This is a study of Nietzsche's thought which focuses upon his account of self-hood, his ambition to bring about a 'revaluation of all values', and the structure and strategies of his texts. The introductory chapter raises a series of questions about the relationship between representations of the self, self-transformation and the problem of truth in Nietzsche's writings. I discuss the force and implications of Nietzschean 'truthfulness'. Chapter One is an exploration of Nietzsche's account of modern subjectivity. The point I seek to establish here is that there are important continuities between asceticism and Nietzsche's own thought about the self. I also discuss Nietzsche's 'perspectivism', treating it as arising out of modem self-consciousness about the contingency of our identities, and argue that Nietzsche translates that sense of contingency into a sceptical treatment of the conditions of self-knowledge. Chapter Two examines Nietzsche's sceptical treatment of the conditions under which we claim 'knowledge' in the light of his reception of Schopenhauer's and Kant's philosophies. I discuss a reading of Nietzsche's perspectivism which suggests that it expresses an epistemic caution which nonetheless permits us to suppose that we can legitimately speak of our access to 'truths' about the empirical world. I argue that this is too narrow a view of the role played in Nietzsche's thought by the appeal to 'truth' and that we need to take account of the wider rhetorical and aesthetic context within which such appeals are made. The significance of this discussion lies in the question of how we are to characterize Nietzsche sense of our relationship to 'reality', and hence the character of his 'realism'. Chapter Three explores the poetic aspects of Nietzsche's characterization of a life which would embody the principles of a tragic vision. The relationship between art and truth in Nietzsche's thought is discussed. The concluding remarks consider the status of a text which aims to transfigure our understanding of ourselves at a fundamental level.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 186-195).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-96). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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As oil and gas supply decrease, it becomes more important to quantify the uncertainty associated with reservoir models and implementation of field development decisions. Various geostatistical methods have assisted in the development of field scale models of reservoir heterogeneity. Sequential simulation algorithms in geostatistic require an assessment of local uncertainty in an attribute value at a location followed by random sampling from the uncertainty distribution to retrieve the simulation value. Instead of random sampling of an outcome from the uncertainty distrubution, the retrieval of an optimal simulated value at each location by considering an economic loss function is demonstrated in this thesis. By applying a loss function that depicts the economic impact of an over or underestimation at a location and retrieving the optimal simulated value that minimizes the expected loss, a map of simulated values can be generated that accounts for the impact of permeability as it relates to economic loss. Both an asymmetric linear loss function and a parabolic loss function models are investigated. The end result of this procedure will be a reservoir realization that exhibits the correct spatial characteristics (i.e. variogram reproduction) while, at the same time, exhibiting the minimum expected loss in terms of the parameters used to construct the loss function. The process detailed in this thesis provides an effective alternative whereby realizations in the middle of the uncertainty distribution can be directly retrieved by application of suitable loss functions. An extension of this method is to alter the loss function (so as to emphasize either under or over estimation), other realizations at the extremes of the global uncertainty distribution can also be retrieved, thereby eliminating the necessity for the generation of a large suite of realizations to locate the global extremes of the uncertainty distribution. / text

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / A pipeline technique by Loomis and Sinha has been applied to the design of recursive digital filters. Recursive digital filters operating at hitherto impossibly high rates can be designed by this technique. An alternate technique by R. Gnanasekaran allows high speed implementation using the state-space structure directly. High throughput is also achieved by use of pipelined multiply-add modules. The actual hardware complexity will depend upon the number of pipeline stages. These techniques are used for the design of the I IR notch filter and finally, a comparison of the performance and complexity of these two techniques is presented. / http://archive.org/details/infiniteimpulser00jang / Lieutenant, Royal Thai Navy

This study of renunciation and self-realization examines four of Henry James's novels which have been selected for the centrality of this theme. Following James's failure as a dramatist, in the novels of the major phase, from 1897 on, the theme of renunciation becomes primary as James's work achieves psychological and stylistic maturity. In addition Henry James's letters, notebooks, and prefaces will be used to indicate his attitudes concerning renunciation.

The anticipated risk of job loss and material insecurity are related to fertility postponement in the same way as unemployment is. Given the sequential nature of fertility and occupational decisions, unfavorable working conditions should be resolved before having children, and result in an increase in people's assignment of importance to paid work when developing their childbearing plans. We aim to demonstrate this link, focusing on perceived employment and material insecurity, the importance assigned to paid work in forming fertility intentions, the construction of fertility intentions, and their realization. Using two waves of the Austrian Generations and Gender Survey, we apply probit regressions to analyze gender variations in the associations between uncertainty conditions, the importance of paid work, fertility intentions and behavior. Results reveal that work and related benefi ts become salient when they are insecure, and that material insecurity among men discourages childbearing. For women, we find support for the hypothesis that the anticipated risk of job loss inhibits the realization of fertility intentions - intentions which are less likely to be constructed under such conditions from the onset of family planning processes.