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...y should run their ship upon them.” Schouten’s Sixth Circumnavigation. “We set sail from the Elbe, wind N. E. in the ship called The Jonas in the Whal... ...inity of London and elsewhere may recollect having seen large curved bones set upright in the earth, either to form arches over gateways, or entrances... ...ed of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water th... ...es, put me down for this shabby part of a whaling voyage, when others were set down Chapter 1 Loomings 19 for magnificent parts in high tragedies, and... ...ich being cunningly presented to me under various disguises, induced me to set about performing the part I did, besides cajoling me into the delusion ... ... great leviathan himself? In fact, the artist’s design seemed this: a final theory of my own, partly based upon the aggregated opinions of many aged pe... ...ologists, that the first pyramids were founded for astronomical purposes: a theory singularly supported by the peculiar stair like formation of all fo... ...ll color of atheism from which we shrink? And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues — every sta... ...operate as it may with the phrenologists, I would merely assume the spinal theory for a moment, in reference to the Sperm Whale’s hump. This august hu...

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... introduces the interval neutrosophic sets which is an instance of neutrosophic sets. In this chapter, the denition of interval neutrosophic sets and set-theoretic operators are given and various properties of interval neutrosophic set are proved. Chapter 2 denes the interval neutrosophic logic based on interval neutrosophic sets including the syntax and semantics of rst o...

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...ntroduces the interval neutrosophic sets which is an instance of neutrosophic sets. In this chapter, the definition of interval neutrosophic sets and set-theoretic operators are given and various properties of interval neutrosophic set are proved. Chapter 2 defines the interval neutrosophic logic based on interval neutrosophic sets including the syntax and semantics of fir...

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...The neutrosophic set generalizes the above mentioned sets from philosophical point of view. From scientific or engineering point of view, the neutrosophic set and set-theoretic operators need to be specified. Otherwise, it will be difficult t...

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...Preface iii 1 Interval Neutrosophic Sets 1 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 Neutrosophic Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.3 Interval Neutrosophic Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.4 Properties of Set-theoretic Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 1.5 Convexity...

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...which they argue in favor of the Finnic origin of the Aryans. For this new theory these scholars present exceed ingly strong evidence, and they concl... ...avs, is not foreign to the Finns. Nowhere are the inconsistencies of human theory and prac tice more curiously and forcibly shown than in the custom ... ...sture, purple colored, Into white clouds in the heavens; Sings his girdle, set with jewels, Into twinkling stars around him; And alas! for Youkahainen... ...pindle, From the fragments of my distaff, In the waters launch the vessel, Set the little ship a floating, Using not the knee to push it, Using not th... ...vision, Came a stone with rainbow colors. There the blacksmith, Ilmarinen, Set at work to build his smithy, Built a fire and raised a chimney; On the ... ...sels, With thy slender, silver spindle, With thy spinning wheel of copper, Set in frame of molten silver, Come thou hither, thou art needed; Bring the... ... Through the channels of the long bones, Row through every form of tissue. Set the vessels in their places, Lay the heart in right position, Make the ...

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...ation provided by the sources is both uncertain and (highly) conflicting. This approach, known in literature as DSmT (standing for Dezert-Smarandache Theory), proposes new useful rules of combinations. We gathered in this volume a presentation of DSmT from the beginning to the latest development. Part 1 of this book presents the current state-of-the-art on theoretical inve...

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...ources of evidence . . . 10 1.3 Foundations of the DSmT . . . . 11 1.3.1 Notion of free and hybrid DSm models . . . 11 1.3.2 Notion of hyper-power set D_ . . . 13 1.3.3 Generalized belief functions . . . . 15 1.3.4 The classic DSm rule of combination . . . 16 1.3.5 The hybrid DSm rule of combination . . . 17 1.3.6 On the refinement of the frames . . . 18 1.3.7 On t...

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...This second book devoted on advances and applications of Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) for information fusion collects recent papers from different researchers working in engineering and mathematics. Part 1 of this book presents the current state-of-the-art on theoretical investigations while, Par...

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...conflict redistribution rule stable in terms of decision 69 by Arnaud Martin and Christophe Osswald 2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 69 2.2 Theory bases . . . . . . . . . . 70 2.2.1 Belief Function Models . . . . . . . . 70 2.2.2 Combination rules . . . . . . . . . 71 2.2.3 Decision rules . . . . . . . . . 72 2.3 The generalized PCR rules . . . . . . . . . 73...

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...tion to DSmT 3 by J. Dezert and F. Smarandache 1.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2 Foundations of DSmT . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2.1 The power set, hyper-power set and super-power set . . 6 1.2.2 Notion of free and hybrid DSm models . . . . 18 1.2.3 Generalized belief functions . . . . . . 20 1.2.4 The classic DSm rule of combination . . . . . 21 1.2.5 The hybri...

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...ILIZATION 152 4 WAR OR PACIFISM 152 THERE ARE NO ANSWERS 153 THINKING EFFECTIVELY155 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW? 155 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 159 THEORY AS A START TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY 162 HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 163 EVOLUTION 171 ACCEPTING OUR KNOWLEDGE FROM AUTHORITY 176 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 181 FAITH 182 REASON 184 BUT WE ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL BEINGS 185 THE PROCESS OF REAS...

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...st behave anti-socially. We‘ll come back to this kind of behavior later. ―So let‘s start our look at motivation with Freud. His classic theory... ...s what much of science and most of education is all about. If we can get a better grasp of the appropriate sciences and develop an appropriate set of... ... what will happen.‖ 9 —―But doesn‘t Russell‘s thinking refute his theory... ...he brain stem, the more primitive area at the top of the spinal column and some nearby areas. So it is conceivable that Freud's psycho-sexual theory... ...und toy. He inserted electrodes into the rats‘ pleasure centers then showed his rats how to trip a switch and get an electric ‗high.‘ Then he set up... ...ay from their old beliefs? 28 ―When people reject the scientific theory... ...on in a socially useful path. ―The major criticism of Adler‘s ideas is that they are not sufficiently scientific. They are more like a set of... ... POWER, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE IN SPORT ―We even find this prejudice reflected in sport. The International Olympic Committee had set t... ...ought every step of the way. But my guess is that the positively motivated boy would have a parent or guardian who provided a loving nest and set a ...

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... number-theoretic Smarandache problems and will enrich the already rich stock of results on them. Readers can learn various techniques used in number theory and will get familiar with the beautiful identities and sharp asymptotic formulas obtained in the volume....

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...arandache and its integer solutions 82 X. Du : On the mean value of the Smarandache LCM function SL(n) 85 Q. Yang : On the generalized constructive set 91 G. Chen : Some exact calculating formulas for the Smarandache function 95 H. Liu : On the F.Smarandache simple function 98 Y. Liu and J. Ma : Some identities involving the k-th power complements 101 Y. Zhao : An eq...

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...o the discussion of human mental history in On the Origin of the Human Mind.” —Scientific American Mind (July 2009) “I found the Mental Synthesis theory stimulating and provocative. The author puts forward an explanation for the evolution of the human mind based on predator detection that led to increased visual mental analysis which set the stage for visual mental syn...

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...ental imagery since I was nine years old, and was involved in related research since my undergraduate studies. Having been trained in neuroscience, I set out to understand the neurological basis of imagery pertaining to the differences between humans and other animals. In 2008, after fifteen years of research, I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and published the...