1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703074003321

Autore

Kerenyi Kornel

Titolo

Hydrodynamic forces on inundated bridge decks [[electronic resource] /] / [Kornel Kerenyi, Tanju Sofu, and Junke Guo]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

McLean, Va. : , : Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, , 2009

Descrizione fisica

vi, 38 pages : digital, PDF file

Altri autori (Persone)

SofuTanju

GuoJunke

Soggetti

Bridges - Floors - Testing

Hydrodynamics - Testing

Bridges - Design and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 13, 2009); statement of responsibility from technical report documentation page.

"Publication no. FHWA-HRT-09-028."

"May 2009."

Performed by GKY and Associates, Inc. and the University of Nebraska.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781497003321

Autore

Pylkkö P (Pauli)

Titolo

The aconceptual mind [[electronic resource] ] : Heideggerian themes in holistic naturalism / / Pauli Pylkkö

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, PA, : John Benjamins Pub., c1998

ISBN

1-283-17439-1

9786613174390

90-272-8348-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Collana

Advances in consciousness research, , 1381-589X ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

146.21

Soggetti

Philosophy of mind

Consciousness

Naturalism

Holism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on seminars presented in 1993-1996 in the Helsinki academic underground.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE ACONCEPTUAL MIND; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; PREFACE Heidegger with a grain of salt; CHAPTER ONE. Dasein naturalized; CHAPTER TWO. Is modern science necessarily onto- theo-logical?; CHAPTER THREE. What is noncomputational in recent consciousness studies?; CHAPTER FOUR. On surprise; CHAPTER FIVE. Unique language problem; CHAPTER SIX. Gaming without subjects; CHAPTER SEVEN. Is Nazism humanism?; CHAPTER EIGHT. Nationally unique meanings; References; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

According to Heidegger, naturalistic thinking is naive and unable to deal with its own essence and limitations. It can only serve the veiled interests of modern Western technology in its inherent inclination to attain global dominance. But these eight thematically intertwined essays face Heidegger's critique of naturalistic thinking habits. The author develops a holistic and antirealistic version of naturalism. This 'holistic naturalism' does not approach nature as a set of entities or things which can be used for technological purposes. Instead, nature is approached as human experience which