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Phenomenology

Phenomenology
First published Sun Nov 16, 2003; substantive revision Mon Dec 16, 2013 Phenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. The central structure of an experience is its intentionality, its being directed toward something, as it is an experience of or about some object. An experience is directed toward an object by virtue of its content or meaning (which represents the object) together with appropriate enabling conditions. Phenomenology as a discipline is distinct from but related to other key disciplines in philosophy, such as ontology, epistemology, logic, and ethics. Phenomenology has been practiced in various guises for centuries, but it came into its own in the early 20th century in the works of Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and others. 1. Phenomenology is commonly understood in either of two ways: as a disciplinary field in philosophy, or as a movement in the history of philosophy. 2. 3.

U.S. Government Gives to The United Nations Classified Tesla Technology to Assist Sustainable Development Scheme by Susanne Posel June 22, 2012 from OccupyCorporatism Website Wireless energy transfer (WET), a.k.a. wireless energy transmission, is the transference of electromagnetic energy transmitted from a central power source without the use of connecting wires. Tesla’s coil experiments, proving the feasibility of WET, during his experiments in Colorado Springs in the early 1900’s were the pre-cursor to the “inventions” in this field today. After Tesla died, the US government confiscated all documents pertaining to his experiments and classified them. Since the 1950’s the US government has held this technology in secret. In the UK, the induction power transfer (IPT) is the first commercially available wireless electric car charger. General Motors (GM) has invested $5 million into a wireless charging device called PowerMat that uses inductive charging, which transmits electricity via magnets without any actual, physical connection. In the name of 'national security', the DoD is, Dr.

What is a logical fallacy? A "fallacy" is a mistake, and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. There are, of course, other types of mistake than mistakes in reasoning. For instance, factual mistakes are sometimes referred to as "fallacies". A logical error is a mistake in an argument, that is, a mistake in an instance of reasoning formulated in language. There are two types of mistake that can occur in arguments: A factual error in the premisses. In logic, the term "fallacy" is used in two related, but distinct ways. "Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacy." In 1, what is called a "fallacy" is a type of argument, so that a "fallacy" in this sense is a type of mistaken reasoning. Clearly, these two senses are related: in 2, the argument may be called a "fallacy" because it is an instance of Argumentum ad Hominem, or some other type of fallacy. For the second sense, I will say that a specific argument "commits" a fallacy, or is "fallacious". History Sources: Why study fallacies?

Emergent Mind.org, Mapping the Frontiers of Consciousness The Great Transformation, by Karl Polanyi Foreword by Robert M. MacIver Beacon Press Boston Copyright 1944 by Karl Polanyi First Beacon Paperback edition published in 1957 by arrangement with Rinehart & Company, Inc. Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association Printed in the United States of America Ninth printing, June 1968 To my beloved wife Ilona Duczynska I dedicate this book which owes all to her help and criticism THIS BOOK was written in America during the Second World War. The story of this book is a story of generous friendships. To the Rockefeller Foundation he is indebted for a two-year Fellowship, 1941-43, which permitted him to complete the book at Bennington College, Vermont, following an invitation extended to him by Robert D. Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent. FOREWORD by Robert M. Chapter 1. Chapter 2. I. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. II. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Chapter 14. Chapter 15. Chapter 16. I. II. IV.

JCER of QuantumDream, Inc. Esoteric Theory of Everything Introduction For many decades, scientists have been trying to devise a single unified theory to explain all known physical phenomena, but a model that appears to unite the seemingly incompatible String Theory and Standard Model has existed for 100 years. It described baryons, mesons, quarks and preons over 50 years before conventional science. Quantum Foam Quantum foam, also known as space-time foam, is a concept in quantum physics proposed by Nobel physicist John Wheeler in 1955 to describe the microscopic sea of bubbling energy-matter. So, if we could describe a microscopic standing wave pattern that appeared particle-like and incorporated a vortex within its structure, we might have the basis for a theory that could unite all the current variants in modern physics. Figure 1 - Subatomic Particle String Theory and the Standard Model String theory proposes that everything is composed of incredibly minute strings or loops of energy-matter vibrating in ten (or more) dimensions.

Sense-Data First published Fri May 21, 2004; substantive revision Fri Feb 25, 2011 Sense data are the alleged mind-dependent objects that we are directly aware of in perception, and that have exactly the properties they appear to have. For instance, sense data theorists say that, upon viewing a tomato in normal conditions, one forms an image of the tomato in one's mind. This image is red and round. 1. 1.1. On the most common conception, sense data (singular: “sense datum”) have three defining characteristics: Sense data are the kind of thing we are directly aware of in perception,Sense data are dependent on the mind, andSense data have the properties that perceptually appear to us. Each of those conditions calls for clarification. First, condition (i): Everyone in the philosophy of perception agrees that perception makes us aware of something. Third, condition (iii): “The properties that perceptually appear to us” refers to the qualities we seem to perceive things around us to have. 1.2. 2. 2.1.

Cosmic Unity Consciousness The Mind-Matter Mapping Project Almost a century after the quantum mechanics revolution, the nonlocality and measurement problems loom as intractable as ever. At the boundary between matter and consciousness, our experimental models seem to break down: what the mathematics imply, we can’t grasp; and what we can guess, we can’t fit into our common experience. Or can we? The primary task ahead of us, according to Wheeler, “is to make meaning out of observation and from that derive the formalism of quantum theory.” But is there a place for “meaning” in hard experimental sciences? It turns out that the answer is a resounding Yes. As with any paradigm shift, getting through depends on the size of the prejudices clothing our ego. So to everyone who is ready to join the effort, this is our challenge: Change the Experience, Change the Paradigm!

s Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space NASA's Fermi Catches Thunderstorms Hurling Antimatter into Space Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have detected beams of antimatter produced above thunderstorms on Earth, a phenomenon never seen before. Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be associated with lightning. It is estimated that about 500 TGFs occur daily worldwide, but most go undetected. "These signals are the first direct evidence that thunderstorms make antimatter particle beams," said Michael Briggs, a member of Fermi's Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) team at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). He presented the findings Monday, during a news briefing at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. Fermi is designed to monitor gamma rays, the highest energy form of light. The detection of positrons shows many high-energy particles are being ejected from the atmosphere.

NewsCenter - NASA's Hubble Spots Rare Gravitational Arc from Distant, Hefty Galaxy Cluster (06/26/2012) - The Full Story The full news release story: View this image Seeing is believing, except when you don't believe what you see. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a puzzling arc of light behind an extremely massive cluster of galaxies residing 10 billion light-years away. The trouble is, the arc shouldn't exist. "When I first saw it, I kept staring at it, thinking it would go away," said study leader Anthony Gonzalez of the University of Florida in Gainesville. Galaxy clusters are collections of hundreds to thousands of galaxies bound together by gravity. The surprise in this Hubble observation is spotting a galaxy lensed by an extremely distant cluster. This unique system constitutes the most distant cluster known to "host" a giant gravitationally lensed arc. The arc was spotted in optical images of the cluster taken in 2010 by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Gonzalez has considered several possible explanations for the arc.

The US Ground Based O/IR System | ast.noao.edu The entire suite of telescopes owned, operated, or partnered in by U.S. institutions make up the U.S. System. Since the 2000 Decadal Survey report, NOAO has undertaken to lead the development of the U.S. ground-based OIR System. Unlike ESO, the US System is not centralized and there are many competing groups and diverse centers of activity. NOAO's role in the development of the System is to find ways to help these diverse centers work together to address the overall needs of US astronomers while allowing independent groups to pursue their own programs. NOAO works with funding agencies to gain resources to help build the System both through NOAO and non-NOAO groups and sponsors a number of community based meetings and panels to help do this in a way that supports efficeint use of federal funding across the System. The System Road Map NOAO has organized a committee of astronomers from across the US community to participate in the development of a System Road Map. ReSTAR Future Instrumentation

Google Image Result for In 2002, during the Xth Brazilian School of Cosmology and Gravitation (BSCG), we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the School, that has been organized since 1977 by the Group of Cosmology and Gravitation of the CBPF. To commemorate this unique moment, a web page is being launched with all the 93 lectures and seminars of the first nine schools* : more than 4500 pages in pdf format, provided by many of the most important scientists in Cosmology, Gravitation, Astrophysics, and Field Theory. It is an important contribution for students and researchers in these areas, which shows the historical evolution of physics in the last 25 years CosmologyClassical CosmologyQuantum CosmologyObservational Cosmology

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