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Adrian Johnston: Žižek's ontology
2008-11-28 04:28:00 Those of you who are into Žižek (yes, I’m looking at you, Shane) will be interested in Adrian Johnston’s very fine new book, Žižek’s Ontology: A Transcendental Materialist Theory of Subjectivity (Northwestern UP, 2008). The book is a fascinating account of subjectivity and ontology, and it’s far and away the best and most interesting thing I’ve read on Žižek. (Actually, the best part of the book is Žižek’s humorous endorsement on the cover: he expresses some anxiety about the question whether Johnston “is the original and I am a copy.”)To summarise Johnston’s argument very briefly: While Badiou wants to think subjectivity as something that can never emerge from being, Žižek tries to understand subjectivity as emerging from flaws that inhere in being. For Žižek, subjectivity occurs as a kind of monstrous mistake, a malfunctioning produced by the cracks and imbalances in being: “this malfunctioning occurs because substance is shot through with openings ...
BIBLICAL ONTOLOGY AND TIME TRAVEL
2008-11-02 15:50:00 A TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYSIS OF TIME TRAVEL:WHAT REALITY MUST BE LIKE FOR TIME TRAVEL TO BE POSSIBLEBy Forrest Wayne Schultz I have been a science fiction fan for a very long time, I was the President of a local science fiction club for a while, and I have spoken at many science fiction conventions. One of my favorite kinds of science fiction is time travel stories. I do not know if time travel by means of a chrononautical device has ever happened, ever will happen, or if it is even possible for man to be able to do so. One thing I am sure of, however, is the main feature reality must have for time travel to be possible. Most theoretical discussions of time travel have focussed on the technological factors and the "paradoxes". I shall discuss neither of these here. I shall be discussing the relevant features of that branch of philosophy known as ontology, which means the most fundamental nature of things. One of the most interesting of all topics about a thing is a study of wh...
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Ontology
2008-01-25 19:19:00 More About Ontology WikipediaTowards the Semantic Web Ontology-Driven Knowledge Managementby John Davies DownloadLanguage and ontologyby Jack Kaminsky DownloadSemantic Web Technologies Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systemsby N. John DaviesDownloadOntology Learning and Population from Text Algorithms, Evaluation and Applicationsby Philipp Cimiano DownloadWeb Semantics Ontologyby David TaniarDownloadEnterprise Ontology Theory and Methodologyby Jan L.G. Dietz DownloadPhilosophy of Mathematics Structure and Ontologyby Stewart Shapiro Download
Ontology
2008-01-25 19:19:00 More About Ontology WikipediaTowards the Semantic Web Ontology-Driven Knowledge Managementby John Davies DownloadLanguage and ontologyby Jack Kaminsky DownloadSemantic Web Technologies Trends and Research in Ontology-based Systemsby N. John DaviesDownloadOntology Learning and Population from Text Algorithms, Evaluation and Applicationsby Philipp Cimiano DownloadWeb Semantics Ontologyby David TaniarDownloadEnterprise Ontology Theory and Methodologyby Jan L.G. Dietz DownloadPhilosophy of Mathematics Structure and Ontologyby Stewart Shapiro Download
Paleontology
2007-12-25 06:45:00 More about Paleontology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa-leontologyGenetics, Paleontology and Macroevolutionby Jeffrey S. Levinton DownloadDevelopment, Function and Evolution of Teeth by MF Teaford, MM Smith, MWJ Ferguson DownloadEvolution and the Fossil Record by John Pojeta JrDownloadWater Reptiles of the Past and Presentby Samuel Wendell Williston Download Ancient Marine Reptiles by Jack M. CallawayDownloadScientific American Dinosaurs and Other Monsters by Scientific American Download
Academic uncovers Holy Grail of palaeontology [Greg Laden’s Blog]
2007-12-05 04:43:00 According to this press release from Manchester.. Read the rest of this post… | Read the comments on this post… Original post by http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/-ScienceblogsCombinedFeed/~3/195-290602/academic_uncovers_holy_g-rail_o.php
Essential Endodontology: Prevention and Treatment of Apical Periodontitis [
2007-10-14 06:12:00 Essential Endodontology: Prevention and Treatment of Apical Periodontitis [ILLUSTRATED] by Dag Orstavik and Thomas R. Pitt Ford is on apical periodontitis as a specific disease entity. Includes chapters on: pathogenesis, pathology, radiology, epidemiology, prevention, and treatment and prognosis of apical periodontitis. Treatment methods emphasize biological principles rather than practical techniques. Halftone illustrations. For researchers and practitioners.Book Details Hardcover: 416 pagesPublisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited (September 1, 1998)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0632040890ISBN-13: 978-0632040896Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.6 x 1 inchesTags: Book Review, Dentistry, Endodontics, Periodontics
Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry Fourth Edition
2007-10-14 01:17:00 Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry Fourth Edition by Thorkild Karring (Author), Niklaus Peter Lang (Author), Jan Lindhe (Editor) is the ultimate resource on periodontics. The editors are joined by over 50 expert contributors to address the full spectrum of periodontal issues. The book's coverage extends logically from the anatomy of the periodontium through to treatment options, and elucidates the relationship between periodontal and restorative dental therapies. The section dedicated to implants in the periodontally-compromised patient reflects the increasing importance of this form of oral rehabilitation. This section includes new chapters on implant placement in the esthetic zone and issues related to supportive therapy in the implant patient.With an approximate 25% increase in length, the fourth edition keeps pace with the level of interest and growth of research in periodontology.Chapters included in previous editions have been updated and many new chapters added, i...
freebase - let the community build a global ontology
2007-06-08 10:15:00 With the help of Thomas I got invited to the freebase alpha program. In a short sentence I would say, that freebase is the semantic extension of wikipedia. That means, that freebase does not only have “objects” like wikipedia, it additionally has a hierarchy for these objects, relations between the objects, and common object attributes. I.e. ...
Pannenberg's eschatological ontology
2006-12-02 16:06:02 One of Wolfhart Pannenberg?s most fascinating and controversial ideas is his eschatological ontology. For Pannenberg, the being or essence of a thing is determined by its future. The future exercises a ?retroactive? (rckwirkend) causality on the present ? and so a thing can possess its essence here and now only by anticipating what it will be in the future.This is admittedly a very complex cluster of ideas. But in his important book on Metaphysics and the Idea of God, Pannenberg explains all this with a very helpful illustration taken from his home garden (apparently he is quite an avid gardener). His illustration focuses on the pretty zinnia:?A zinnia is already a zinnia as a cutting and remains one during the entire process of its growth up to blossoming, even though the flower bears its name on account of its blossom. If there were only a single such flower, we could not determine its nature in advance; and yet over the period of its growth it would still be what it revealed its... |
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