CONCEPTUAL MEASUREMENT OF MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTIC THEOLOGY

The theses, arguments and examples presented above show that it is true that there exists a strong connection between the type of theology we have and the type of setting where it was made. At least, this article demonstrates that this thesis is well grounded when the medieval education and theology are discussed. It has been established and confirmed by the test case that the university practices of the 13th century and scholastic methodology had its bearing upon the way theology was made and presented in written (and oral) form. Then, it follows that indeed the medieval scholastic theology and the system of education—at least in the 13th century—stood in strong correlation with each other, and it might be that this correlation holds true when other time periods are in question as well. It suffices to say, that the scholastic theology of the 13th century was indeed an idiosyncratic product of the maturing Christian mentality, which tended to critically engage with the sources available at that time and creatively rethink the traditional Christian teaching in the university classroom. The theologizing took place in various studia scattered all over Europe and was done by means of specific “schools’ tools” – the scholastic methods and techniques. These methods led to an emergence of a certain type of theology, loaded with philosophical notions, technical terms, logical steps, and argumentative practices, which was a very peculiar fruit of the medieval Christian mind. Key words: medieval education, medieval philosophy, scholastic theology, scholastic metaphysics, Thomas Aquinas.Р. Ю. Ткаченко Концептуальное измерение средневекового схоластического богословия / Национальный педагогический университет имени М. П. Драгоманова, Украина, КиевПредставленная  выше статья демонстрирует, что между типом богословия и обстановкой, в которой оно рождалось, действительно существует сильная связь. По крайней мере, как показывает данная статья, этот тезис действительно обоснован, когда речь идет о средневековом образовании и богословии. Был четко установлен и подтвержден с помощью контрольного примера тезис о том, что университетские практики XIII в. и сама схоластическая методология воздействовали на тот способ, с помощью которого формулировалась и – устно и письменно – излагалась христианская теология. Отсюда следует вывод о том, что средневековое схоластическое богословие и система образования – как минимум, в XIII в. – коррелировали друг с другом сильнейшим образом. И также возможно, что такого рода корреляция существовала и существует в другие временные отрезки. Достаточно сказать, что схоластическая теология XIII в. была действительно уникальным продуктом христианской ментальности, которая стремилась критически взаимодействовать с имеющимися источниками и творчески переосмысливать традиционное христианское вероучение в стенах университетской аудитории. Богословствование происходило на территории различных университетов (studia), рассеянных по Европе, с использованием ряда «школьных инструментов» – схоластических методов и техник. Это привело к появлению специфического рода богословия – нагруженного философскими понятиями, техническими терминами, логическими шагами и приемами правильной аргументации. Ключевые слова: средневековое образование, средневековая философия, схоластическое богословие, схоластическая метафизика, Фома Аквинский

Analytic parametrizations of the non-perturbative Pomeron and QCD-inspired models

We consider several classes of analytic parametrizations of hadronic scattering amplitudes, and compare their predictions to all available forward data (proton- proton, antiproton-proton, pion-proton, kaon-proton, photon-proton, photon- photon, sigma-proton). Although these parametrizations are very close for energy larger than 9 GeV, it turns out that they differ markedly at low energy, where a universal Pomeron term ~(ln s)**2 enables one to extend the fit down to 4 GeV.Comment: 11 pages, 2 tables, Presented at the 9th Blois Workshop on Elastic and Diffractive Scattering, Pruhonice, Czech Republic, 9-15 June 200

New measures of the quality and of the reliability of fits applied to forward hadronic data at t=0

We develop five new statistical measures of the quality of fits, which we combine with the usual confidence level to determine the models which fit best all available data for total cross sections and for the real part of the forward hadronic amplitude.Comment: 7 pages, presented by J.R. Cudell on behalf of the COMPETE collaboration at the 6th workshop on non-perturbative QCD, American University of Paris, 5-9 June 200

Analytic Amplitude Models for Forward Scattering

We report on fits of a large class of analytic amplitude models for forward scattering against the comprehensive data for all available reactions. To differentiate the goodness of the fits of many possible parametrizations to a large sample of data, we developed and used a set of quantitative indicators measuring statistical quality of the fits over and beyond the typical criterion of the $\Chi^2 /dof$. These indicators favor models with a universal $log^2 s$ Pomeron term, which enables one to extend the fit down to $\sqrt s = 4$ GeV.Comment: 13 pages, COMPETE Collaboration, talk presented at the 9th International Conference (Blois Workshop) on Elastic and Diffractive Scatterin

The Effects of Preheating of a Fine Tungsten Wire and the Polarity of a High-Voltage Electrode on the Energy Characteristics of an Electrically Exploded Wire in Vacuum

Results obtained from experimental and numerical studies of tungsten wires electrical explosion in vacuum are presented. The experiments were performed both with and without preheating of the wires, using positive or negative polarity of a high-voltage electrode. Preheating is shown to increase energy deposition in the wire core due to a longer resistive heating stage. The effect was observed both in single wire and wire array experiments. The evolution of the phase state of the wire material during explosion was examined by means of one-dimensional numerical simulation using a semiempirical wide-range equation of state describing the properties of tungsten with allowance made for melting and vaporization.Comment: 9 pages, 9 Postscript figure

Forward observables at RHIC, the Tevatron run II and the LHC

We present predictions on the total cross sections and on the ratio of the real part to the imaginary part of the elastic amplitude (rho parameter) for present and future pp and pbar p colliders, and on total cross sections for gamma p -> hadrons at cosmic-ray energies and for gamma gamma -> hadrons up to sqrt(s)=1 TeV. These predictions are based on a study of many possible analytic parametrisations and invoke the current hadronic dataset at t=0. The uncertainties on total cross sections, including the systematic theoretical errors, reach 1% at RHIC, 3% at the Tevatron, and 10% at the LHC, whereas those on the rho parameter are respectively 10%, 17%, and 26%.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, presented at the Second International "Cetraro" Workshop & NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Diffraction 2002", Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine, August 31 - September 6, 200

Mechanisms for Strong Anisotropy of In-Plane g-Factors in Hole Based Quantum Point Contacts

In-plane hole g factors measured in quantum point contacts based on p-type heterostructures strongly depend on the orientation of the magnetic field with respect to the electric current. This effect, first reported a decade ago and confirmed in a number of publications, has remained an open problem. In this work, we present systematic experimental studies to disentangle different mechanisms contributing to the effect and develop the theory which describes it successfully. We show that there is a new mechanism for the anisotropy related to the existence of an additional Bþk4 −σþ effective Zeeman interaction for holes, which is kinematically different from the standard single Zeeman term B−k2 −σþ considered until now