10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPENETRABILITY»
Discover the use of
impenetrability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
impenetrability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reality and
Impenetrability in Kant's Philosophy of Nature
This book highlights Kant's fundamental contrast between the mechanistic and dynamical conceptions of matter, which is central to his views about the foundations of physics, and is best understood in terms of the contrast between objects of ...
2
Nature Mathematized: Historical and Philosophical Case ...
While 'impenetrability' was an essential property of body, the 'force' to which it
gave rise was dispositional: 'though impenetrability provides these forces' it was
not 'endowed with a determinate force; it is rather in a condition to manifest force'
...
3
Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality
As a result, a Leibnizian is forced either to accept the (prima facie implausible)
idea that resistance and impenetrability reduce to the fact that substances cannot
occupy the same place at the same time or to deny that substances are truly ...
4
Autology: An Inductive System of Mental Science; Whose ...
Physical resistance, whose office it is to know the actual presence of substances
by means of their impenetrability, and (2.) the five senses, whose office it is to
know the presence, and to distinguish tile nature, of qualities. (1.) a. Physical ...
David Henry Hamilton, 1873
5
Descartes: An Intellectual Biography
One contender would be the impenetrability of corporeal bodies. Impenetrability
cannot be the essence of corporeal substance because substances have only
one essence, but nor can it be a mode, because to make corporeal substance ...
6
New Developments in Contact Problems
Both the impenetrability and the intensility conditions were thoroughly discussed
by Bernoulli J. (1710), Euler (1752) and Fourier (1796). The impenetrability
condition was first formulated by Cournot (1827) and the intensility condition by ...
Peter Wriggers, Panagiotis Panatiotopoulos, 1999
7
Perception: A Representative Theory
In order to sustain the charge of circularity, it must be shown that impenetrability
cannot be defined without reference to materiality: it is not sufficient just to
observe that impenetrability is a relation between material things - of course it is,
if it ...
8
Individuals, Minds and Bodies: Themes from Leibniz
As a matter of fact, shortly afterwards he specifies that "motion is a change of
space", and that "time is none other than the magnitude of motion", without
referring to the concept of impenetrability." Along these lines, in the
Animadversiones in ...
Massimiliano Carrara, Antonio-Maria Nunziante, Gabriele Tomasi, 2004
9
Leibniz: An Introduction
4.1 Impenetrability We want to find an extensible quality which, like extension, is
common to all bodies under all conditions, e.g. whether they are solid, liquid or
gaseous. Leibniz suggests that this characteristic is impenetrability. In so far as a
...
Charlie Dunbar Broad, 1975
10
The Philosophy of Robert Boyle
Chalmers has asked (in conversation) what is the relation between the
impenetrability of matter and those powers that give it causal efficacy in collisions
. Could it be that impenetrability is the power property in virtue of which matter is
causally ...
ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Philosophy Peter R Anstey, Peter R. Anstey, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPENETRABILITY»
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impenetrability is used in the context of the following news items.
'Ant-Man,' Paul Rudd's tiny superhero is a big deal - Kansas City Star
Still, no matter the alleged impenetrability of Cross' sanctuary, we can't help ask, “Couldn't Ant-Man just …?” For a guy able to stow away in the ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
The Role's Afoot: The Eternal Appeal of Sherlock Holmes at the …
Cumberbatch expertly embraces this challenge, relaying Sherlock's confusion, disregard, and impenetrability with grace and believability. «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
Dozens escaped Dannemora prison before Richard Matt and David …
The lengthy list of Dannemora escapees turned on its head the initial narrative of the impenetrability of the prison nicknamed "Little Siberia. «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
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This is a movie that respects the impenetrability of darkness, and communicates that respect though composition and lighting. It would have ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
ALWAYS IN SEASON: The gray catbird plays vocal tricks, sounds …
Impenetrability appears to be a desirable trait for real estate in the catbird world. Catbirds are not especially secretive, though. They want a ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
Day of the Dead: Cubensis opens up for final Grateful Dead show …
Cubensis. That slightly paradoxical approach to music—soaring ecstasy and mystical impenetrability—is characteristic of jam-bands. Fandom ... «Easy Reader News, Jul 15»
Has MIF Forgotten Manchester?
... talk of a 'glass ceiling' for regional artists that are not helped by the perceived cultural elitism and sheer impenetrability of events such as MIF. «Manchester Confidential, Jun 15»
A Comparative Balancing Act: Arabic Literature Is from Mars, English …
Jullien felt we must “triangulate Dante and al-Maʿarrī …to inject some relatability into the foreign, into the impenetrability. It really helps.”. «Oye! Times, Jun 15»
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In addition, they must carry out an annual audit for the control of safety standards, including impenetrability tests and planning or making repairs ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
Notable & Quotable: Through the Looking-Glass
“I meant by 'impenetrability' that we've had enough of that subject, and it would be just as well if you'd mention what you mean to do next, as I ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
