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    The Peter Martyr reader

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    Accession Number: ATLA0001328116; Language(s): English; Issued by ATLA: 20080715; Publication Type: Review; Related Books/Electronic Resources: By: Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562 Peter Martyr reader viii, 260 p. Publisher: Kirksville, Mo.: Truman State University Press, 1999. ATLA0001327874Source type: Electronic(1)http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=reh&AN=ATLA0001328116&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-liv

    'Solved by sacrifice' : Austin Farrer, fideism, and the evidence of faith

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    CHAPTER ONE: A perennial (if controversial) concern in both theology and philosophy of religion is whether religious belief is ‘reasonable’. Austin Farrer (1904-1968) is widely thought to affirm a positive answer to this concern. Chapter One surveys three interpretations of Farrer on ‘the believer’s reasons’ and thus sets the stage for our investigation into the development of his religious epistemology. CHAPTER TWO: The disputed question of whether Farrer became ‘a sort of fideist’ is complicated by the many definitions of fideism. Chapter Two thus sorts through these issues so that when ‘fideism’ appears in subsequent chapters a precise range of meanings can be given to it, and the ‘sort of fideist’ Farrer may have become can be determined more accurately. CHAPTER THREE: Although Farrer’s constant goal was to develop ‘a viable and sophisticated natural theology,’ an early moment of philosophical illumination involved recognising the limits of reason. Chapter Three begins with a sketch of Farrer’s life, looks at his undergraduate correspondence where some ‘fideistic’ themes are first articulated, and then focuses on his classic text of ‘rational theology,’ *Finite and Infinite* (1943). CHAPTER FOUR: In subsequent years, Farrer became increasingly open to placing a greater emphasis on faith. And yet, he continued to press the question: ‘Can reasonable minds still think theologically?’ Chapter Four argues that, stimulated by Diogenes Allen’s doctoral dissertation and citing it explicitly, Farrer’s *Faith and Speculation* (1967) attempts to blend Allen’s more fideistic position with a continuing concern for legitimate philosophical critique. CHAPTER FIVE: The fifth chapter evaluates the significance of Farrer’s final position in the context of contemporary religious epistemology and the current wide-spread interest in spirituality. In conclusion, Farrer finally seems to locate theistic evidence not primarily in nature or reason, but in holy lives and our own attempts to live by faith: ‘It is solved by sacrifice.

    Peter Seeberg

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    Short presentation of Danish author Peter Seeberg and his main work

    Some effects of the initiator on the cationic polymerization of alkenes

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    The content of this article is indicated by what could be its full title: “An Explanation of the dependence of the rate of the cationic polymerizations of alkenes and of the DP of their products, on the reaction variables, especially the size of the anionic moiety of the initiator.” We continue here the discussion started in 1965 and show mathematically how the theory of dieidic polymerizations by unpaired and paired cations can explain why some of these polymerizations become faster with falling temperature, why the Arrhenius plot of the DP of the polymers obtained from most such systems shows a discontinuity or kink, and also how the temperature of minimum rate, TM, and that at which the kink occurs, TK, depend on the reaction variables, namely the concentrations of monomer, m, and of initiator, c, and the a, D, and T (interionic distance in the ion-pair, dielectric constant of the reaction mixture and temperature). Our treatment explains why the most effective way of achieving the economically desirable aim, to make the longest polymers at the highest possible temperatures, is by maximizing the product a.D, so as to increase the TK, preferably by the use of polar solvents and initiators with large anions. The choice of such combinations by several investigators, but for other, vaguer, reasons, is given here a theoretical basis. Our argument is illustrated by Literature examples and is presented in the form of a new diagram (the Plesch-Austin plot) which shows the TK as a function of a.D for several systems. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 4265–4284, 200

    Supplemental material for Comparing the high-dimensional propensity score for use with administrative data with propensity scores derived from high-quality clinical data

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    Supplemental Material for Comparing the high-dimensional propensity score for use with administrative data with propensity scores derived from high-quality clinical data by Peter C Austin, C Fangyun Wu, Douglas S Lee and Jack V Tu in Statistical Methods in Medical Research</p

    Notes on Peter Karpovich for admission to Springfield College, c. 1925

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    These are notes on Peter V. Karpovich that were created, mostly likely, as part of his admissions process to Springfield College, c. 1925. The author or writer of these pages is not identified. Nor is it identified as to how, whether in a meeting or an interview or just from reading information, these notes were created. The notes are written in abreviations and in short fragments. The notes basically outline facts about his life, including age, family, education history, medical practice, present living arrangements, experience with the Young Men's Christian Associaation (YMCA), and experience in teaching Physical Education. Finally they also talk about his arrival in the United States, his desires for work/education at Springfield College., and his prospects of returning to Russia after his degree.For more information on Peter V. Karpovich, see: https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/57

    Peter - Luther C. Peter

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    A.B.; A.M., 1894; Sc.D., 1926; entered sophomore class; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Beta Kappa. M.D., U. of P., 1894. Born Feb. 14, 1869, St. Clairsville. Son of J.P., ex,. 1864. Practicing Ophthalmology, Phila., since 1894; professor of diseases of the eye, Temple U., 1917- ; prof., Grad. Med. Sch. of U. of P., 1919- ; ophthalmologist to Samaritan, Garretson and Polyclinic Hospitals, etc. Sec., The Amer. Acad. of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 1918-1926 and pres., same, 1927-28; sec., and treas., International Congress of Ophthalmology, Washington, D.C., 1922. Author: The Principles and Practice of Perimetry, 19116; The Extra-Ocular Muscles, 1927. Married June 20, 1916, Carrie C. Moser, Philadelphia. Address: Suite 1206,. 1930 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Handwritten on back: ""Yours Truly, L. C. Peter, Class '91. Manheim, Pa."

    Narrative support for technical documents: Formalising Rhetorical Structure Theory

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    Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) is an area that requires a lot of technical documents and an important feature of a well-written document is a coherent narrative. Even though computer software has helped authors in many other aspects of writing, support for document narratives is almost non-existent. Therefore, we introduce CANS (Computer-Aided Narrative Support), a tool that uses Rhetorical Structure Theory to enhance the narrative of a document. From this narrative, the tool generates questions to prompt the author for the content of the document. CANS also allows the author to explore alternative narratives for a document. A catalogue of predefined narrative structures for popular types of documents is provided too. Our tool is still in its rudimentary stages but sufficiently complete to be demonstrated
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