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The Power of Phenomenology: Psychoanalytic and Philosophical Perspectives
This book demonstrates how the authors have experienced the power of phenomenology in their therapeutic work with patients, especially those struggling with horrific trauma; in their encounters with psychological and philosophical theories; and in their efforts to comprehend destructive ideologies and the collective traumas that give rise to them. The Power of Phenomenology presents the trajectory of this work. Each chapter begins with a contribution written by one or both authors, extending the power of phenomenological inquiry to one or more of these diverse contexts. The contributions are followed, one or two at a time, by a dialogue between the authors, illustrating the dialectical process of their long collaboration. The unusual format seeks to bring the phenomenology of their collaborative efforts to life for the reader
The Phenomenology of Language and the Metaphysicalizing of the Real
This essay joins Wilhelm Diltheyâs conception of the metaphysical impulse as a flight
from the tragedy of human finitude with Ludwig Wittgensteinâs understanding of how
language bewitches intelligence. We contend that there are features of the
phenomenology of language that play a constitutive and pervasive role in the
formation of metaphysical illusion
New, Efficient and Clean Strategies to Explore CP Violation Through Neutral B Decays
We point out that decays of the kind and , where and denote the CP-even and
CP-odd eigenstates of the neutral D-meson system, respectively, provide very
efficient, theoretically clean determinations of the angle of the
unitarity triangle. In this new strategy, we use the --
() mixing phase as an input, and employ only ``untagged''
and mixing-induced CP-violating observables, which satisfy a very simple
relation, allowing us to determine . Using a plausible dynamical
assumption, can be fixed in an essentially unambiguous manner. The
corresponding formalism can also be applied to and decays. Although these modes appear less
attractive for the extraction of , they provide interesting
determinations of . In comparison with the conventional and methods, these extractions do not
suffer from any penguin uncertainties, and are theoretically cleaner by one
order of magnitude.Comment: 14 pages, no figures, sign error in factorization prediction for
cos(delta) corrected and numerical examples modified accordingly, conclusions
unchange
Wind-Tunnel Measurements of Effect of Dive-Recovery Flaps at Transonic Speeds on Models of a Seaplane and a Transport
The effects of wing-lower-surface dive-recovery flaps on the aero- dynamic characteristics of a transonic seaplane model and a transonic transport model having 40 deg swept wings have been investigated in the Langley 16-foot transonic tunnel. The seaplane model had a wing with an aspect ratio of 5.26, a taper ratio of 0.333, and NACA 63A series airfoil sections streamwise. The transport model had a wing with an aspect ratio of 8, a taper ratio of 0.3, and NACA 65A series airfoil sections perpendicular to the quarter-chord line. The effects of flap deflection, flap longitudinal location, and flap sweep were generally investigated for both horizontal-tail-on and horizontal-tail-off configurations. Model force and moment measurements were made for model angles of attack from -5 deg to 14 deg in the Mach number range from 0.70 to 1.075 at Reynolds numbers of 2.95 x 10(exp 6) to 4.35 x 10(exp 6). With proper longitudinal location, wing-lower-surface dive-recovery flaps produced lift and pitching-moment increments that increased with flap deflection. For the transport model a flap located aft on the wing proved to be more effective than one located more forward., both flaps having the same span and approximately the same deflection. For the seaplane model a high horizontal tail provided added effectiveness for the deflected-flap configuration
A threeâdimensional placoderm (stemâgroup gnathostome) pharyngeal skeleton and its implications for primitive gnathostome pharyngeal architecture
The pharyngeal skeleton is a key vertebrate anatomical system in debates on the origin of jaws and gnathostome (jawed vertebrate) feeding. Furthermore, it offers considerable potential as a source of phylogenetic data. Wellâpreserved examples of pharyngeal skeletons from stemâgroup gnathostomes remain poorly known. Here, we describe an articulated, nearly complete pharyngeal skeleton in an Early Devonian placoderm fish, Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi Broili, from HunsrĂŒck Slate of Germany. Using synchrotron light tomography, we resolve and reconstruct the threeâdimensional gill arch architecture of Paraplesiobatis and compare it with other gnathostomes. The preserved pharyngeal skeleton comprises elements of the hyoid arch (probable ceratohyal) and a series of branchial arches. Limited resolution in the tomography scan causes some uncertainty in interpreting the exact number of arches preserved. However, at least four branchial arches are present. The final and penultimate arches are connected as in osteichthyans. A single median basihyal is present as in chondrichthyans. No dorsal (epibranchial or pharyngobranchial) elements are observed. The structure of the pharyngeal skeleton of Paraplesiobatis agrees well with Pseudopetalichthys from the same deposit, allowing an alternative interpretation of the latter taxon. The phylogenetic significance of Paraplesiobatis is considered. A median basihyal is likely an ancestral gnathostome character, probably with some connection to both the hyoid and the first branchial arch pair. Unpaired basibranchial bones may be independently derived in chondrichthyans and osteichthyans.A threeâdimensional articulated gill arch skeleton of a 400âmillionâyearâold placoderm fish is described. This adds to the diversity of feeding and respiratory structures in jawed vertebrate animals and informing hypotheses of gill arch evolution in the first jawed vertebrates.Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138208/1/jmor20706_am.pdfhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/138208/2/jmor20706.pd
The Robber Bride: a Dystopian Female World in Margaret Atwoodâs Mythology
The aim of this paper is to show how Atwoodâs reformulations of myths contain hidden political messages from ancient and modern history and can be interpreted from Fredric Jamesonâs views on âsymbolic acts,â discourse and the ideology of form. Several scholars have explored the symbolic relationship between the three major protagonists in The Robber Bride and fragments of the omnipotent image of the Neolithic deity the White Goddess. As the symbolic counterparts of Diana, Venus and Hecate in the novel, Tony, Roz and Charis demonstrate how womenâs integrity has been crippled and how the restoration of female principle is just a utopian idea. However, our analysis has revealed that the younger generation of âgoddessesâ does not bring hope to the female gender in either the present or the future. Augusta, Paula and Erin symbolize oversimplified and parodied versions of the destructive Hecate in an unpromising world and âthe not-good placeâ that resembles a dystopia
Bewitching oxymorons and illusions of harmony
In the present essay we explore a form of linguistic witchery (Wittgenstein) aimed at forging a sense of unity from incompatible visions of realityânamely, the formation of oxymoronic hybrids
Fermi-LAT Sensitivity to Dark Matter Annihilation in Via Lactea II Substructure
We present a study of the ability of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to
detect dark-matter annihilation signals from the Galactic subhalos predicted by
the Via Lactea II N-body simulation. We implement an improved formalism for
estimating the boost factor needed to account for the effect of dark-matter
clumping on scales below the resolution of the simulation, and we incorporate a
detailed Monte Carlo simulation of the response of the Fermi-LAT telescope,
including a simulation of its all-sky observing mode integrated over a ten year
mission. We find that for WIMP masses up to about 150 GeV in standard
supersymmetric models with velocity-averaged cross section 3*10^-26 cm^3 s^-1,
a few subhalos could be detectable with >5 standard deviations significance and
would likely deviate significantly from the appearance of a point source.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
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