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Vision is not just a simple recognition of what passes through our field of sight, the reflection and observation of light and shape. Even before Freud posited dreams as a way of "seeing" as we sleep, the writings of philosophers, artists, and scientists from Goethe to Cezanne have argued that to understand vision as a mere mirroring of the outside world is to overlook a more important cognitive act of seeing that is dependent on time. Bringing together a renowned international group of contributors, Vision in Motion explores one of the most vexing problems in the study of vision and cognition: To make sense of the sensations we experience when we see something, we must configure many moments into a synchronous image. This volume offers a critical reexamination of seeing that restores a concept of "vision in motion" that avoids reducing the sensations we experience to narrative chronological sequencing. The contributors draw on Hume, Bergson, and Deleuze, among others, to establish a nuanced idea of how we perceive.

Medieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language, differs considerably from modern Romance null subject languages such as Spanish in the availability of non-expressed subject pronouns; specifically, it shows characteristics reminiscent of non-null, rather than null subject languages, such as the expression of expletive subject pronouns. The central goal of this book is to put forward an account of these differences. On the basis of the analysis of an extensive, newly established data corpus, the development of the expression of both expletive and referential subject pronouns until the 17th c. is determined. Following a thorough discussion of previous approaches, an alternative approach is presented which builds on the analysis of Medieval French as a non-null subject language. The non-expression of subject pronouns, licit in specific contexts in non-null subject languages, is shown to be restricted to configurations generally involving left-peripheral focalization. These configurations – and, concomitantly, non-expressed subject pronouns – are finally argued to be eventually lost for good in the wake of the initial observation by 17th c. writers of pertinent instructions campaigned for in highly influential works of language use.

Medieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language, differs considerably from modern Romance null subject languages such as Spanish in the availability of non-expressed subject pronouns; specifically, it shows characteristics reminiscent of non-null, rather than null subject languages, such as the expression of expletive subject pronouns. The central goal of this book is to put forward an account of these differences. On the basis of the analysis of an extensive, newly established data corpus, the development of the expression of both expletive and referential subject pronouns until the 17th c. is determined. Following a thorough discussion of previous approaches, an alternative approach is presented which builds on the analysis of Medieval French as a non-null subject language. The non-expression of subject pronouns, licit in specific contexts in non-null subject languages, is shown to be restricted to configurations generally involving left-peripheral focalization. These configurations – and, concomitantly, non-expressed subject pronouns – are finally argued to be eventually lost for good in the wake of the initial observation by 17th c. writers of pertinent instructions campaigned for in highly influential works of language use.

Medieval French, usually analyzed as a null subject language, differs considerably from modern Romance null subject languages such as Spanish in the availability of non-expressed subject pronouns; specifically, it shows characteristics reminiscent of non-null, rather than null subject languages, such as the expression of expletive subject pronouns. The central goal of this book is to put forward an account of these differences. On the basis of the analysis of an extensive, newly established data corpus, the development of the expression of both expletive and referential subject pronouns until the 17th c. is determined. Following a thorough discussion of previous approaches, an alternative approach is presented which builds on the analysis of Medieval French as a non-null subject language. The non-expression of subject pronouns, licit in specific contexts in non-null subject languages, is shown to be restricted to configurations generally involving left-peripheral focalization. These configurations – and, concomitantly, non-expressed subject pronouns – are finally argued to be eventually lost for good in the wake of the initial observation by 17th c. writers of pertinent instructions campaigned for in highly influential works of language use.

''Wir brauchen die Schulung des Geistes, um ein besseres Leben führen zu können.'' Dalai Lama Das Konzept der Achtsamkeit ist 2500 Jahre alt und stammt aus dem Buddhismus. Doch jetzt erobert es die Wissenschaften: So konnten Psychologen, Neurowissenschaftler und Mediziner inzwischen stichhaltig nachweisen, dass sich Achtsamkeitsmeditationen positiv auf unterschiedlichste Erkrankungen und Belastungen auswirken. Aber auch in der Pädagogik und anderen Gesellschaftswissenschaften stößt die Achtsamkeit auf ein positives Echo. Erstmals klären internationale Experten aus Natur-, Sozial- und Geisteswissenschaften, wie die Achtsamkeit die Wissenschaft und die Gesellschaft verändern kann. Das Projekt steht unter Schirmherrschaft des Dalai Lama, der ebenfalls einen Beitrag verfasst hat. ''Wenn ich über die Vorzüge von Achtsamkeit und Mitgefühl spreche, dann hat das für mich nichts mit religiösem Glauben zu tun, sondern mit Erfahrungen. Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und der gesunde Menschenverstand sagen uns, dass es uns besser geht, wenn wir positive Qualitäten in uns entwickeln. Selbst wer sich nur ein paar Wochen etwa im Mitgefühl schult, erfährt, dass sich der Blutdruck senkt, der Stress verringert und er sich wohler fühlt. Jeder von uns kann das selbst nachprüfen. Das ist der springende Punkt: Wir brauchen die Schulung des Geistes, um ein besseres Leben führen zu können.'' Dalai Lama

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Michael Zimmermann bewertet unterschiedliche Koordinationsmechanismen einer Supply Chain in einer Monopol- und in einer Wettbewerbssituation. Er zeigt, dass sich fur konkurrierende Wertschopfungsketten gegenlaufige Koordinations- und Wettbewerbseffekte ergeben, und vergleicht die Vorteilhaftigkeit verschiedener Koordinationsmechanismen in einer Monopol- und in einer Duopolsituation.