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21 definite
definite [ˈdefɪnɪt]1. adjectivea. ( = fixed) [plan] précis ; [intention, order, sale] ferme• is that definite? c'est sûr ?• have you got a definite date for the wedding? avez-vous décidé de la date du mariage ?b. ( = distinct) [feeling, increase] net ; [advantage] certainc. ( = positive) [person, tone] catégorique ; [views] arrêté2. compounds* * *['defɪnɪt]1) ( not vague) [plan, criteria, amount] précis; [impression] net/nettedefinite evidence — preuves fpl formelles
2) ( firm) [contract, agreement, decision, intention] ferme; [refusal] catégorique3) ( obvious) [change, improvement, increase] net/nette; [advantage] certain, évident; [smell] très net/nette4)to be definite — [person] ( sure) être certain ( about de); ( unyielding) être formel/-elle ( about sur)
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22 clear
1. adjective1) ясный, светлый; clear sky безоблачное небо2) прозрачный3) чистый (о весе, доходе; о совести)4) свободный; clear passage свободный проход;all clearа) путь свободен;б) mil. противник не обнаружен;в) отбой (после тревоги); all clear signal сигнал отбоя; clear from suspicion вне подозрений; clear of debts свободный от долгов; clear line railways свободный перегон (между станциями)5) целый, полный; a clear month целый месяц6) ясно слышный, отчетливый7) понятный, ясный, недвусмысленный8) ясный (об уме)to get away clear отделатьсяin clearа) открытым текстом, в незашифрованном виде;б) tech. в светуto keep clear of smb. остерегаться, избегать кого-л.Syn:definite, distinct, unmistakablesee transparentAnt:blurred, confused, doubtful, foggy, fuzzy, muddled obscure, unclear, unintelligible, vague2. adverb1) ясно; to see one's way clear не иметь затруднений2) совсем, целиком (тж. несколько усиливает знач. наречий away, off, through при глаголах); three feet clear целых три фута3. verb1) очищать(ся); расчищать; to clear the air разрядить атмосферу; положить конец недоразумениям; to clear the dishes убирать посуду со стола; to clear the table убирать со стола2) освобождать, очищать3) становиться прозрачным (о вине)4) проясняться5) рассеивать (сомнения, подозрения)6) оправдывать7) эвакуировать8) распродавать (товар); great reductions in order to clear большая скидка с целью распродажи9) проходить мимо, миновать10) не задеть, проехать или перескочить через барьер, не задев его; to clear an obstacle взять препятствие; this horse can clear 5 feet эта лошадь берет барьер в 5 футов11) получать чистую прибыль12) уплачивать пошлины, очищать от пошлинclear awayclear offclear outclear upto clear the skirts of smb. смыть позорное пятно с кого-л.; восстановить чью-л. репутациюto clear the decks (for action) naut. приготовиться к бою (перен. к действиям)to clear the way подготовить почвуto clear one's expenses покрыть свои расходы* * *1 (a) отчетливый; чистый; ясный2 (v) выплатить средства по чеку клиента; выплачивать средства по чеку клиента; заплатить долг; осуществить клиринг векселей; осуществить клиринг чеков; осуществлять клиринг векселей; осуществлять клиринг чеков; осуществлять клиринг чеков или векселей; очистить; очищать; производить расчет; распродавать ты* * *1) ясный, понятный 2) светлый, чистый 3) звонкий* * *[ klɪə] v. очищать(ся), становиться прозрачным; прояснять, выяснять; освобождать, опорожнять; убирать, расчищать; очищать от пошлин, уплачивать пошлины; получать чистую прибыль adj. ясный, светлый, чистый; прозрачный; отчетливый, ясно слышный, понятный; недвусмысленный, толковый, свободный (о пути), целый adv. ясно, совсем, совершенно, целиком n. просвет* * *зеркальныйпошлиныпрозраченпрозрачныйраспродаватьсветелсветлыйсвободныйстеретьчистчистыйясенясноясный* * *1. прил. 1) а) светлый, ясный, безоблачный (о небе) б) прозрачный в) яркий, блестящий; чистый 2) а) четкий, отчетливый, ясно видимый б) ясно слышный в) ясный, понятный, недвусмысленный (о словах, значениях и т. п.) 3) а) четкий, ясный, логический; проницательный б) очевидный, явный, не вызывающий сомнений 4) убежденный, уверенный, не сомневающийся 5) о моральных качествах ясный, прямой, простодушный 2. нареч. 1) ясно, четко, отчетливо 2) совсем, совершенно; полностью ( away, off, through при глаголах) 3. гл. 1) а) очищать; осветлять; делать прозрачным б) очищаться; проясняться; становиться прозрачным 2) а) оправдывать, снимать подозрение (в чем-л. - of) б) рассеивать (сомнения, подозрения); подтверждать надежность 3) прояснять 4) а) расчищать, прочищать; освобождать, очищать (от чего-л., кого-л. -of) б) спорт отбивать, выбивать (мяч) из штрафной площадки 5) а) одобрять б) успешно пройти (какие-л. инстанции); получить одобрение 6) а) урегулировать финансовые обязательства, производить рассчет; заплатить долг б) банк. осуществлять клиринг чеков или векселей 7) уплачивать пошлину; очищать (товары) от пошлин -
23 cooling-off period
période f de réflexion, délai m de réflexionThe directives require suppliers of mail-order goods (as distinct from services) to provide written information about the company and terms of sale, as well as delivering goods promised within a 30-day period. Perhaps more importantly, however, they also give consumers a seven-day cooling-off period after the goods are delivered, during which time they can change their mind and receive a full refund.
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24 clear
[klɪə] 1. прил.1) светлый, ясный; безоблачный ( о небе)a clear day — ясный, безоблачный день
a clear night — ясная, звёздная ночь
The day dawned with a clear sky. — День наступал ясный, безоблачный.
Syn:2) прозрачныйThe water in the bay was clear as glass. — Вода в заливе была прозрачной, как стекло.
Syn:3) чёткий, отчётливыйSyn:well-marked, sharp 1.4) звонкий, отчётливыйThe singing was loud and clear. — Пение было громким и звонким.
Syn:audible, articulate 1.5) ясный, понятный, недвусмысленныйIf I have made myself clear, you will understand my original meaning. — Если мне удалось ясно выразиться, вы поймёте, что я имел в виду.
Syn:Ant:6) чёткий, ясный, логическийThis problem requires clear thinking. — Для решения этой проблемы требуется ясная голова.
Syn:7) очевидный, явный, не вызывающий сомненийIn the midst of the unreality, it became clear that one man at least was serious. — Среди всех этих фантастических событий стало очевидным, что, по крайней мере, один человек был серьёзен.
Syn:8) убеждённый, уверенный, не сомневающийсяI am not quite clear about the date. — Я не очень уверен относительно даты.
Syn:9) простодушный; чистый, непорочныйSyn:10) свободный, незанятый; беспрепятственныйThe path was clear. — Дорога была свободна.
11) чистый; здоровыйHer complexion was clear, but quite olive. — Кожа на лице у неё была чистой, но с желтоватым оттенком.
12) яркий, блестящийSyn:13) свободный (от чего-л.); необременённый (чем-л.)Syn:14) полный, целый; абсолютный, неограниченныйSyn:15) амер.; разг. чистый, без примеси, настоящийsolid silver, the clear thing, and no mistake — сплошное серебро, настоящая вещь, без дураков
••- all clear
- all clear signal
- get away clear
- keep clear of smb. 2. нареч.1) ясно, чётко, отчётливоThe message came over the wireless loud and clear. — Сообщение, переданное по радио, прозвучало громко и отчётливо.
Syn:2) совсем, совершенно; полностьюThe jogger ran clear to the end of the island. — Бегун добежал до самого конца острова.
Syn:3) ( clear of) в стороне, на расстоянии от (чего-л.)He jumped three inches clear of the bar. — Он прыгнул в трёх дюймах от планки.
••3. гл.to see one's way clear to do smth. — не видеть препятствий (к осуществлению чего-л.)
1)а) очищать; осветлять; делать прозрачнымб) очищаться; проясняться; становиться прозрачнымThe skies finally cleared. — Небо наконец прояснилось.
Syn:The fog cleared. — Туман рассеялся.
In the afternoon, the mist cleared off and the rest of the day was fine. — После полудня туман рассеялся, и в оставшуюся часть дня была хорошая погода.
3) = clear away / off расчищать, прочищать; освобождать, очищатьto clear (away) the dishes / the table — убирать (посуду) со стола
Please help your mother to clear away. — Пожалуйста, помоги маме убрать со стола.
The snowplows cleared the streets. — Снегоуборочные машины расчистили улицы.
He cleared his throat, and was silent awhile. — Он прочистил горло и немного помолчал.
Machines have cleared the way for progress. — Машины расчистили дорогу, теперь можно двигаться вперёд.
We must clear the area of enemy soldiers as soon as possible. — Нам нужно очистить район от врага как можно скорее.
Syn:4) = clear away / up удалить, устранить5) = clear away / upThis book has cleared my doubts. — Эта книга рассеяла мои сомнения.
б) рассеяться ( о сомнениях)When he read the letter, his doubts cleared away. — Когда он прочёл письмо, его сомнения окончательно рассеялись.
6) прояснять, разъяснять, объяснять, истолковыватьSyn:7) оправдывать, снимать подозрениеThe boy was cleared of the charge of stealing. — С мальчика сняли обвинение в краже.
A surprise witness cleared him of the crime. — Неожиданный свидетель снял с него подозрение в совершении преступления.
Syn:8) подтверждать надёжность (кого-л. при приёме на секретную работу)Dr. Graham might require access to restricted information, and so he had to be cleared. — Доктору Грэхему, возможно, придётся работать с конфиденциальной информацией, поэтому он должен получить допуск.
9) спорт. отбивать, выбивать ( мяч) из штрафной площадки10)а) одобрять, разрешатьSyn:б) успешно пройти (какие-л. инстанции); получить одобрениеThe bill cleared the legislature. — Законопроект получил одобрение законодательных органов.
11) = clear off урегулировать финансовые обязательства, произвести расчёт; заплатить долгI'm glad I've cleared off the money I owed my mother. — Я рад, что вернул матери все долги.
12) фин. осуществлять клиринг чеков или векселей13) уплачивать пошлину; очищать ( товары) от пошлин14) = clear off распродавать товар по сниженным ценамThe shop decided to clear off the summer clothes when the new winter fashions arrived. — Когда поступила новая зимняя одежда, в магазине решили устроить распродажу летней.
Syn:net II 3.This horse can clear 5 feet. — Эта лошадь берёт барьер в 5 футов.
17) эвакуировать18) разгружать19) ( clear with) согласовывать (что-л. с кем-л.)Clear this with the boss. — Согласуй это с шефом.
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1. n новое2. a новый; ранее не существовавшийnew members of the UN — новые члены ООН, государства, только что принятые в ООН
new arrival — только что прибывший ; новый приезжий
new growth — новообразование, опухоль
3. a новый, только что обнаруженный или открытый4. a новый, не бывший в употребленииnew development — новшество; новая разработка
5. a современный, новейшийNew Greek — новогреческий язык; современный греческий язык
6. a пренебр. часто новоявленный, недавнийI can clock up 100 miles an hour in my new car — на моей новой машине я могу показать скорость 100 миль в час
7. a незнакомыйI am new to Moscow — я недавно в Москве, я ещё плохо знаю Москву
he was new about the house — он ещё не привык к дому, он ещё не освоился с квартирой
8. a неопытный, новыйnew chum — новый сотрудник ; новенький, новичок
9. a иной, другой; обновлённыйto lead a new life — изменить образ жизни, начать иную жизнь
10. a ещё один, ещё несколько; дополнительный, новыйnew trial — новое рассмотрение дела, пересмотр дела
11. a свежийspickandspan new — совершенно новый, абсолютно свежий
12. a молодой13. a как компонент сложных слов ново-, свеже-, только чтоnew-caged beast — зверь, только что посаженный в клетку
new departure — новая линия ; новая инициатива, почин, новшество
new lease on life — возрождение надежд, возвращение жизненных сил
Mary has taken a new lease of life since she became interested in gardening — заинтересовавшись садоводством, Мери воспрянула духом
14. adv недавно, только чтоnew Australian — иммигрант, недавно поселившийся в Австралии
15. adv заново, вновьСинонимический ряд:1. additional (adj.) added; additional; another; else; extra; farther; further; increased; more; other; supplementary2. current (adj.) current; faddish; fashionable; latest; modern; modish; popular3. different (adj.) brand-new; different; dissimilar; distinct; unlike4. fresh (adj.) bizarre; fresh; innovative; inventive; just out; late; modernistic; neoteric; newfangled; new-fashioned; new-sprung; novel; original; recent; uncontaminated; unique; unprecedented; unspoiled; unused; unusual5. present (adj.) contemporary; existent; existing; present; present-day6. pristine (adj.) pristine; untouched; virgin7. refreshed (adj.) refreshed; regenerated; reinvigorated; renewed; revived8. unfamiliar (adj.) strange; unaccustomed; unfamiliar9. untrained (adj.) incompetent; inexperienced; unseasoned; unskilled; untrained10. recently (other) afresh; anew; freshly; lately; newly; of late; recentlyАнтонимический ряд:antique; archaic; deteriorated; obsolete; old; old-fashioned; outmoded; prehistoric; primeval; primordial; stale; used; worn -
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1. n разг. экстренный выпуск2. n разг. экстренный поезд3. n разг. специальный корреспондент4. n разг. сообщение специального корреспондента5. n разг. тлв. специальная передача; отдельная передачаspecial court — специальный суд, суд специальной юрисдикции
6. n разг. срочное письмо; письмо с нарочным7. n разг. особое, отдельное8. n разг. ком. особая, резко сниженная цена; отдельная цена9. n разг. ком. товар, продаваемый по резко сниженной цене10. a особый, особенный11. a специальныйspecial election — довыборы, дополнительные выборы
12. a особый, чрезвычайный13. a экстренный14. a частный; индивидуальный15. a особенно уважаемый или любимый16. a определённый17. a тех. нестандартный18. adv разг. особенно, очень ужСинонимический ряд:1. exclusive (adj.) exclusive; restrictive2. specific (adj.) certain; designated; distinct; distinguished; especial; express; individual; particular; peculiar; set; single; specific3. unique (adj.) distinctive; exceptional; extraordinary; singular; uncommon; unique; unusual4. attraction (noun) attraction; feature; highlight5. especially (other) distinctively; especially; particularly; specially; specificallyАнтонимический ряд:average; common; general; generic; indefinite; ordinary; prevalent; regular; universal; usual -
27 Card Cutting
To punch the holes in jacquard cards, according to specified designs, and in the order they are to operate the needles. There are two types of machines used, the plate and the piano. Plate Machine - The operation on this machine is slow, the plate being usually reset for every distinct pick in the design; but if there are many similar picks in the design it is obviously the quicker, as one setting of the plate will enable all similar picks to be cut in a few moments. Piano Machine - This machine feeds the card into the line of 8, 10, or 12 cutting punches controlled by the fingers, so that the fingers indicate the correct punches; one foot cuts and the other foot (or treadle) controls the movement forward of the card. A good cutter will cut from 100 up to 120 cards per hour (300's cards). The sketch shows this machine -
28 Carpets
The principal types are Axminster, Brussels and Wilton, and brief particulars of each are given below. A more detailed description is given under each name. Axminster is a cut fabric made any width and with any number of colours. It is not produced on a jacquard, therefore the pile does not show on the back. The design is developed by a series of tufts which are bound into the fabric, every tuft is on the surface and only the foundation cloth is seen at the back. There are two principal varieties of these carpets, the Chenille Axminster and the Machine tufted Axminster. The Chenille type is made by two distinct operations, that of manufacturing the chenille weft and that of weaving the carpet with this weft. The " fur or chenille is first woven on an ordinary loom (see chenille) and when cut into the strips is used as weft with a linen, jute or folded cotton warp. The chenille is made preferably with the leno way of shedding in order to bind the wool yarn more firmly. All the figuring weft is on the surface and not embedded in the fabric. The chenille weft is often inserted by hand, but several mechanical methods for doing the work are now in use. From three to six tufts per inch are usual. The chenille Axminster Carpet is also known as the Patent Axminster carpet. The machine-tufted type or Royal Axminster is also formed from pile tufts previously prepared and afterwards woven in the ground warp and bound into the fabric with a binding weft. The tufts may be inserted by hand and the pile is all on the surface of the fabric. This pile is a warp product, whereas for the chenille variety it is weft. Axminster carpets are a product of skill and patience and any number of colours can be used. There are several varieties of machine-made axminster carpets. Wilton is a cut pile fabric woven 27-in. wide from not more than six colours, the yarns are fine counts and design produced by jacquards. Brussels is made almost in the same way as a Wilton, but the pile is not cut and this shows as loops on the face. The yarn is much coarser than for Wiltons. Kidderminster - A carpet made from two or more plain cloths woven together. Each cloth is brought on the face for figuring as required. Turkish - These are hand made. The pile is put into the ground warp by hand as tufts and knotted round them according to pattern. There are two picks of ground weft between each row of pile. Tapestry - Carpets woven from printed warps. The pile is cut or left uncut as required for the design. Persian - Carpets similar to Turkish, being hand made. See also Axminster, Brussels, Kidderminster, Persian Tapestry, Turkish, Wilton Carpets, Body Brussels, Brusselette, Ingrain. -
29 Woven Designs
Fabrics in which the figuring or ornamentation is woven in by a pre-determined order of lifting the warp threads, as distinct from design which is printed on an already woven fabric. The weave may be simple such as can be woven by tappets or dobbies, or the more elaborate brocade type of figuring which requires a jacquard. -
30 Lucas, Anthony Francis
SUBJECT AREA: Mining and extraction technology[br]b. 9 September 1855 Spalato, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Split, Croatia)d. 2 September 1921 Washington, DC, USA[br]Austrian (naturalized American) mining engineer who successfully applied rotary drilling to oil extraction.[br]A former Second Lieutenant of the Austrian navy (hence his later nickname "Captain") and graduate of the Polytechnic Institute of Graz, Lucas decided to stay in Michigan when he visited his relatives in 1879. He changed his original name, Lucie, into the form his uncle had adopted and became a naturalized American citizen at the age of 30. He worked in the lumber industry for some years and then became a consulting mechanical and mining engineer in Washington, DC. He began working for a salt-mining company in Louisiana in 1893 and became interested in the geology of the Mexican Gulf region, with a view to prospecting for petroleum. In the course of this work he came to the conclusion that the hills in this elevated area, being geological structures distinct from the surrounding deposits, were natural reservoirs of petroleum. To prove his unusual theory he subsequently chose Spindle Top, near Beaumont, Texas, where in 1899 he began to bore a first oil-well. A second drill-hole, started in October 1900, was put through clay and quicksand. After many difficulties, a layer of rock containing marine shells was reached. When the "gusher" came out on 10 January 1901, it not only opened up a new era in the oil and gas business, but it also led to the future exploration of the terrestrial crust.Lucas's boring was a breakthrough for the rotary drilling system, which was still in its early days although its principles had been established by the English engineer Robert Beart in his patent of 1884. It proved to have advantages over the pile-driving of pipes. A pipe with a simple cutter at the lower end was driven with a constantly revolving motion, grinding down on the bottom of the well, thus gouging and chipping its way downward. To deal with the quicksand he adopted the use of large and heavy casings successively telescoped one into the other. According to Fauvelle's method, water was forced through the pipe by means of a pump, so the well was kept full of circulating liquid during drilling, flushing up the mud. When the salt-rock was reached, a diamond drill was used to test the depth and the character of the deposit.When the well blew out and flowed freely he developed a preventer in order to save the oil and, even more importantly at the time, to shut the well and to control the oil flow. This assembly, patented in 1903, consisted of a combined system of pipes, valves and casings diverting the stream into a horizontal direction.Lucas's fame spread around the world, but as he had to relinquish the larger part of his interest to the oil company supporting the exploration, his financial reward was poor. One year after his success at Spindle Top he started oil exploration in Mexico, where he stayed until 1905, when he resumed his consulting practice in Washington, DC.[br]Bibliography1899, "Rock-salt in Louisiana", Transactions of the American Institution of Mining Engineers 29:462–74.1902, "The great oil-well near Beaumont, Texas", Transactions of the AmericanInstitution of Mining Engineers 31:362–74.Further ReadingR.S.McBeth, 1918, Pioneering the Gulf Coast, New York (a very detailed description of Lucas's important accomplishments in the development of the oil industry).R.T.Hill, 1903, "The Beaumont oil-field, with notes on other oil-fields of the Texas region", Transactions of the American Institution of Mining Engineers 33:363–405;Transactions of the American Institution of Mining Engineers 55:421–3 (contain shorter biographical notes).WK -
31 Wright, Frank Lloyd
SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building[br]b. 8 June 1869 Richland Center, Wisconsin, USAd. 9 April 1959 Phoenix, Arizona, USA[br]American architect who, in an unparalleled career spanning almost seventy years, became the most important figure on the modern architectural scene both in his own country and far further afield.[br]Wright began his career in 1887 working in the Chicago offices of Adler \& Sullivan. He conceived a great admiration for Sullivan, who was then concentrating upon large commercial projects in modern mode, producing functional yet decorative buildings which took all possible advantage of new structural methods. Wright was responsible for many of the domestic commissions.In 1893 Wright left the firm in order to set up practice on his own, thus initiating a career which was to develop into three distinct phases. In the first of these, up until the First World War, he was chiefly designing houses in a concept in which he envisaged "the house as a shelter". These buildings displayed his deeply held opinion that detached houses in country areas should be designed as an integral part of the landscape, a view later to be evidenced strongly in the work of modern Finnish architects. Wright's designs were called "prairie houses" because so many of them were built in the MidWest of America, which Wright described as a "prairie". These were low and spreading, with gently sloping rooflines, very plain and clean lined, built of traditional materials in warm rural colours, blending softly into their settings. Typical was W.W.Willit's house of 1902 in Highland Park, Illinois.In the second phase of his career Wright began to build more extensively in modern materials, utilizing advanced means of construction. A notable example was his remarkable Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, carefully designed and built in 1916–22 (now demolished), with special foundations and structure to withstand (successfully) strong earthquake tremors. He also became interested in the possibilities of reinforced concrete; in 1906 he built his church at Oak Park, Illinois, entirely of this material. In the 1920s, in California, he abandoned his use of traditional materials for house building in favour of precast concrete blocks, which were intended to provide an "organic" continuity between structure and decorative surfacing. In his continued exploration of the possibilities of concrete as a building material, he created the dramatic concept of'Falling Water', a house built in 1935–7 at Bear Run in Pennsylvania in which he projected massive reinforced-concrete terraces cantilevered from a cliff over a waterfall in the woodlands. In the later 1930s an extraordinary run of original concepts came from Wright, then nearing 70 years of age, ranging from his own winter residence and studio, Taliesin West in Arizona, to the administration block for Johnson Wax (1936–9) in Racine, Wisconsin, where the main interior ceiling was supported by Minoan-style, inversely tapered concrete columns rising to spreading circular capitals which contained lighting tubes of Pyrex glass.Frank Lloyd Wright continued to work until four days before his death at the age of 91. One of his most important and certainly controversial commissions was the Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum in New York. This had been proposed in 1943 but was not finally built until 1956–9; in this striking design the museum's exhibition areas are ranged along a gradually mounting spiral ramp lit effectively from above. Controversy stemmed from the unusual and original design of exterior banding and interior descending spiral for wall-display of paintings: some critics strongly approved, while others, equally strongly, did not.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsRIBA Royal Gold Medal 1941.Bibliography1945, An Autobiography, Faber \& Faber.Further ReadingE.Kaufmann (ed.), 1957, Frank Lloyd Wright: an American Architect, New York: Horizon Press.H.Russell Hitchcock, 1973, In the Nature of Materials, New York: Da Capo.T.A.Heinz, 1982, Frank Lloyd Wright, New York: St Martin's.DY -
32 Philosophy
And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive ScienceIn the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- ControlIn his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy
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33 oak
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Any tree of the genus Quercus in the order Fagales, characterized by simple, usually lobed leaves, scaly winter buds, a star-shaped pith, and its fruit, the acorn, which is a nut; the wood is tough, hard, and durable, generally having a distinct pattern. (Source: MGH)
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