Sentences with phrase «of temporal difference»

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Lewis S. Ford has addressed himself directly to the claim for nonphysical (but still temporal) successiveness in the genetic process in his article «On Genetic Successiveness: a Third Alternative» (1: 421 - 25).1 Ford begins by pointing out that the differences between phases in a single occasion can not be mere differences in complexity of integration.
Thus because it contains in every instance at once a passing away, a coming to be, and a change in what endures, «time [in the sense of temporal passage] makes a difference
The difference between durée réelle and «mathematical» time must therefore be due to some other cause than the alleged artificial establishment of a correlation between temporal intervals and intervals on a straight line, It must come in already in the first attempt to apply angular measurement to temporal lapses, if it comes at all.70
And because consciousness is not a simple phenomenon but admits of differences, of «levels» of consciousness, of more or less complex supplemental phases, our conscious experience can be more or less temporal.
Or one might declare that (E) and (E1) are necessarily independent if the distance between their spatial coordinates divided by the difference between their temporal coordinates, in some common frame, exceeds the speed of light.
On this interpretation then, the temporal span of divine occasion A might be 1/495 of a second, i.e., that span between the satisfaction of an actual entity with a duration of 4/45 of a second and the satisfaction of one with a duration of 1/11 (see above, p. 204) while occasion B would have a longer temporal span, 1/231 of a second, given the difference between the satisfactions of actual entities with spans of 1/11 and 2/21 of a second.
The only difference is in the breadth of time — the present vs. endurance (temporal) in the past and the future.
The difference, the vast difference, is that God envisages and orders all eternal objects, whereas temporal occasions can order only an infinitesimal selection of eternal objects.
If we follow the argument of the previous section, there would be some difference, for whereas the occasions of human experience have considerable temporal breadth in relation to the electronic occurrences in the brain, we have seen that the occasions of God's experience must be extremely thin in their temporal extension.
The difference between positive and negative electricity, or between high and low frequency waves, may seem, and in nature may be, partly qualitative; but physics as a theory of nature takes into account only the spatio - temporal aspects or consequences of such qualities, whatever the latter may be.
But this last resemblance, subsisting between those who are most diversely situated temporally, cancels the difference which in respect of the first relation exists for those of diverse temporal situations.
For neither in Jewish nor in Christian thought is it held that this difference must last for all eternity, or even for the entire duration of temporal history.
The larger context through which our total situation may be transfigured is best conceived in terms of Civitas Dei, or the Kingdom of God, «which is not in Time at all — either present, future or past — and which differs from all temporal mundane states in the radical way of being in a different spiritual dimension, but which, just by virtue of this difference of dimension, is able to penetrate our mundane life and, in penetrating, to transfigure it».
Second, Hartshorne, with the aid of his neoclassical metaphysics, was able to show the need for real modes of Being in which the distinctive type of Being in question makes a real difference, especially in relation to divinity, in opposition to Kant, for instance, who thoroughly disconnected modality from the content of the concept, and thus found himself left with but one mode, that of spatio - temporal existence, as the matter for knowledge.
Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they discovered differences in the thickness of parts of the cortex in the temporal and occipital lobes, whose primary roles are in vision and storing knowledge.
Gerald Tesauro of IBM used a particular version of reinforcement learning — temporal - difference learning — to design a network that played backgammon.
If this forebrain - midbrain threat circuit is mediated by both geographical - temporal and psychological distance, as predicted by theorists (4, 5), we would then expect subject - specific differences in psychological indices of threat to be correlated with PAG activity.
There is a difference between processing basic sound information (a distinction between surrounding noise and voices) made by the upper part of the temporal lobe, and processing high - level information (perceived emotions and contextual meanings) made by the frontal lobe.
Our results build on prior research indicating that state same - sex marriage bans were associated with increased rates of psychiatric disorders19 and that health expenditures decreased following implementation of a same - sex marriage policy in Massachusetts.22 Our study contributes evidence on the association between same - sex marriage and mental health based on a robust analysis that controls for differences in state characteristics and for other state - level events that may affect suicide attempts, which are unlikely to systematically vary with the same geographic and temporal pattern as same - sex marriage implementation.
Using a combination of magnetic resonance imaging and an advanced segmentation approach, researchers evaluated the differences in the volumes of subfields of the hippocampus, the seahorse - shaped region in the brain's medial temporal lobe.
The secondary endpoint of change in thickness of the temporal quadrant and papillomacular bundle of the retinal nerve fiber layer from baseline to week 48 demonstrated a large statistically significant difference (p = 0.0359) between all GS010 - treated eyes and all sham - treated eyes, with untreated eyes showing a loss of 3.4 μm while treated eyes showed a limited loss of 0.6 μm.
Second, the participants of our study were trained musicians — a group shown to exhibit increased grey - matter volume in the right IFG75, higher fibre - tract volumes between the right IFG and the temporal lobe76, and differences in BOLD - response patterns77, 78,79, compared to non-musicians.
As long as the temporal pattern of variation in aerosol forcing is approximately correct, the need to achieve a reasonable fit to the temporal variation in global mean temperature and the difference between Northern and Southern Hemisphere temperatures can provide a useful constraint on the net aerosol radiative forcing (as demonstrated, e.g., by Harvey and Kaufmann, 2002; Stott et al., 2006c).
The principal difference between readiness tests and achievement tests is temporal: Readiness tests are administered at the outset of the school year; achievement tests are usually given at the end.
This creates a fascinating reference system of repetitions and differences, in terms of both the temporal and the spatial, that asks questions of the viewer about architecture, public space, and their function in society.
(2) The observed inter hemispheric difference between the CO2 measurements at the Mauna Loa and the South Pole stations tracks beautifully the temporal increase and variation of the fossil fuel emissions over the last 55 years.
Spatial and temporal patterns of greenness on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: interactions of ecological and social factors affecting the Arctic normalized difference vegetation index
Spatial and temporal differences in thermal response to storm events were controlled by precipitation and stream discharge peak characteristics (above) plus antecedent basin conditions, which together determine the nature and rapidity of hydrological response.
FHX2 has powerful statistical functions for analyzing the seasonality of past fires, temporal changes in fire regimes, or spatial differences in fire occurrence between sites.
The differences are (1) that you can not afford spatio - temporal resolution of weather models to simulate thousand years forward, and (2) in weather model you don't care if your prediction will blow up in 100 years yielding Venus condition or Ice Ball, you just stop the computer after a week of simulated time, and start over.
The difference in the latter aspect is most likely due to improvement in the spatial — temporal coverage of the data used in this study, as well as the details of data processing procedures.
However, considering the temporal resolution of our data set and the small number of records that cover this interval (Fig. 1G), this difference is probably not robust.
I suppose now you might suggest that not only have I misunderstood a chart but also the plane language of his text that the bias of sensor differences has a temporal drift.
In order to study if an underrepresentation of weak magnetic fields in the Carrington rotation synoptic charts is the explanation for the difference between our model and the observation, full - disk images with higher spatial and temporal resolution should be analyzed in future.
However, considering the temporal resolution of our data set and the small number of records that cover this interval (Figure 1G), this difference is probably not robust.»
Owing to the natural spatio - temporal variation in pH, temperature and carbonate conditions and differences in ocean circulation, the rate of acidification and warming differs locally and regionally [7,23,24].
Resolving the numerous methodological differences and criticisms of proxy reconstruction is beyond the scope of this chapter, but we will address some key issues related to temporal correlation, the use of principal components, and the interpretation of validation statistics.
There were, however, significant interaction effects indicating differences between some subgroups of intervention and comparison mothers in provision of appropriate play materials, organisation of the physical and temporal environments, and provision of opportunities for variety in daily stimulation (table 2).
Developmental differences in the frontal and temporal lobes may explain as much as 20 % of low - income children's achievement deficits.
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