used,isthatof theunicorn,whosesenseiseasilyexpressible-ahorsewithasinglehornon itsnose,andperhapsmagicalcapabilities-yettheredoesnotappeartobea referenceforsuchacreature,for,whilstthereisadescription,thereisno public,neutralunicorninexistence.Likewisewiththecaseof'magical capabilities',wecanimaginewhatsuchthings...
The deviations of monotonicity arise from fluctuations in the prime gaps , so the enemy arises from biases in the prime gaps for odd and even . By changing variables from to (or more precisely, to integers in the range between and ), this is basically equivalent to biases in the parity ...
But he states that what makes a state phenomenally conscious is that there’s “something it is like” to be in that state, and he cites Nagel explicitly. So we appear to have the conventional contemporary meaning of “qualia” and “phenomenal consciousness” both being based on Nagel’s ...
Below are some extracts about nibbāna from "The Debate of King Milinda" in which I abridged the translation of the Milinda Pañha. The Milinda Pañha is an ancient Pali book compiled in the form of a dialogue between a Buddhist Sage, Nagasena, and a Bactrian Greek King, Milinda or...
Oak (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recogniz...
However, I have not been able to make headway on solving this latter system despite its underdetermined nature; so I thought I would record my partial attempt here in case anyone is interested in pursuing it further (and also to contribute to the practice of sharing unsuccessful attempts to ...
One obviousanswer is that friends are not enemies, but that doesn’t give us muchroom to move and boxes us in theoretically. Maybe a better startingpoint is to ask after the differences between friends and family, andwhether that distinction gives us any political daylight.Familyisthepastwewere...
-able or -ible, which adds the meaning of “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, or given to” customize > customizable (capable of being customized), digest > digestible (capable of being digested) -ify, which means “to make,”“cause to be,”“render,” or “become” game > gamif...
(arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...}. Integral Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers. Integer A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a...
The amount of effort she put into the project was commendable. 2 Number A number is a mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The original examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Amount The total of two or more quantities. The combined amount of the...