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... tion . I cite here Driesch's entelechy , a word Aristotle boldly employed to define purpose . Driesch , however , refuses to accept that definition , claiming it to mean " potentiality made actual . " Emergence is used by many authors ...
... tion . I cite here Driesch's entelechy , a word Aristotle boldly employed to define purpose . Driesch , however , refuses to accept that definition , claiming it to mean " potentiality made actual . " Emergence is used by many authors ...
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... tion cannot be a phenomenon of force or energy , for otherwise the distance to be overcome and the diffusion in space would cause a diminution of the effect . ” This view is further strength- ened by the observation that the success of ...
... tion cannot be a phenomenon of force or energy , for otherwise the distance to be overcome and the diffusion in space would cause a diminution of the effect . ” This view is further strength- ened by the observation that the success of ...
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... tion postulate . ( The state vector does not collapse ! ) The axiom states that when a measurement on a quantum system in state is performed and the result is the eigenvelue E1 , y is changed to V1 , the eigenstate corresponding to E ...
... tion postulate . ( The state vector does not collapse ! ) The axiom states that when a measurement on a quantum system in state is performed and the result is the eigenvelue E1 , y is changed to V1 , the eigenstate corresponding to E ...
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