MUNDOS POSIBLES DE LO FANTÁSTICO. UNA APROXIMACIÓN A LA ESTRUCTURA DE MUNDO

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 363
Author(s):  
Eva ARIZA TRINIDAD
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Umberto Eco ◽  
Possible World ◽  
World Theory ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
Definition Of

Resumen: La teoría de los mundos posibles que plantean Lubomir Doležel, Umberto Eco y Thomas Pavel se aplica en esta propuesta a lo fantástico para concretar los rasgos ontológicos, cualitativos, cuantitativos y de homogeneidad / heterogeneidad que configuran la macroestructura de este tipo de mundos; un análisis que posibilita diferenciar este territorio ficcional de otros con que suele confundirse, como lo maravilloso y la ciencia ficción. Así, se proporciona una definición de lo fantástico, alternativa a las actuales, que contempla las relaciones inter-mundos en que se fundamenta su especificidad ficcional.Abstract: In this paper, possible-world theory, as advanced by Lubomir Doležel, Umberto Eco and Thomas Pavel, has been applied to the fantastic in order to characterise its macrostructure through the identification of its defining features, namely, its ontological, qualitative, quantitative and homogeneity / heterogeneity traits. This analysis makes it possible to differentiate the fantastic from other fictional territories with which it is usually mistaken, such as the marvellous and science-fiction. Thus, an alternative definition of the fantastic is given by considering the interworld relations in which its fictional specificity lies.

scholarly journals The Effect of an Alternative Definition of “Percent Highly Annoyed” on the Exposure–Response Relationship: Comparison of Noise Annoyance Responses Measured by ICBEN 5-Point Verbal and 11-Point Numerical Scales

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6258
Author(s):  
Makoto Morinaga ◽  
Thu Lan Nguyen ◽  
Shigenori Yokoshima ◽  
Koji Shimoyama ◽  
Takashi Morihara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sound Pressure ◽  
Response Relationship ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Exposure Response ◽  
Noise Annoyance ◽  
Numerical Scale ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
Sound Pressure Levels ◽  
Acoustic Surveys ◽  
Definition Of

Since the development of the 5-point verbal and 11-point numerical scales for measuring noise annoyance by the ICBEN Team 6, these scales have been widely used in socio-acoustic surveys worldwide, and annoyance responses have been easily compared internationally. However, both the top two categories of the 5–point verbal scale and the top three ones of the 11-point numerical scale are correspond to high annoyance, so it is difficult to precisely compare annoyance responses. Therefore, we calculated differences in day–evening–night-weighted sound pressure levels (Lden) by comparing values corresponding to 10% highly annoyed (HA) on Lden_%HA curves obtained from measurements in 40 datasets regarding surveys conducted in Japan and Vietnam. The results showed that the Lden value corresponding to 10% HA using the 5-point verbal scale was approximately 5 dB lower than that of the 11-point numerical scale. Thus, some correction is required to compare annoyance responses measured by the 5-point verbal and the 11-point numerical scales. The results of this study were also compared with those of a survey in Switzerland.

An alternative definition of sustainable development using stability and chaos theories

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Abbas Rassafi ◽  
Hossain Poorzahedy ◽  
Manouchehr Vaziri
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Definition Of

Categorical concepts for parameterized partial specifications

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingo Claßen ◽  
Martin GroßE-Rhode ◽  
Uwe Wolter
Keyword(s):  
Structural Theory ◽  
Specification Languages ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Categorical Approach ◽  
Categorical Constructions ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Act One

Categorical constructions inherent to a theory of algebras with strict partial operations are presented and exploited to provide a categorical deduction calculus for conditional existence equations and an alternative definition of such algebras based on the notion of syntactic categories. A compact presentation of the structural theory of parameterized (partial) specifications is given using the categorical approach. This theory is shown to be suitable for providing initial semantics as well as the compositionality results necessary for the definition of specification languages like ACT ONE and ACT TWO

On the Very Idea of Civilisation

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-321
Author(s):  
Luke O’Sullivan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Western Imperialism ◽  
Clash Of Civilisations ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Contemporary Liberalism ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The concept of civilisation is a controversial one because it is unavoidably normative in its implications. Its historical associations with the effort of Western imperialism to impose substantive conditions of life have made it difficult for contemporary liberalism to find a definition of “civilization” that can be reconciled with progressive discourse that seeks to avoid exclusions of various kinds. But because we lack a way of identifying what is peculiar to the relationship of civilisation that avoids the problem of domination, it has tended to be conflated with other ideas. Taking Samuel Huntington's idea of a “Clash of Civilisations” as a starting point, this article argues that we suffer from a widespread confusion of civilisation with “culture,” and that we also confuse it with other ideas including modernity and technological development. Drawing on Thomas Hobbes, the essay proposes an alternative definition of civilisation as the existence of limits on how we may treat others.

Learning Patterns in the Disadvantaged

1967 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Stodolsky ◽  
Gerald Lesser
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Educational Opportunity ◽  
Equal Educational Opportunity ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
Learning Patterns ◽  
Definition Of

The authors review evidence and suggest future directions for research on the learning patterns of disadvantaged children. After a detailed description of a specific case of research, some implications for educational policy are discussed. The authors take issue with James S. Coleman's definition of the concept of "equal educational opportunity"and advance an alternative definition. The problem of achieving a useful definition of the term "disadvantaged"is addressed throughout the paper.

scholarly journals The problem of human tragedy in the genre of science fiction (on the example of R. Bradbury’s works "Tomorrow's Child" and "The Veldt")

2021 ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
O. M. Byndas ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Science Fiction ◽  
English Language ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Fantastic Fiction ◽  
The Future ◽  
Absolute Dependence ◽  
Inner World ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Definition Of

This article deals with the problem of relationships among people in the future, which are based not on respect and understanding of each other's value, but on absolute dependence on technical progress. The purpose of this work is to highlight the problem of humanity’s tragedy in the genre of science fiction, using the example of Ray Bradbury’s works „Tomorrow's Child” and „The Veldt”. Firstly, it is noted that the difference and, accordingly, the problem begins immediately with terminology, because there is no single stable definition of the term „fantasy” (as a generic phenomenon) in English-language science. The options offered by scientists are speculative fiction, fantastic fiction, fantasy literature. The author notes that science fiction (Sci-Fi) describes many different super important problems of the human society: technological progress, information wars, the desire of people to be immortal, powerful, rich, possessing the Universe. In fact, the tragedy of humanity begins from these desires. However, R. Bradbury’s works „Tomorrow's Child” and „The Veldt” have a wide range of topics, affecting aesthetic, intellectual, moral and scientific problems. In addition, the science fiction writer reveals his special interest in the inner world of the child. In the mentioned-above stories, the idea of the coexistence of people and the techno world is traced, which leads to a tragic situation. Covering the problem of humanity’s tragedy in the future, described back in the distant 1950s, R. Bradbury aims to present another idea of the future, he describes, at the same time, possible threats to us, and shows what significant consequences this can lead to.

scholarly journals Mathematical and Physical Continuity

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Colyvan ◽  
Kenny Easwaran
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Natural Question ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Continuous Motion ◽  
Mathematical Definition ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Point Of Departure

There is general agreement in mathematics about what continuity is. In this paper we examine how well the mathematical definition lines up with common sense notions. We use a recent paper by Hud Hudson as a point of departure. Hudson argues that two objects moving continuously can coincide for all but the last moment of their histories and yet be separated in space at the end of this last moment. It turns out that Hudson’s construction does not deliver mathematically continuous motion, but the natural question then is whether there is any merit in the alternative definition of continuity that he implicitly invokes.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georg Löfflmann
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Grand Strategy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Alternative Definition ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Conventional Literature ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
American Grand Strategy

This chapter highlights the conflict of competing grand strategy discourses under the Obama presidency, which are identified as hegemony, engagement and restraint. It provides an overview of the political significance of grand strategy and its treatment in the academic literature. The chapter describes the political and expert debate of American grand strategy under the Obama presidency and briefly introduces the theoretical-methodological framework that has guided the research into competing discourses of American grand strategy under Obama. The chapter offers an alternative definition of grand strategy from the conventional literature, identifying it as discursive link between geopolitical identity and national security.

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