Michele Pasin / Quotes

Co-citation strength and research fronts

The method of measuring co-citation similarity and the threshold of co-citation strength employed in creating research fronts has changed over the years…

Research Fronts 2014 : 100 Top Ranked Specialties In The Sciences And Social #similarity #roots #years #count #products

Nothing eludes inspection like consciousness

For the human organism is, apparently, the most complex of all organisms, and while one has the advantage of knowing one’s own organism so intimately—from the…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #organisms #roots #advantages

Recursion

Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.

Epigrams On Programming #time #roots #description #computation

The cut (kire) in Japanese aesthetics

A distinctive notion in Japanese aesthetic discourse is that of the “cut” (kire) or, “cut-continuity” (kire-tsuzuki). The “cut” is a basic trope in Rinzai…

Japanese Aesthetics (parkes, Graham) #roots

Bibliographic citation

The practice of bibliographic citation to supporting materials was formalized in scholarly publishing more than a century ago. In this tradition, a…

Bulletin February/march 2015 #citations #work #tradition

Calvinism: fundamental beliefs

Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological…

Calvinism (wikipedia Contributors) #Calvinism #tradition