This is a complex and very well detailed book about our sense of space: what it is, how it develops, where it comes from, what it means to have it. Morris refers to experiences of space in everyday life, as well as scientific and philosophical literature, to elucidate the problem of the sense of space. He starts with a critique of the traditional approaches to space, then proposes his model, ma...

abu al-qasim khalaf ibn al-abbas al-zahrawi, also known as albucasis, is one of the greatest physicians and surgeons in islamic world who is best remembered for his medical encyclopedia, al-tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif (an aid for those who lack the capacity to read big books). al-tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif(an aid for those who lack the capacity to read big books). al-tasrifwas translated...

understanding still is. Indeed, there is an implicit comparison of the art of perfumery to the esthetic achievements which delight the other senses. The author proceeds to address a number of other topics, which include smiling, laughing, singing, pain, haptics (the sense of touch), pictorial interpretation, and speech disorders. For each, he draws on a wealth of historical examples to illustra...

Gilbert Ryle's The Concept of Mind was published in 1949 both to wide acclaim and to general bemusement. It was anticipated by its critics as a book that would, if not set the agenda for philosophy of mind, then at least preoccupy it for the then foreseeable future. Now, more than sixty years after its initial publication, we are in a better position to appreciate its legacy. Although Ryle publ...

The possibility of an evolutionary semantics rests on at least three interrelated shifts in typical philosophical practice and belief: a de-privileging of human language; a recognition of iconic spatio-kinetic corporeal representation as a fundamental form of meaning in the animate world; a recognition of modes ofsymbolization in everyday life that are pre-reflective. Typical philosophical beli...

5 Consistency Guarantees 5 5.1 Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5.2 Linearizability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.3 Sequential Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.4 Causal Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.5 release consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....