Un modèle général de fonctionnement mental fondé sur l’application de la théorie des ensembles

Set theory could offer a formalization of thought, but also about the psyche. In the following paper, a model of psychological functioning is firstly developed, that connects Jean Laplanche’s basic anthropological situation with an enigmatic message from the other, an “enclaved unconscious” and the later translation of this message into thoughts and ideas. I see this model against the background of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s theory of mind and Jacques Marie Émile Lacan’s RSI-paradigm: the sensations in the enclaved unconscious are real, they are – apart from certain, unrepresentable remainders (“objects a”) – determined by imaginary and symbolic. In the second step, I formulate these relationships based on Alain Badiou’s philosophical model in set theory. I follow Badiou’s approach of “multiplicity” and “counting-as-one”, which is outlined in his main work Being and Event, and examine the various sets or subsets of real, imaginary, and symbolic elements. In connection with the real unconscious, the idea of the “void set” and its evental site within the psychological situation plays a key role, not least from a therapeutic perspective.Teorija skupova mogla bi ponuditi formalizaciju mišljenja i psihe. U ovom radu, najprije razvijam model mentalnog funkcioniranja koji povezuje Laplancheovu osnovnu antropološku situaciju sa zagonetnom porukom Drugoga, »enklavirano nesvjesno« i potonje prevođenje te poruke u misli i ideje. Ovaj model vidim kao oslonjen na Hegelovu teoriju uma i Lacanove paradigme R.S.I.: osjećaji su u enklaviranom nesvjesnom stvarni; oni su – osim određenih, neprikazivih ostataka (objekata a) – određeni imaginarnim i simboličkim. U drugom koraku, formuliram te odnose na temelju Badiouova filozofijskog modela u teoriji skupova. Slijedim Badiouov pristup »višemnožnosti« i »brojanju-kao-jedan«, koji je zacrtan u njegovom glavnom djelu, Bivstvovanje i događaj, te ispitujem različite skupove ili podskupove realnih, imaginarnih i simboličkih elemenata. U kontekstu realnog nesvjesnog, ideja o ‘praznom skupu’ i njegovom događajnom mjestu unutar psihološke situacije igra ključnu ulogu, i to ne samo iz terapeutske perspektive.Die Mengenlehre könnte eine Formalisierung des Denkens und der Psyche bieten. In dieser Arbeit entfalte ich eingangs ein Modell des mentalen Funktionierens, das Laplanches anthropologische Grundsituation mit einer rätselhaften Botschaft des Anderen verknüpft, einem „enklavierten Unbewussten“, und der nachfolgenden Übersetzung dieser Botschaft in Gedanken und Ideen. Ich nehme dieses Modell vor dem Hintergrund von Hegels Theorie des Geistes und Lacans RSI-Paradigma in Augenschein: Die Empfindungen im enklavierten Unbewussten sind real; sie sind – abgesehen von gewissen, nicht darstellbaren Resten (Objekte a) – vom Imaginären und Symbolischen determiniert. Im zweiten Schritt formuliere ich diese Beziehungen aufbauend auf Badious philosophischem Modell in der Mengenlehre. Ich gehe Badious Ansatz der „Multiplizität“ und des „Als-eins-Zählens“ nach, dessen Umrisse in seinem Hauptwerk Das Sein und das Ereignis, hervorgehoben werden, und examiniere die unterschiedlichen Mengen oder Teilmengen realer, imaginärer und symbolischer Elemente. Im Kontext des realen Unbewussten spielt die Vorstellung von der „leeren Menge“ und ihrem Ereignisort innerhalb der psychologischen Situation nicht zuletzt aus dem therapeutischen Blickwinkel eine Schlüsselrolle.La théorie des ensembles pourrait offrir un modèle de formalisation de la pensée et la psyché. Dans le présent travail, je développe d’abord un modèle de fonctionnement mental qui met en relation la situation anthropologique fondamentale de Laplanche avec le message énigmatique de l’Autre, « l’inconscient enclavé » et la traduction ultérieur de ce message en idées et pensées. Je vois ce modèle comme un modèle qui s’appuie sur la théorie de l’esprit de Hegel et du paradigme RSI de Lacan : les sensations enclavées dans l’inconscient sont réelles. Elles sont, à l’exception de certaines, des restes irreprésentables (objets a), déterminées par l’imaginaire et le symbolique. Ensuite, je formule ces relations sur la base du modèle philosophique de la théorie des ensembles de Badiou. Je suis l’approche de Badiou de la « multiplicité » et du « compte-pour-un » qui est exposée dans son œuvre principale, L’Être et l’Événement, et j’examine différents ensembles et sous-ensembles d’éléments réels, imaginaires et symboliques. Dans le contexte de l’inconscient réel, l’idée d’ « ensemble vide » et de son site événementiel au sein de la situation psychologique joue un rôle essentiel, et cela pas uniquement à partir d’une perspective thérapeutique

Compressed representation of a partially defined integer function over multiple arguments

In OLAP (OnLine Analitical Processing) data are analysed in an n-dimensional cube. The cube may be represented as a partially defined function over n arguments. Considering that often the function is not defined everywhere, we ask: is there a known way of representing the function or the points in which it is defined, in a more compact manner than the trivial one

Search for pair-produced resonances decaying to jet pairs in proton-proton collisions at √s=8 TeV

Results are reported of a general search for pair production of heavy resonances decaying to pairs of hadronic jets in events with at least four jets. The study is based on up to 19.4 fb(-1) of integrated luminosity from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV, recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC. Limits are determined on the production of scalar top quarks (top squarks) in the framework of R-parity violating supersymmetry and on the production of color-octet vector bosons (colorons). First limits at the LHC are placed on top squark production for two scenarios. The first assumes decay to a bottom quark and a light-flavor quark and is excluded for masses between 200 and 385 GeV, and the second assumes decay to a pair of light-flavor quarks and is excluded for masses between 200 and 350 GeV at 95% confidence level. Previous limits on colorons decaying to light-flavor quarks are extended to exclude masses from 200 to 835 GeV

Measurement of the prompt J/psi and psi(2S) polarizations in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

The polarizations of prompt J/psi and psi(2S) mesons are measured in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV, using a dimuon data sample collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.9 inverse femtobarns. The prompt J/psi and psi(2S) polarization parameters lambda[theta], lambda[phi], and lambda[theta, phi], as well as the frame-invariant quantity lambda(tilde), are measured from the dimuon decay angular distributions in three different polarization frames. The J/psi results are obtained in the transverse momentum range 14 < pt < 70 GeV, in the rapidity intervals abs(y) < 0.6 and 0.6 < abs(y) < 1.2. The corresponding psi(2S) results cover 14 < pt < 50 GeV and include a third rapidity bin, 1.2 < abs(y) < 1.5. No evidence of large transverse or longitudinal polarizations is seen in these kinematic regions, which extend much beyond those previously explored

Differential cross section measurements for the production of a W boson in association with jets in proton–proton collisions at √s = 7 TeV

Measurements are reported of differential cross sections for the production of a W boson, which decays into a muon and a neutrino, in association with jets, as a function of several variables, including the transverse momenta (pT) and pseudorapidities of the four leading jets, the scalar sum of jet transverse momenta (HT), and the difference in azimuthal angle between the directions of each jet and the muon. The data sample of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 7 TeV was collected with the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 5.0 fb[superscript −1]. The measured cross sections are compared to predictions from Monte Carlo generators, MadGraph + pythia and sherpa, and to next-to-leading-order calculations from BlackHat + sherpa. The differential cross sections are found to be in agreement with the predictions, apart from the pT distributions of the leading jets at high pT values, the distributions of the HT at high-HT and low jet multiplicity, and the distribution of the difference in azimuthal angle between the leading jet and the muon at low values.United States. Dept. of EnergyNational Science Foundation (U.S.)Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio

Juxtaposing BTE and ATE – on the role of the European insurance industry in funding civil litigation

One of the ways in which legal services are financed, and indeed shaped, is through private insurance arrangement. Two contrasting types of legal expenses insurance contracts (LEI) seem to dominate in Europe: before the event (BTE) and after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance. Notwithstanding institutional differences between different legal systems, BTE and ATE insurance arrangements may be instrumental if government policy is geared towards strengthening a market-oriented system of financing access to justice for individuals and business. At the same time, emphasizing the role of a private industry as a keeper of the gates to justice raises issues of accountability and transparency, not readily reconcilable with demands of competition. Moreover, multiple actors (clients, lawyers, courts, insurers) are involved, causing behavioural dynamics which are not easily predicted or influenced. Against this background, this paper looks into BTE and ATE arrangements by analysing the particularities of BTE and ATE arrangements currently available in some European jurisdictions and by painting a picture of their respective markets and legal contexts. This allows for some reflection on the performance of BTE and ATE providers as both financiers and keepers. Two issues emerge from the analysis that are worthy of some further reflection. Firstly, there is the problematic long-term sustainability of some ATE products. Secondly, the challenges faced by policymakers that would like to nudge consumers into voluntarily taking out BTE LEI

Penilaian Kinerja Keuangan Koperasi di Kabupaten Pelalawan

This paper describe development and financial performance of cooperative in District Pelalawan among 2007 - 2008. Studies on primary and secondary cooperative in 12 sub-districts. Method in this stady use performance measuring of productivity, efficiency, growth, liquidity, and solvability of cooperative. Productivity of cooperative in Pelalawan was highly but efficiency still low. Profit and income were highly, even liquidity of cooperative very high, and solvability was good

Observation of the diphoton decay of the Higgs boson and measurement of its properties

Peer reviewe

Search for stop and higgsino production using diphoton Higgs boson decays

Results are presented of a search for a "natural" supersymmetry scenario with gauge mediated symmetry breaking. It is assumed that only the supersymmetric partners of the top-quark (stop) and the Higgs boson (higgsino) are accessible. Events are examined in which there are two photons forming a Higgs boson candidate, and at least two b-quark jets. In 19.7 inverse femtobarns of proton-proton collision data at sqrt(s) = 8 TeV, recorded in the CMS experiment, no evidence of a signal is found and lower limits at the 95% confidence level are set, excluding the stop mass below 360 to 410 GeV, depending on the higgsino mass