...hout written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/cult... ...ds and colleagues, miserably failed on this score. It is in this mimicry that the philosophical key to the whole movie rests. A Utopia cannot be f... ... not remember Dan and how it is to be Dan. He may have murdered Jake - but, by all philosophical and ethical criteria, it was most definitely not h... ...xplanations but refuses to accept them AS reasons. Acts may be distinct from facts, philosophically, but not in day- to-day regular usage. By laymen ... ...ur theoretical exercise says a lot about the vigorousness and applicability of our theories – and a lot about the real world out there. The owner's... ... any medical treatment) precisely because of this reason. There is no practical or philosophical difference between an expensive liver transplant a... ...ws from a few vantage points: philosophy, artificial intelligence and some systems theories. An immediate question springs to mind: HOW will a rob... ...re often cloaked as reasoning and ratiocination. We feel that certain discoveries, theories, and works of art are the outcomes of our toil and rati... ...Dreams are no different: when we are in them we obey this or that logic; construct theories about our environment, events, and actors; and assume o...

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

...g the last twenty years. But most of these books are more concerned with theories on the origin and development of religion than with what, in my h... ...an with what, in my humble opinion, should be the foundation of all such theories-a sct'entijic classijicatio1l of religious phenomena. Is it too p... ...like. May not this be a useful warning that these terms refer only to the theories and not to the facts of religion? On the other hand, the student ... ...d. (,,) His mythological character. (0) A. and other deities. Cc) A. in philosophical and esoteric teach· ing. A (d) Worship of A. (a) HIS MYTHO... ...rahmanaspati, 42, 126 j Suna and Slra= Vayu and A., 12, 445 n. (e) A. IN PHILOSOPHICAL AND ESOTERIC TEACHING. A. is the highest Brahman, 1, 54 sq...

...human existence and its content is the result of both an existential and a philosophical approach, even when it takes the form of myth and fable. ... ...m one fire to the next, and to one hundred thousand more. An idea that is philosophically or scientifically valid produces a field of energy, on th... ...iar with so far in our history are of four types: mythological, religious, philosophical and scientific. Generally these cosmologies were created in... ...ew that is created by looking at only one type of data, be it religious or philosophical or scientific, produces a view that is fallible. This is th... ... fruit of hypotheses and of research that confirms these hypotheses, or of theories built upon constant observations. 67 We must use this same app... ...ation lies, in my opinion, in the affirmation that it can be demonstrated, philosophically and scientifically, that any event can be brought back to... ... fruit of hypotheses and of research that confirms these hypotheses, or of theories built upon constant observations. What does this mean? When E... ...s, of research to confirm hypotheses or of constant observations on which theories are developed. The first scientist who worked in this manner ... ...finite patience; he observed and observed and he then started building his theories on what he had observed. Many of his theories were very important...

...he intensely religious ~terest that characteriseS them alL It is, indeed, philosophical; but it is not an academic work of discursive philosophy. It... ...and delicate power. For this reason, though we might call I and Thou a " philosophical-religio1:lB poem", it belongs essentially to no single speci... ...us experience rather than in theological debates and the rise and fall of philosophical schools. It has first and foremost to be judged on its intr... ...In the second place, this new awareness has had far.. reaching efiects on philosophical thought. Hitherto, what we have known about the mutual relat... ... we have known about the mutual relation oj persons has been relegated in theories of knowledge tc a position subordinate to the contemplation of th... ...n which !dealist philosophy has worked. The direct influence of Buber on philosophical thought is nowhere more clea:rly shown than in the work oj ... ...hesis of the ultimate reality of personal relations in its application to theories of the State, of marriage, of family life, and of economics. xi ...

...s, and we must break free of the mental categories that pertain to the old philosophical and theological models. These models have imprisoned our mi... ...municate news, events, feelings and ideas. Ideas can be banal, scientific, philosophical, religious or of any other type. However, a language can ... ...so contains the various topics from the first Cosmo-Art Laboratories, and “Theories and Axioms of Cosmo-Art” (Italian edition 2004, English edition 2...

... value—to communicate something, to function in the world—that's all, not philosophical concepts. That has no meaning at all. Wanting anything oth... ...omething mysterious or mystical. You know that you are happy and you have theories about things. This is the knowledge we are talking about. You intr... ...to achieve something, otherwise it has no use. You can build a tremendous philosophical structure of thought, but that has no value at all. You can i... ...bbish, balderdash! You can indulge in such absolute nonsense and build up philosophical theories but there is no subject there at all, at any time. ... ...ash! You can indulge in such absolute nonsense and build up philosophical theories but there is no subject there at all, at any time. So not only ... ...d it is true that we have discovered quite a few of nature's laws and the theories are constantly changing. Thought is not the instrument for achiev... ... to accept that possibility. They made a tremendous structure out of that philosophical thought. They talked of the void. They talked of emptiness. Y... ... to call it a traumatic experience and build up a tremendous structure of theories around it is something I am not concerned with. It cannot be a tr...

...Visit Sam Vaknin's United Press International (UPI) Article Archive – Click HERE! Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture... ... – Psychology ("Malignant Self Love") – An Open Directory Cool Site, – Philosophy ("Philosophical Musings"), – Economics and Geopolitics ("World in ... ...ity Disorder (NPD). The second part is an exposition of the various psychodynamic theories regarding pathological narcissism and a proposed new vo...

...ledge of earlier books that dealt with this topic. Such writers fabricate theories of their own empty shells, and relate their words to the most exa... ...ng such a matter closer to the human mind, except by relying on abstract, philosophical concepts, as is usually the case in such scrutinies, since t... ...sions based on theory, but even prohibited us from being assisted by such theories, even by way of negotiations. 6 2 K a b b a l ... ... the body or decide anything concerning it. This is because following the philosophical precision itself, the spiritual has no contact whatsoever wi... ...tual can beget and extend anything corporeal. This question is an ancient philosophical query that much ink has been spilt attempting to resolve. Th...

...heory, at least, have the same right. This, according to current economic theories, can be achieved only through effective competition. Competition ... ... firm, where you have no ownership stake? This is not an ideological or a philosophical question. Ask the employees of the Pelagonija Construction G... ...hat are the long term, structural causes for unemployment? There are more theories than there are unemployed people. Some say that free trade encour... ...rkers" (those who despaired and stopped looking for work). A second, more philosophical issue, is that, as opposed to frictional unemployment, which... ...ogy ("Malignant Self Love") – An Open Directory Cool Site, – Philosophy ("Philosophical Musings"), – Economics and Geopolitics ("World in Conflict a...

...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

...dical changes in our thought patterns. At the time, researchers believed that theories must be tested against experiments and observations. They als... ...s able to describe several phenomena that could not be explained by preceding theories. The most fa- mous of these was wave-particle duality, showing... ...t years, many scientists have become interested in various religions, new age theories, and mysticism. They are try- ing to find new tools and new wa... ...so, are they at war with each other? Satinover: I am referring not only to the philosophical ques- tion of the nature of suffering, but also to the pr... ... of the velocity, the stick will remain as it is. Thus, we have two competing theories. Some will say that Newton’s theory is completely false and t... ...ter is that this statement is false. The precise way to decide between the two theories is to say that Newton’s theory is a boundary case of Einstein... ...listened to the words very attentively and with interest. He commented on the philosophical side of the Rav’s comment regarding the understanding of...

...Kabbalah, Science & the Meaning of Life traces the milestones of the evolution of science with which we are familiar, such as Newton’s and Einstein’s theories but goes further to present the science of Kabbalah as the basis for understanding the hidden parts of reality which scientists are now discovering. While other sciences research the definable world around us, Kabbal...

...approach. By virtue of the principle of the full liberty to set forth any philosophical thesis, no justification would probably be necessary, yet it... ...stein said, in connection with the validity of a new hypothesis: < Of all theories, the one that meets the criterion of ″internal perfection and ex... ...existential character. For this reason, according to the mathematical and philosophical principles, any existential model presupposes its building t... ...meditation, detachment, self-control, etc., characteristic of the Oriental philosophical systems, that out of conservatism and suspicion we prefer no... ...we prefer not to understand). To this effect, the diversity of the viable philosophical and religious conceptions turns out not to be divergent, sug... ...chronology of the evolution of the MESER concept can be identified in the philosophical theories worked out in time. The first and the most resolute ... ...the evolution of the MESER concept can be identified in the philosophical theories worked out in time. The first and the most resolute assertion on t... ... gravitation, one of the most plausible, and at the same time most modern theories would be that gravitation is the consequence of a continuous and ... ...ossible, closely connected domains of definition. From among all involved theories for substantiating the thesis on time irreversibility, the one th...

...By virtue of the principle of the full liberty to set forth any philosophical thesis, no justification would probably be necessary, yet it should be mentioned that Descartes – the founder of modern rationalism – issued the thesis of ?the right of rationality to re-examine all knowledge an...

...Sextus' works would form a possible introduction to certain lines of modern philosophical thought, we cannot carry the analogy farther, for Pyrrhoni... ...logy farther, for Pyrrhonism as a whole lacked the essential element of all philosophical progress, which is a belief in the possibility of finding ... ...thus be able to comprehend more fully the standpoint from which he regarded philosophical questions. Let us accordingly attempt to give some details... ... small one, and on a subtle and unimportant point; in fact, a difference in philosophical theory, and not in medical practice. [1] Brochard Op. cit... ... and not as a physician. He was classed in later times with Pyrrho, and his philosophical works survived, while his medical writings did not, but ar... ... oldest, we know from its distinct mention in connection with the foundation theories of Pyrrho, by Diogenes. [3] In treating of the subjective reas... ... ideas, desires, and reasoning originate, [8] but simply refers to the two theories of the Dogmatics, which claim on the one hand that it is in the... ...Tropes are empirical, and aim to furnish objective proofs of the foundation theories of Pyrrhonism, while the five are rather rules of thought leadin... ...ay as the appearance of images in a dark room. V. Most philosophers present theories of aetiology which agree with their own individual hypotheses a...

...t in the theory of human knowledge. While, however, some of the pages of Sextus' works would form a possible introduction to certain lines of modern philosophical thought, we cannot carry the analogy farther, for Pyrrhonism as a whole lacked the essential element of all philosophical progress, which is a belief in the possibility of finding and establishing the truth in t...

...or compares these two case studies to find commonalities between them that suggest a mechanism which explains how and why scientific theory and their philosophical interpretations eventually influence military theory. The author then uses this mechanism as a tool with which “new” sciences such as quantum mechanics, relativity, and complexity theory can be evaluated to see ...

...ble characteristics of this mode of thinking are [90-94]: It proposes new philosophical theses, principles, laws, methods, formulas and movements; it... ...ators which are mainly drawn from studies of time and motion or financial theories. The proposed business metrics are drawn from domains such as org... ... {+1} and C6 → R2, {+1}. However, with Easterbrook’s textual and economic theories intervening, only R1 will fire. The FCM for the judicial decision...

...troduced by one of the authors, Florentin Smarandache. A few of the mentionable characteristics of this mode of thinking are [90-94]: It proposes new philosophical theses, principles, laws, methods, formulas and movements; it reveals that the world is full of indeterminacy; it interprets the uninterpretable; regards, from many different angles, old concepts, systems and pr...

...nferences are invited to present papers research or seminars. Memories that actually are some reports, combined with exposure of ideas and scientific theories, documenting historical, geographical, philosophical, anthropological, religious, artistic, etc.. from various museums, art galleries, monuments and cultural sites visited. ...

...marandache, V. Christianto ....................266 INFORMATION FUSION ...........................270 35. An Algorithm for the Unification of Fusion Theories (UFT), by Florentin Smarandache, presented at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA, November 5, 2004, as “An In-Depth Look at Information Fusion Rules and Unification of Fusion Theories”; published in Inter...

...marandache, V. Christianto ....................266 INFORMATION FUSION ...........................270 35. An Algorithm for the Unification of Fusion Theories (UFT), by Florentin Smarandache, presented at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA, November 5, 2004, as “An In-Depth Look at Information Fusion Rules and Unification of Fusion Theories”; published in Inter...

...out written permission from: Lidija Rangelovska write to: palma@unet.com.mk Philosophical essays and Musings http://www.narcissistic-abuse... ...f Measurement VI. The Quantum of Continuity VII. Quantum Mechanics and Superstring Theories SPE C U L A T I O NS I. Psychophysics ... ...Theodicy: The Problem of Evil IV. Miracles, Wonders, Signs V. Appendix: Scientific Theories The Author PHYSICS Time A... ...chophysics Negentropic Agents and the Increase of Entropy Superstring and Membrane Theories Return Negentropic Agents and the Increase of Entropy... ...tal power itself. Modern Physics is converging with Philosophy (possibly with the philosophical side of Religion as well) and the convergence is p... ...d the convergence is precisely where concepts of order and disorder emerge. String theories, for instance, come in numerous versions which describe... ...ese twin notions of simplicity and complexity give rise to numerous theoretical and philosophical complications. Consider life. In human (artifici... ...plications. Return The Decoherence of Measurement Arguably the most intractable philosophical question attached to Quantum Mechanics (QM) is tha... ...rmal state exaggerated. The continuum way of seeing things is totally inapplicable philosophically and practically. There is a continuum of intelli...

...ses/Psychiatric_Disorders/Personality/ http://personalitydisorders.suite101.com/ Philosophical Musings and Essays http://samvak.tripod.com/culture... ...anent. Genetic diseases can exist - unmanifested - for generations. This raises the philosophical problem or whether a potential disease IS a diseas... ... Moreover, the distinction between the psychic and the physical is hotly disputed, philosophically. The psychophysical problem is as intractable to... ...th. All the attempts to introduce "objective" yardsticks of health are plagued and philosophically contaminated by the insertion of values, prefere... ...nt, falsifiable, logically compatible, monovalent, and parsimonious. Psychological "theories" – even the "medical" ones (the role of serotonin and ... ... done in the name of the greater good, largely as a preventive policy. Conspiracy theories notwithstanding, it is impossible to ignore the enormou... ...(e.g., the Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum Mechanics) they invariably run into philosophical snags. Modern science uses metaphors (e.g., partic... ...der (justice), the development of the ability to hypothesize, predict and introduce theories and so on. We are all endowed with a sense of wonder. T... ...isciples (Adler, Horney, the object-relations lot) diverged wildly from his initial theories – they all shared his belief in the need to "scientify"...

...m, means the theory and school of using paradoxes in literary, artistic, philosophical, scientific creations. 2.3. History: "Paradoxism started as... ...phy, even science. Through experiments one brings new literary, artistic, philosophical or scientific terms, new procedures, methods or even algorit... ...logic thus generalizes: - intuitionistic logic, which supports incomplete theories (for 0<n<100, 0<=t,i,f<=100); - fuzzy logic (for n=100 and i=0, a... ...t generalizes: 7 - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0<n<100, 0<=t,i,f<=100); - the fuzzy set (for n=100 and i=0... ...cause, I think, a whole collective of researchers should pass through all philosophical schools/movements/theses/ideas and extract their positive, ... ...d explores new terms within the framework of avant-garde and experimental philosophical methods under multiple values logics. The research is ... ...nal spectra. C) Characteristics: This mode of thinking: - proposes new philosophical theses, principles, laws, methods, formulas, movements; - re... ...fied as neutrality. K) Delimitation from Other Philosophical Concepts and Theories: 1. Neutrosophy is based not only on analysis of oppositional pro... ... have a catastrophe! P) Neutrosophic Studies and Interpretations of Known Theories, Modes, Views, Processes of Reason, Acts, Concepts in Philosophy....