Sentences with phrase «time continuum as»

In another unprecedented event, it appears they have altered the space - time continuum as well, bringing the first part of 2010 into 2009.

As the «one relational complex in which all potential objectifications find their niche,» (Process 66) for Whitehead the extensive continuum certainly corresponds to the breadth of vision of the divine primordial nature, even as the space - time continuum as a partial realization of the extensive continuum corresponds to the more limited character of the divine consequent nature here and now Thus, even though Whitehead does not make explicit use of field - oriented imagery to describe the God - world relationship, the concepts are at hand to sustain that line of thought.8

Second, the extensive continuum, of which spatiotemporal extensiveness is a more specific determination, is a «real potential» factor of thc universe in the Whiteheadian cosmology as opposed to absolute space and absolute time continua as real and actual things comprising the universe in the Newtonian cosmology (PR 113f; cf. 101 - 06).

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As strange as this timely dilemma is, it's not a distortion of the space - time continuum that's to blamAs strange as this timely dilemma is, it's not a distortion of the space - time continuum that's to blamas this timely dilemma is, it's not a distortion of the space - time continuum that's to blame.

As we keep saying, ICOs have not warped the space - time continuum so as to apply the Securities Act differently than other classes of securitieAs we keep saying, ICOs have not warped the space - time continuum so as to apply the Securities Act differently than other classes of securitieas to apply the Securities Act differently than other classes of securities.

Rather than see eternal life as a continuum begun in our baptisms and extended through life into eternity, we were tempted to posit instead a radical discontinuity between «time's wild wintry blast» and our destiny in time to come.

The way of distinction, therefore, puts a positive valuation on the time - space continuum and, though it sees divine redemption as the remaking of history into something new, it can not conceive of divine - human interaction in other than historical terms which preserve the qualitative difference between God and man.

Other times, as when he argues from the supposed uniformity of our perceptual field to the uniformity of the spatiotemporal continuum, Whitehead begins with direct experience (PW 217-21/240 -45).

Every occasion, as it completes its concrescence, is (1) located in a specific region of the space - time continuum, and (2) is perfectly definite in regard to the inclusion of every eternal object.

In partial defense of this view, Parmenides» student, Zeno, showed that both science and common sense ran into paradoxes when they assumed (as they did at that time) that space and time are made up of elementary units, but still are continua.

This helps keep the awe factor up and keeps people worshiping God in anticipation as to how in the world he can make all the confusing disjointed Biblical prophecies actually happen in any conceivable order within a time - space - continuum.

But if the Space - Time continuum is now generally accepted as the only framework within which our thought can continue to progress, it becomes the more necessary that we should agree upon the nature and general direction of the flow on which we are borne.

To the extent that this is simply a reaction against a static and abstract rationalism, it is wholly salutary; but it becomes pernicious if it goes so far as to cause us to overlook what is truly exceptional and essential in the phenomenon of Thought — the power of Consciousness to centrate so perfectly upon itself as to be able to situate itself (itself and the Universe at the same time) in the explicit framework of a present, a past and a future — that is to say, in a Space - Time contintime) in the explicit framework of a present, a past and a future — that is to say, in a Space - Time continTime continuum.

This feature of a space - time continuum of uniform metric structure, which is familiar because of its association with fundamental congruence theorems such as in the Euclidean geometry of a plane surface, is not unique to Euclidean geometry.

Whitehead considers this uniformity a requirement for measurement in the space - time continuum; 22 and thus, as a presupposition of any physical analysis that would be considered scientific.

According to the Einsteinian formulation of GTR, the physical magnitudes so represented define the metric structure of the space - time continuum, and fields of gravitational force are interpreted as inextricably intertwined with this structure.29 According to the Whiteheadian formulation of 0TH, the physical magnitudes so represented define a physical characteristic, the «impetus,» against the background of a uniform metric structure.30 In effect, Einstein incorporates fields of gravitational force into a theory about the metric structure of the space - time continuum, whereas Whitehead retains such fields as special physical factors constitutive of the physical field associated with an event.

Whiteheadian cosmology embraces the notion of a uniform metric structure for the space - time continuum that is independent of the material objects commonly said to be «in» space - time and also that is independent of the material objects appropriated as standards of spatio - temporal measurement.

27A two - dimensional analogue of a space - time continuum of uniform metric structure having a Lobachewskian geometric structure may be constructed as well; see Nagel, The Structure of Science, pp. 237 - 40.

In light of the definition of «a straight line,» however, this would mean that in diverse regions of the space - time continuum under consideration the measuring rod, under prevailing standard conditions or the introduction of correction factors, is not deformed in its length as it is moved from point to point or in differing directions in the space - time continuum.

27 Geometries describing the uniform metric structure of space - time continua are frequently designated «congruence geometries» since they retain the traditional concept of congruence as involving superimposition, or embody the axiom of «free mobility.»

It is this uniform and independent metric structure of the space - time continuum that Whitehead refers to as the «system of uniform relatedness» or the «systematic framework» in the quotations above.

Now, if measurement can be significant only if the measuring rod is free of all deforming influences, not simply those attributed to the influence of «differential» forces, then given a space - time continuum of variable metric structure, no set of conditions can be specified to ensure that the measuring rod does not undergo deformation in its length as it is transported from point to point during the process of measurement.

It is argued, as a result of the present investigation, that this is a fundamentally Newtonian position: there is a uniform and independent metric structure of the space and time continuum.

I think Creel is correct in claiming that on Hartshorne's view God learns about possibilities as time goes on; indeed, earlier portions of this paper imply that this is a consequence of any view which understands possibilities as a continuum.

That is true particularly of those qualities connected with nature as a space - time continuum.

It is becoming legitimate to talk of invisible forces that shape creation - not labeling them as God but as the true shapers of reality beyond the space / time continuum.

He thus was prevented by his philosophical position from conceiving of space - time as a four - dimensional continuum.

Heaven, as a divine dwelling - place has disappeared from this space - time continuum.

He can in this way realign philosophy with contemporary scientific theory, while at the same time providing the latter with a «ground» in immediate experience which had been lacking in traditional empiricism, modeled as that was on corpuscular theories of nature.8 In his early work, Whitehead employs Bradley's antiatomism within a classically empiricist framework; redefined as a continuum, sensation still plays its conventional role as a theory of «presentation» (EPNK 60), the given foundation of the reflective process.9

That paper spelled out how an observer's motion through space affects his motion through time (to someone traveling at nearly the speed of light, time slows to a crawl), but it said nothing about treating time as a fourth dimension in a continuum of space - time.

The research, published in Nature Geoscience and led by researchers from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the University of Exeter, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et l'Environnement, the University of Hawai'i and ETH Zürich, has for the first time shown that increased leaching of carbon from soil, mainly due to deforestation, sewage inputs and increased weathering, has resulted in less carbon being stored on land and more stored in rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries and coastal zones — environments that are together known as the «land - ocean aquatic continuum».

Gravitational waves are a measure of strain in space, an effect of the motion of large masses that stretches the fabric of space - time — a way of viewing space and time as a single, interweaved continuum.

The strength - endurance continuum was discovered by Thomas DeLorme in the late 1940s, around the same time as he invented the idea of progressive resistance training (Todd et al. 2012).

MIB3 does have some glaring plot holes crying out for attention, such as how Agent J retains his full memory of his partner and his life in spite of the alterations made to the space - time continuum (a fact explained by an appetite for chocolate milk).

A really lovely tale staring two great leads that you fall in love with almost immediately, however, as Ananda states in her review, anyone more concerned with space - time continuums or time travel paradoxes should just bypass this film, as it really is just another Richard Curtis movie and thus all sense of reality should be left at the door.

Be prepared for brain strain on topics such as space - time continuum (Einstein's Relativity of Time), gravity, and the aforementioned wormholes, blackholes and tesseratime continuum (Einstein's Relativity of Time), gravity, and the aforementioned wormholes, blackholes and tesseraTime), gravity, and the aforementioned wormholes, blackholes and tesseracts.

They must then decide whether to try to fix the sad mess they've made of their lives or relive past experiences exactly as they happened so as not to fuck unnecessarily with the space - time continuum.

But it does feature a few tributes to Back to the Future, namely Crispin Glover (spot on as a surly one - armed bellhop whose appendage - ectomy is anticipated all through the eighties flashback), a future birth threatened by the trampling the space - time continuum (aka the butterfly effect, which resident nerd Duke explains ad infinitum) and the dubious lesson that self - empowerment is merely a matter of beating up that bully from the past.

Unsurprisingly, such things demand sacrifice, and his character, the very heavily named Stacker Pentecost, died in the process of destroying a sub-oceanic rift in the space - time continuum known as the Breach, through which aliens known as Precursors sent giant monsters known as Kaiju to rip the planet known as Earth to bits and render its denizens known as Earthlings thoroughly stomped.

Leonard Nimoy reprises his old part as an elderly Spock, coexisting with his young self in an overlapping dimension of space - time continuum mumbo jumbo.

As a cinematic exploration of the tragic and comedic implications of that, there is Dennis Hauck's wistful neo-Noir, TOO LATE, a film that employs a strategic insouciance as it nimbly plays with the time / space continuum... Read More&raquAs a cinematic exploration of the tragic and comedic implications of that, there is Dennis Hauck's wistful neo-Noir, TOO LATE, a film that employs a strategic insouciance as it nimbly plays with the time / space continuum... Read More&raquas it nimbly plays with the time / space continuum... Read More»

Moving from left to right on the continuum, as restorative processes become more formal, they involve more people, require more planning and time, and are more structured and complete.

To be career ready in our ever - changing global economy requires adaptability and a commitment to lifelong learning, along with mastery of key knowledge, skills and dispositions that vary from one career to another, and change over time as a person progresses along a developmental continuum.

Principals in elementary, middle, and high schools will gather in Philadelphia in July Reston, VA — For the first time, the nation's principals of schools across the Pre-K-12 continuum are planning to embark on professional learning together, as the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) combine -LSB-...]

Reston, VA — For the first time, the nation's principals of schools across the Pre-K-12 continuum are planning to embark on professional learning together, as the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) combine efforts to conduct the inaugural National Principals Conference (NPC) in summer 2017 in Philadelphia.

The report identifies key elements of effective career continuums such as structured roles for teacher leaders, opportunities for release time and collaboration, compensation differentiation, peer coaching and evaluation, embedded professional development, and structured opportunities for teacher voice in decision making.

Digital video affords both macro - and micro-level viewpoints from which to analyze these variables and study how they develop and change over time, as preservice teachers progress along the professional development continuum.

Over time, this work can be more deeply supported if professional learning opportunities are conceptualized as part of a career continuum that encourages teachers to gain and share expertise.

As students move through their academic journey, the Learning Continuum creates a time - stamped narrative of progress toward each standard that students, counselors and teachers can revisit to reflect upon improvement over time.

The time - space continuum seems to compress as the 2014 BMW M6 Gran Coupe thunders down the long back straight at Circuit of the Americas.