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Thoreau as Liberation Thinker
In lieu of an abstract, here is the article\u27s first paragraph:
Henry David Thoreauâs claim to be âa mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopherâ took an unexpected turn for me. Spending much time with A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (my dissertation addresses the idea of religion found between its covers), I encountered a âliberation thinkerâ resisting the limitations of American culture while honoring the natural world and indigenous peoples. Thoreauâs epigraph reveals how he wants the muse of his dead brother to inspire him, but the book also discloses how he wants the muse of indigenous peoples to inspirit and improve American culture. Impressively, he esteems nature as more than a symbol pointing to a distant divinity as he experiences its inherent sacredness. Natural creation is at once our house and being; we are immersed in and part of its continuous regenerative processes, which suggests familial bonds of sacredness uniting humans and nonhumans. Thoreau offers an alternative to social structures and outlooks that devalue human and nonhuman existence
In Defense of Alain Badiou
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In Issue 107, Philosophy Now published James Alexanderâs âA Refutation of Snails by Roast Beef\u27, an article decrying con temporary French philosopher Alain Badiou (b.l937). Alexanderâs jumping-off point was Roger Scrutonâs unfavorable review of Badiouâs The Adventure of French Philosophy (2012). He acknowledges that Scruton âobviously dislikes everything Badiou stands forâ but takes Scruton to task for being too polite; he writes that âBadiou deserves derision.â A few sentences later, he claims that âa lot of Badiou is rubbish. There is nothing to Badiou be done with it except laugh.â Not even Badiouâs students escape Alexanderâs comments: he scoffs that instead of taking notes in Badiouâs lectures, surely the students âjust stand and cheer.â
Although I might get much enjoyment from indulging in a similarly dismissive attitude toward Alexanderâs largely ad hominem attacks against Badiou, I have chosen a different path in defending him. I honor the dialectical process of Socratesâ philosophical approach; therefore I offer a counterargument to expose the inaccuracy of Alexanderâs underestimation of Badiou. I will not advance uninformed opinions based on insufficient familiarity (Alexander confesses a lack of knowledge of Badiouâs oeuvre). Instead, I offer a perspective based on an engagement with and a deep reverence for Badiouâs philosophy
The Value of Friendship for Education
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Western philosophers have enthusiastically praised friendship. A few intellectuals have raised doubts about it, such as Thomas Hobbes and Søren Kierkegaard, but friendship has inspired many others, including Aristotle, Francis Bacon, C.S. Lewis, and Mary E. Hunt, who have esteemed its benefits, especially the reciprocal commitment to nurture each friend\u27s \u27best self\u27
Let\u27s Change the Subject: Grounding Social Change in Indigenous HIstory and Philosophy
This article urges altering the discourse around social change. Too often it is antagonistic and negative; it also overlooks continuing colonizing practices and how injustices to Indigenous peoples have helped to shape past and current injustices toward other groups. First, the article foregrounds the religio-political ideology of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and the boarding-school experience to remind readers about the broader criminal history of the United States toward Indigenous nations and peoples and how colonization is not a thing of the past. Any call for social change should remember this. Second, the article looks at three dimensions of Indigenous philosophy that would be good to affirm as we strive for a better world: relatedness, sustained peace, and an ethic of preservative care. Limited calls for justice that avoid continuing colonizing practices and that begin with negations and hate are not responsible and will help to continue the sustained violence we no longer want. For sustained peace, the strategy should be to begin with an affirmation (here an affirmation of Indigenous wisdom) and a broader historical understanding of the injustices that continue to bring harm to millions of people within the borders of the United States. By changing the subject in this way, it will not only make for more peaceful activism, but it will also create better allies to Indigenous nations and peoples
Full phase stabilization of a Yb:fiber femtosecond frequency comb via high-bandwidth transducers
We present full phase stabilization of an amplified Yb:fiber femtosecond
frequency comb using an intra-cavity electro-optic modulator and an
acousto-optic modulator. These transducers provide high servo bandwidths of 580
kHz and 250 kHz for frep and fceo, producing a robust and low phase noise fiber
frequency comb. The comb was self-referenced with an f - 2f interferometer and
phase locked to an ultra-stable optical reference used for the JILA Sr optical
clock at 698 nm, exhibiting 0.21 rad and 0.47 rad of integrated phase errors
(over 1 mHz - 1 MHz) respectively. Alternatively, the comb was locked to two
optical references at 698 nm and 1064 nm, obtaining 0.43 rad and 0.14 rad of
integrated phase errors respectively
Indications for rootstock related ecological preferences of grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch)
By parasitizing the roots of Vitis species, grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch, Phylloxeridae) is one of the most devastating pests in viticulture. Grafting susceptible scions (Vitis vinifera) to tolerant Vitis rootstocks is a common practice to control grape phylloxera in wine growing regions worldwide. However, grape phylloxera populations still develop on the roots of most grafting combinations. Questions remain as to whether or not the impact of environmental factors on grape phylloxera population dynamics is related to Vitis rootstock cultivars. In the presented field study, we investigated the influence of two closely related mature Vitis berlandieri x Vitis riparia rootstock varieties on the relations between the dynamics of root feeding grape phylloxera populations, root morphology and abiotic factors. The investigation took place on a commercial vineyard in Geisenheim/Germany on Teleki 5C/V. vinifera 'Weisser Riesling' and Kober 125AA/V.âŻvinifera 'Weisser Riesling'. Samples of roots, attached grape phylloxera populations and soil were taken in the field 19âŻtimes between August 2007 and August 2009. Grape phylloxera population structure was recorded by the occurrence of root-feeding wingless females, fundatrices and nymphs and the pigmentation and position of root galls were assessed. Root morphological parameters were assessed using WinRhizo Pro. Soil abiotic parameters were assessed in the laboratory. Results of a principal component analysis showed rootstock related differences considering the impact of abiotic factors on grape phylloxera population structure. Especially soil temperature and soil organic matter were indicated to have a lower impact on grape phylloxera population structure on roots of 5C than on roots of 125AA. Our data indicate that ecological factors have a lower impact on the development of grape phylloxera on more supportive rootstocks
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Broadband Phase-Noise Suppression in a Yb-Fiber Frequency Comb
We report a simple technique to suppress high frequency phase noise of a
Yb-based fiber optical frequency comb using an active intensity noise servo.
Out-of-loop measurements of the phase noise using an optical heterodyne beat
with a continuous wave (cw) laser show suppression of phase noise by \geq7 dB
out to Fourier frequencies of 100 kHz with a unity-gain crossing of -700 kHz.
These results are enabled by the strong correlation between the intensity and
phase noise of the laser. Detailed measurements of intensity and phase noise
spectra, as well as transfer functions, reveal that the dominant phase and
intensity noise contribution above -100 kHz is due to amplified spontaneous
emission (ASE) or other quantum noise sources.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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