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A critical comparison of William James and Søren Kierkegaard on religious belief
No full textThis thesis is a critical comparison of the accounts of religious belief proposed byWilliam James and Søren Kierkegaard. Both James and Kierkegaard greatly emphasizethe subjective aspects of religious belief. In view of this fact, surprisingly littlecomparative work has been done in this area. I contribute to this literature in two ways.Firstly, I make a brief assessment of what James knew of Kierkegaard’s work.Secondly, I draw four comparisons between Kierkegaard and James. In Chapter One Iexamine the claim that Kierkegaard proposes a pragmatist account of faith of the kindthat James sets out in his essay The Will To Believe. I argue that this claim rests on amisunderstanding of Kierkegaard’s argument that to have faith is to take a risk. In thefollowing chapter I discuss James’s and Kierkegaard’s views on formal proofs for theexistence of God. Both philosophers reject the notion that faith can be based on suchproofs. I distinguish between their positions, and argue in favour of Kierkegaard’s. Inthe third chapter I compare Kierkegaard’s and James’s accounts of religious experience.James views religious experiences as a special kind of evidence for the existence ofGod. For Kierkegaard it is a mistake to view religious experiences as evidence. Suchexperiences should be understood in relation to the concept of religious authority. In thefinal chapter I examine Kierkegaard’s conception of faith as a life-view. I argue that forKierkegaard a life-view is a fundamental perspective on one’s existence. I compare thisconception with James’s concept of philosophical temperament and in relation to hisdiscussion of the sick soul
Detecting small group activities from multimodal observations
No full textA short version of this article [6] obtained the Best Paper Award of the 3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI) 2006.International audienceThis article addresses the problem of detecting configurations and activities of small groups of people in an augmented environment. The proposed approach takes a continuous stream of observations coming from differ- ent sensors in the environment as input. The goal is to separate distinct distributions of these observations corre- sponding to distinct group configurations and activities. This article describes an unsupervised method based on the cal- culation of the Jeffrey divergence between histograms over observations. These histograms are generated from adjacent windows of variable size slid from the beginning to the end of a meeting recording. The peaks of the resulting Jeffrey di- vergence curves are detected using successive robust mean estimation. After a merging and filtering process, the re- tained peaks are used to select the best model, i.e. the best allocation of observation distributions for a meeting record- ing. These distinct distributions can be interpreted as distinct segments of group configuration and activity. To evaluate this approach, 5 small group meetings, one seminar and one cocktail party meeting have been recorded. The observations A short version of this article [6] obtained the Best Paper Award of the 3rd IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI) 2006. O. Brdiczka (ﰌ) * J. Maisonnasse * P. Reignier * J.L. Crowley INRIA Rhône-Alpes, 655 avenue de l'Europe, 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex, France e-mail: [email protected] J. Maisonnasse e-mail: [email protected] P. Reignier e-mail: [email protected] J.L. Crowley e-mail: [email protected] of the small groups meetings and the seminar were gener- ated by a speech activity detector, while the observations of the cocktail party meeting were generated by both the speech activity detector and a visual tracking system. The authors measured the correspondence between detected seg- ments and labeled group configurations and activities. The obtained results are promising, in particular as the method is completely unsupervised
James Allhands Collection
No full textJ.L. Allhands was a railroad contractor and author of railroad history. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, railroad construction contracts, financial papers, manuscripts, and research notes for books and articles, printed materials, maps and broadsides, and scrapbooks pertaining to the history of several railroad lines in South Texas
Pragmatism in Orbis Tertius J.L. Borges's Reading of James
No full textMuchos han destacado el interés de Borges en las doctrinas filosóficas a lo largo de su obra; menos evidente fue su perdurable interés en el pragmatismo de James. En los prólogos a Pragmatismo (1945) y a Las Variedades de la Experiencia Religiosa (1985) Borges describe las tesis de James a la luz de su interés en cuestiones metafísicas tales como la posibilidad de la libertad y el mundo como producto de la mente. Para Borges estos temas reflejan la solución pragmatista de James al problema del infinito, la cual le ofrece a Borges el marco en el que basar su enfoque de la relación autor-lector.Many have emphasized Borges's interest in philosophical doctrines throughout his work; less evident was his enduring interest in American pragmatism, particularly James. In the prologues to Pragmatism (1945) and to The Varieties of Religious Experience (1985) Borges depicts James's doctrines in the light of his own lifelong interests in metaphysical questions such as the possibility of freedom and the world as a product of the mind. For Borges these themes reflect James ? pragmatist solution to the problem of the infinite, which gives Borges the framework in which his approach to the author-reader relation can be based.Muitos já destacaram o interesse de Borges nas doutrinas filosóficas em toda sua obra; menos evidente foi seu permanente interesse no pragmatismo de James. Nos prólogos a Pragmatismo (1945) e a Variedades de Experiência Religiosa (1985), Borges descreve as teses de James à luz de seu interesse em questoes metafísicas, tais como a possibilidade da liberdade e o mundo como produto da mente. Para Borges, esses temas refletem a soluçao pragmatista de James para o problema do infinito, soluçao esta que oferece a Borges os marcos basilares de sua maneira de entender a relaçao autor-leitor.Fil: Vargas, Evelyn. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina
The importance of comparison in a phenomenological study of clients' experience on an assessment group for group psychotherapy
No full textUsing a grounded theory approach, this study explored the experiences of eight clients who attended a group assessment group (GAG) within a UK adult psychotherapy service. The aim of the GAG was to give clients a one off experience of group therapy to enable them to make a more informed decision about the suitability of analytic group therapy. The qualitative analysis revealed comparison to be a key theme for 7 of the 8 clients. Comparison with others was experienced in terms of similarity and dissimilarity of problems and issues and of the behaviour of the group members. These experiences related to issues such as deserving to be there and stigma and this influenced their decisions to opt for group work. Comparisons were also made between the GAG and subsequent group therapy. The issue of social comparison is discussed with reference to previous theory and research and the implications of the study for group therapy and group assessment groups are explored
Casein kinase 2 (CK2) is a bona fide member of the yeast SSU processome and links ribosome assembly to cell growth
No full textRibosome assembly is linked to growth. In both normal growth and development, but also in cancer, cells upregulate ribosome assembly in order to meet the protein synthesis needs of growing cells. However, the mechanism underlying the relationship between growth and ribosome assembly is poorly characterized. The Small Subunit Processome (SSUP) is a 6 MDa complex composed of ribosome assembly proteins, and the U3 snoRNA. It is responsible for the assembly and maturation of the small subunit of the ribosome. The CK2 kinase complex has been implicated in the regulation of cell growth and of all three RNA polymerases required for ribosome assembly. CK2 has been suggested to be part of the UtpC subcomplex of the SSUP by genome-wide affinity-purification/mass spec analyses. However, the membership of CK2 in the SSUP has not been validated by the standard criteria: (i) nucleolar localization, the site of ribosome biogenesis; (ii) association by co-IP with known SSUP proteins; and (iii) a ribosome assembly defect upon depletion of the candidate component. Here, we validate the membership of CK2 in the yeast SSUP. By literature curation, we show that the CK2 components are nucleolar. As well, all four CK2 subunits co-IP the SSUP protein Kre33. Lastly, depletion of both CKa1 and CKa2 catalytic subunits yields a synthetic lethal phenotype along with a statistically significant decrease (p-value [less than] 0.0001) in mature 18S and 25S rRNA. We thus propose that CK2 is a master regulator of ribosome assembly and may link growth to ribosome assembly in both development and in cancer.Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-59).Chapter 2 is co-authored with Cluff by Elise Poole (created the GAL1::3xHA tagged strains in the Kre33-9xMYC background) and J. Michael Charette (study design, data analysis, and editing of manuscript)."In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, Evironmental and Life Sciences.
The Puzzles and Paradoxes of Europeanisation - Lessons from the Scottish Experience
No full text[Introduction]. In recent studies of Europeanisation the word ‘puzzle’ has proved to be a frequent visitor. In essence, this puzzle is seen to revolve around the belief that while membership of the European Union (EU) has wrought tremendous impact upon the shape and direction of national policies and policy processes, the impact upon the bureaucratic infrastructure of domestic government systems has by comparison been somewhat limited. Of late, however, a means of resolving this puzzle has been put forward. In short, the preoccupation of historical-institutionalist analysis with largely structural, institutional and procedural-based aspects of change may, it is argued, have led to the apparently divergent or contradictory paths taken by the respective policy-related and bureaucratic-administrative forms of Europeanisation. A less puzzling interpretation of developments might flow if, in addition to the purely institutionalist perspective, more attention were to be focused upon broader cultural factors and the role played by individuals within the context of bureaucratic adaptation processes. This paper attempts to follow the latter course by drawing on a historical-based study of the long-term impact of bureaucratic Europeanisation on a government department across a period of some twenty-five years. The focus is upon the relative depth of Europeanisation experienced in that particular case and the extent to which that Europeanisation was in fact influenced not only by structural and procedural aspects of the UK administrative system but also by cultural, actor-based and departmental-specific factors
Boundary integral/spectral element solution of the Navier-Stokes equations
No full textA boundary integral/spectral element technique was developed to solve the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations and the steady convective transport equation. A semi-implicit formulation of the temporal integration rendered a linear spatial problem at sequential time increments. For low to moderate Reynolds number flows, time stepping tests of the complete method provided stable Navier-Stokes simulations for simple model flows in an arbitrary geometry. The patching of the elemental solution fields into a domain-wide complete solution was achieved by a boundary integral approach. The method offered spectral accuracy in space and admitted high-accuracy discretization in time.Also, a comprehensive numerical study of convective mass transport from rectangular cavities in low Reynolds number flows was conducted. The flow field was calculated by a high order implementation of the boundary integral method, while the steady-state convective diffusion equation was solved using spectral elements. Numerical convergence tests are presented to show the high precision of these algorithms. Physical results in the form of concentration contours and local mass fluxes are presented for cavity aspect ratios from 1:1 to 4:1 and for Peclet numbers from 0 to 100,000.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:43:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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The true scripture doctrine of the most Holy and Undivided Trinity, [electronic resource] : Continued and Vindicated from The Misrepresentations of Dr. Clarke. In answer to his reply. By the author of the Scripture-Doctrine published and recommended by Robert Nelson, Esq;.
No full textAnonymous. By James Knight.The last 4p contain, 'An extract out of Mr. Nelson's life of BishopBull, .. ' - Printed by John Leake on evidence of the ornaments.Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
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