A Panpsychist Interpretation of Anne Conway's Metaphysics

This paper proposes a panpsychist interpretation of Anne Conway’s (1631-1679) metaphysics, as elucidated in 'The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy.' Contemporary versions of panpsychism attempt to explain how consciousness is realised in the natural world. They posit that matter is intrinsically experiential, such that when it is arranged into the form of a human brain, it gives rise to human consciousness. Similarly, Conway argues that substance is constituted by both Body and Spirit. The former serves as an explanation of a substance’s material properties, whereas the latter explains how a substance can have various kinds of perceptual experiences, as well as experiencing sensation and emotion. I argue that Conway uses her concept of Spirit to refer to the same set of experiential properties as our contemporary concept of consciousness does. Understood thus, Conway’s metaphysical framework appears to embrace a form of panpsychism

Canadian Intelligence for the Dangerous Decades

On November 23, 2021, Mr. Greg Fyffe presented Canadian Intelligence for the Dangerous Decades at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points of discussion included an overview of Mr. Fyffe’s most recent report on the structure of the Canadian intelligence system and points of improvement for both the Canadian intelligence system as well as the national security strategy

I Belong To Glasgow

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Barriers and Bridges: An Action Plan for Overcoming Obstacles and Unlocking Opportunities for African American Men in Pittsburgh

Among the region's residents, Pittsburgh's African American men have historically and disproportionately faced unprecedented barriers to economic opportunities. This study, supported by The Heinz Endowments, focuses on structural barriers that contribute to persistent racial disparities in the Pittsburgh region. Structural barriers are obstacles that collectively affect a group disproportionately and perpetuate or maintain stark disparities in outcomes. Structural barriers can be policies, practices, and other norms that favor an advantaged group while systematically disadvantaging a marginalized group. A community touched by racebased structural barriers can be identified by the racial and economic stratification of its residents; Pittsburgh, like many large cities in the United States, fits that description

A note on the geochemistry of some shales from the Bathurst-Newcastle Mining Camp, northern New Brunswick

Ordovician volcanic and sedimentary rocks of the Tetagouche Group in the Bathurst-Newcastle area of northern New Brunswick are host to numerous stratiform sulphide deposits that appear restricted to certain stratigraphic horizons. As a mapping aid in these complexly deformed rocks, shales from some of the recently established formational divisions within the Tetagouche Group were analyzed to determine if they possess specific geochemical signatures that could be used for correlative purposes. Grey and black shales from the Patrick Brook Formation in the lower part of the Tetagouche Group of northern New Brunswick do not exhibit the enrichment in V and U that is characteristic of black shale from the Bright Eye Brook Formation of west-central New Brunswick. Black cherty shales from the Boucher Brook Formation in the upper part of the Tetagouche Group and from the Pointe Verte Formation of the Fournier Group are mildly enriched in V and U. Grey shale from the Boucher Brook Formation is enriched in Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu, and Co, and displays a positive Cc anomaly and elevated values of light rare-earth elements compared to average shale. This variation in geochemistry reflects a change in depositions] conditions from anoxic to oxic between the early and mid-Ordovician and accounts for the abundance of preserved sulphide deposits in the lower part of the Tetagouche Group. RÉSUMÉ Les roches volcaniques et séimentaires du Groupe de Tetagouche dans la région de Bathurst-Newcastle, dans le nord du Nouveau-Brunswick, sont hôtes de nombreux dépôts de sulfures stratiformes qui scmblent être confines à certains niveaux stratigraphiques. Dans le but de faciliter la cartographic de ces roches à structure complexe, des schistes argileux, provenant des formations recemment établies dans le Groupe de Tetagouche, furent analysés afin de déterminer s'ils possedent des signatures géochimiques qui pourraient être utilisées a des fins de correlation. Les schistes argileux gris et noirs de la Formation de Patrick Brook de la partie inférieure du Groupe de Tetagouche du nord du Nouveau-Brunswick ne montrent pas l'enrichissement en V et U qui est caractéristique du shale noir de la Formation de Bright Eye Brook du centre-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick. Les schistes argileux noirs et cherteux de la Formation de Boucher Brook de la partie supérieure du Groupe de Tetagouche et de la Formation de Pointe-Verte du Groupe de Fournier sont légèrement enrichis en V et U. Le schiste argileux gris de la Formation de Boucher Brook est enrichi en Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu et Co, et montre une anomalie positive en Ce et des valeurs élevées de terres rares légères par rapport au schiste argileux moyen. Cette variation de la composition géochimique reflete un changement de conditions de dépôt d'anoxique à oxygénées entre L'Ordovicien précoce et le moyen et explique l'abondance des dépôts de sulfures préserves dans la partie inférieure du Groupe de Tetagouche. [Traduit par la rédaction

BECOMING: ONE TEACHER’S JOURNEY INTO SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION

This autoethnographic study examines how a first year teacher, self-identifying as a social justice educator, comes to understand the lived experience of becoming a professional. The purpose of the study was to explore the unique challenges, perspectives, and philosophical contradictions that present themselves in the daily life of a social justice educator in a public elementary school setting. Through self-reflective journaling five becomings were revealed to be intertwined in the process of developing as a social justice educator: becoming a classroom manager, becoming a content specialist, becoming an implementation virtuoso, becoming an assessment architect, and becoming a balanced educator. It was clear through this research that becoming a teacher is a process and a journey, and becoming a social justice teacher added yet another dimension of reflection and perspective

The Grand Manan Terrane of New Brunswick: Tectonostratigraphy and Relationship to the Gondwanan Margin of the Iapetus Ocean

Recently gathered stratigraphic and U–Pb geochronological data indicate that the pre-Triassic rocks of the Grand Manan Terrane on the eastern side of Grand Manan Island can be divided into: (1) Middle Neoproterozoic (late Cryogenian) quartzose and carbonate sedimentary sequences (The Thoroughfare and Kent Island formations); (2) a Late Neoproterozoic (early Ediacaran) volcanic-arc sequence (Ingalls Head Formation); and (3) Late Neoproterozioc (mid- Ediacaran) to earliest Cambrian (early Terreneuvian) sedimentary and volcanic-arc sequences (Great Duck Island, Flagg Cove, Ross Island, North Head, Priest Cove, and Long Pond Bay formations). A comparison to Precambrian terranes on the New Brunswick mainland (Brookville and New River terranes) and in adjacent Maine (Islesboro Terrane) suggests that the sedimentary and volcanic sequences of the Grand Manan Terrane were deposited on the continental margin of a Precambrian ocean basin that opened during the breakup of Rodinia in the Middle Neoproterozoic (Cryogenian) and closed by the Early Cambrian (Terreneuvian) with the final assembling of Gondwana. Rifting associated with the initial opening of the Paleozoic Iapetus Ocean began in the Late Neoproterozoic (late Ediacaran) and so overlapped in time with the closing of the Precambrian Gondwanan ocean. The southeastern margin of the Iapetus Ocean is defined by thick sequences of quartz-rich Cambrian sediments (within the St. Croix and Miramichi terranes of New Brunswick) that were largely derived from recycling of Precambrian passive-margin sedimentary rocks preserved in the Grand Manan and Brookville terranes of New Brunswick and in the Islesboro Terrane of Maine. These Precambrian terranes are interpreted to represent dextrally displaced basement remnants of the Gondwanan continental margin of Iapetus, consistent with the model of a two-sided Appalachian system proposed by Hank Williams in 1964 based on his work in Newfoundland.SOMMAIREDes données stratigraphiques et géochronologiques U–Pb obtenues récemment indiquent que les roches prétriasiques du terrane de Grand Manan du côté est de l’île Grand Manan peuvent être répartis en: 1) séquences sédimentaires quartzeuses et carbonatées du Néoprotérozoïque moyen (Cryogénien tardif) (formations de Thoroughfare et de Kent Island); 2) séquence d’arc volcanique du Néoprotérozoïque tardif (Édiacarien précoce) (formation d’Ingalls Head); 3) séquences sédimentaires et d’arc volcanique du Néoprotérozoïque tardif (milieu de l’Édiacarien) au tout début du Cambrien (Terreneuvien précoce) (formations de Great Duck Island, Flagg Cove, Ross Island, North Head, Priest Cove et Long Pond Bay). Une comparaison avec des terranes du Précambrien dans la partie continentale du Nouveau-Brunswick (terranes de Brookville et New River) et dans le Maine adjacent (terrane d’Islesboro) semble indiquer que les séquences sédimentaires et volcaniques du terrane de Grand Manan se sont déposées sur la marge continentale d’un bassin océanique précambrien qui s’est ouvert durant la fracturation de la Rodinia au Néoprotérozoïque moyen (Cryogénien) et s’est fermé au Cambrien précoce (Terreneuvien) avec l’assemblage final du Gondwana. La distension continentale associée à l’ouverture initiale de l’océan Iapetus au Paléozoïque a commencé au Néoprotérozoïque tardif (Édiacarien tardif) et a donc partiellement coïncidé avec la fermeture de l’océan précambrien du Gondwana. La marge sud-est de l’océan Iapetus est définie par d’épaisses séquences de sédiments cambriens riches en quartz (dans les terranes de St. Croix et de Miramichi du Nouveau-Brunswick) issus en grande partie du recyclage de roches sédimentaires de la marge continentale passive du Précambrien préservées dans les terranes de Grand Manan et de Brookville au Nouveau-Brunswick et dans le terrane d’Islesboro dans le Maine. Ces terranes précambriens sont interprétés comme la représentation de vestiges, ayant subi un déplacement dextre, du socle de la marge continentale gondwanienne de l’océan Iapetus, ce qui concorde avec le modèle d’un système appalachien à deux côtés proposé par Hank Williams en 1964 sur la base de ses travaux à Terre-Neuve.

Spinal cord terminations of afferent nerve fibres from cat hind limb muscles

Intra-axonal and intra-cellular ionophoretic injection of horseradish peroxidase was used to establish the anatomy of single, functionally identified, muscle afferent fibres and a - motoneurones in the lumbosacral spinal cord of the cat. The la, lb and group II axons from triceps surae had distinctive and characteristic central branching patterns and terminal zones. Near the segment of entry into the cord, la afferent fibres project to the intermediate region, to lamina VII, and to the appropriate motor nuclei; lb afferent fibres terminate predominantly in the intermediate region; group II afferent fibres project to the dorsal horn, intermediate region and also to the motor nuclei.The dendritic trees of a - motoneurones are described: they are more extensive than earlier results had indicated. By combining injections of single la fibres and single a - motoneurones in the same preparation, the contacts made by la afferents upon their target motoneurones were observed. Each la afferent makes several synaptic contacts on each motoneurone; the terminals are grouped in varied arrangements and are distributed to widespread regions of the soma-dendritic membrane