Sentences with phrase «fires in the course of the action»

It is the power I exercise over my brain, my whole nervous system, and indeed over my whole body, Of this power we may say, in a commonsense way and subject to later qualification, that I exercise it while acting; and that some neuron in my brain that fires in the course of the action, or some neural network through which a complex impulse passes, is subject to it.

That is to say that although the agent's power is dependent upon the nervous system in that it is performed in and with it, nonetheless that same power is exerted over the nervous system and indeed over any particular neuron that fires or is constrained from firing in the course of the action.

Not exact matches

Far from reducing the tension around Finch Farm, or the executive offices at Goodison Park, plus of course, offices in London and Monaco, the decision to fire Ronald Koeman less than half way through the «3 year project» will bring Everton's status in the modern game, and the ambition and abilities to execute actions to meet those ambitions sharply into focus.

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

At the same time, though, this week saw rare agreement among libertarian and some environmental groups and forest ecologists on at least one point: that the destruction in the fire zones was the clear result of much more straightforward and real - time human actions — both the way we treat forests and where and how we build communities (not to mention arson, of course).

One likely course of action will be to have EPA mandate cuts in air pollution from coal - fired power plants and oil refineries.