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A world full of relations
Character and meaning of natural things and events
Marinus Dirk Stafleu
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A world full of relations
Character and meaningof natural things and eventsMarinus Dirk Stafleu
Translation by the author of
Een wereld vol relaties, Karakter en zin van natuurlijke dingen en processen
,Amsterdam 2002: Buijten & Schipperheijn.© 2001 M.D.StafleuWeeshuislaan 313701 JV Zeist, Netherlands.tel.: 0031-30-6915598e-mail: m.d.stafleu@freeler.nl
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Contents1. Introduction
1.1. What is a character?1.2. Six natural relation frames1.3. Types of characters1.4. Interlacement ofcharacters1.5. Natural laws and norms1.6. Glossary
1. Sets
1.1. Sets and natural numbers1.2. Extensionofthe quantitative relation frame1.3. Groups as characters1.4. Ensemble and probability
3. Symmetry
3.1. Spatial magnitudes and vectors3.2. Character, transformation and symmetryof spatial figures3.3. Non-Euclidean space-time inthe theoryof relativity
4. Periodic motion
4.1. Motion as a relation frame4.2. The character of oscillations and waves4.3. A wave packet as an aggregate4.4. Symmetric and antisymmetric wave functions
5. Physical characters
5.1. The unification of physical interactions5.2. The character ofelectrons5.3. The quantum ladder 5.4. Individualized currents5.5. Aggregates5.6. Coming into being, change and decay
6. Biotic characters
6.1. The biotic relation frame6.2. The organizationof biochemical processes6.3. The character of biotic processes6.4. The secondary characteristic oforganisms6.5. Populations6.6. The gene pool6.7. Does a species correspond witha character?
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« prev | next »- 1.1. What is a natural character?
- 1.2. Six natural frames for non-specific relations
- 1.3. Types of characters
- 1.4. Interlacement of characters
- 1.5. Natural laws and norms
- 1.6. Glossary
- 2.1. Sets and natural numbers
- 2.2. Extension of the quantitative relation frame
- 2.3. Groups as characters
- 2.4. Ensemble and probability
- 3.1. Spatial magnitudes and vectors
- 3.2. Character, transformation and symmetry of spatial figures
- 3.3. Non-Euclidean space-time in the theory of relativity
- 4.1. Motion as a relation frame
- 4.2. The character of oscillations and waves
- 4.3. A wave packet as an aggregate
- 4.4. Symmetric and antisymmetric wave functions
- 5.1. The unification of physical interactions
- 5.2. The character of electrons
- 5.3. The quantum ladder
- 5.4. Individualized currents
- 5.5. Aggregates
- 5.6. Coming into being, change and decay
- 6.1. The biotic relation frame
- 6.2. The organization of biochemical processes
- 6.3. The character of biotic processes
- 6.4. The secondary characteristic of organisms
- 6.5. Populations
- 6.6. The gene pool
- 6.7. Does a species correspond with a character?
- 7.1. The primary characteristic of animals
- 7.2. Secondary characteristics of animals
- 7.3. Control processes
- 7.4. Controlled processes
- 7.5. Goal-directed behaviour
- 7.6. The position of mankind in the cosmos
- 8.1. The opening up of natural characters
- 8.2. Production and destination of artefacts
- 8.3. The character of a theory and theories of characters
- 8.4. Origin and meaning of characters
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