Schelling\u27s Naturalism: Motion, Space, and the Volition of Thought

This dissertation examines F.W.J. von Schelling\u27s Philosophy of Nature (or Naturphilosophie) as a form of early, and transcendentally expansive, naturalism that is, simultaneously, a naturalized transcendentalism. By focusing on space and motion, this dissertation argues that thought should be viewed as a natural activity through and through. This view is made possible by German Idealism historically, and yet, is complicated and obscured by contemporary philosophy\u27s treatment of German Idealism in both analytic and continental circles. The text engages with the foundations of Schelling\u27s theory of nature as well as geometry, field theory, inter-theory relations, epistemology, and pragmatism

A manifold flattening approach for anchorless localization

We present a new method for anchorless localization of mobile nodes in wireless networks using only measured distances between pairs of nodes. Our method relies on the completion of the Euclidean distance matrix, followed by multidimensional scaling in order to compute the relative locations of the nodes. The key element of novelty of our algorithm is the method of completing the Euclidean distance matrix, which consists of gradually inferring the unknown distances, such as to align all nodes on a k-hyperplane, where typically k is 2 or 3. Our method leads to perfect anchorless localization for noise-free range measurements, if the network is sufficiently connected. We introduce refinements to the algorithm to make it robust to noisy and outlier range measurements. We present results from several localization tests, using both simulated data and experimental results measured using a large indoor network deployment of our WASP platform. Our results show improvements in localization using our algorithm over previously published techniques.Dan C. Popescu, Mark Hedley, Thuraiappah Sathya

Central and Eastern European Literary Theory and the West

The twentieth century saw intensive intellectual exchange between Eastern and Central Europe and the West. Yet political and linguistic obstacles meant that many important trends in East and Central European thought and knowledge hardly registered in Western Europe and the US. This book uncovers the hidden westward movements of Eastern European literary theory and its influence on Western scholarship

Central and Eastern European Literary Theory and the West

The twentieth century saw intensive intellectual exchange between Eastern and Central Europe and the West. Yet political and linguistic obstacles meant that many important trends in East and Central European thought and knowledge hardly registered in Western Europe and the US. This book uncovers the hidden westward movements of Eastern European literary theory and its influence on Western scholarship