs. In §2 we introduce the preliminary logical notions used and outline the Rabin–Scott method of semantic embedding. This method is illustrated in §3 by proving the undecidability of the theory of two finite equivalence relations of a special type. In §4 we give a proof of the main theorem by embedding these equivalence relations into finite planar graphs.The basic idea is first to form a graph which codes a pair of these relations and then to take a representative of it and “squish” it to the plane. This “squishing” requires the introduction of crossings; and edges of the original graph become paths in the new one. To distinguish the original edges we place two different types of “diamonds” about crossing points. We can then uncode our new graphs to recover the equivalence relations by means of simple first-order incidence properties.

Cultures and their roles: An overview

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Bhugra ◽  
Antonio Ventriglio ◽  
Kamaldeep S. Bhui
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
World View ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Good Clinical Practice ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Change Culture

Cultures are an integral part of our being. We are born in cultures, which mould our behaviours, attitudes, and cognitions. Culture is a system of meanings and knowledge, belief systems, and morals as well as laws. Culture is acquired, and people change in response to culture and, in return, individuals change culture. Culture informs our world view and offers symbols with specific meanings, not only for individuals in that particular culture but also for others looking in. Culture needs to be differentiated from race and ethnicity. Furthermore, for migrants there are stages in the process of migration that affect their processes of acculturation, which can result in different types of adjustment in the new country, including assimilation, biculturalism, and deculturation. The response of the new country is also important in welcoming or rejecting migrants whatever their reason for migration. Cultural competence is a part of good clinical practice.

Factors Influencing the Measurement of Slipperiness

1988 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 545-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Redfern
Keyword(s):  
Coefficient Of Friction ◽  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Vertical Force ◽  
Dynamic Tests ◽  
Order Interaction ◽  
First Order ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Velocity Effect

The evaluation and prevention of slips and falls require methods of quantifying the slipperiness of floors. The concept of coefficient of friction (COF) has been and continues to be commonly used as one such method. The objective of this paper is to present some results from investigations into the effects of vertical force and velocity on COF measures for different types of floors. Tests involving both static COF (SCOF) and dynamic COF (DCOF) measurements were performed under various conditions. It was found that the SCOF changed as a function of the vertical force used. Generally, the SCOF increased as the vertical force was increased. This was not true, however, for tile floors. It was also found that there was a significant first order interaction effect on the SCOF between vertical weight and the condition of the floor (wet or dry). The dynamic tests showed that velocity of the shoe material with respect to the floor had a large effect on the DCOF values obtained. The velocity effect was dependent on the shoe material and the conditions tested. Possible reasons for these findings and ramifications on slip testing are presented.

Global energetics of fast magnetic reconnection

1988 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jardine ◽  
E. R. Priest
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
Total Energy ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Weakly Nonlinear ◽  
First Order ◽  
Weakly Nonlinear Theory ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Pile Up ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Converging Flow

We examine the global energetics of a recent weakly nonlinear theory of fast steady-state reconnection in an incompressible plasma (Jardine & Priest 1988). This is itself an extension to second order of the Priest & Forbes (1986) family of models, of which Petschek-like and Sonnerup-like solutions are special cases. While to first order we find that the energy conversion is insensitive to the type of solution (such as slow compression or flux pile-up), to second order not only does the total energy converted vary but so also does the ratio of the thermal to kinetic energies produced. For a slow compression with a strongly converging flow, the amount of energy converted is greatest and is dominated by the thermal contribution, while for a flux pile-up with a strongly diverging flow, the amount of energy converted is smallest and is dominated by the kinetic contribution. We also find that the total energy flowing out of the downstream region can be increased either by increasing the external magnetic Mach number Me or the external plasma beta βe Increasing Me also enhances the variations between different types of solutions.

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