scholarly journals THE ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF SOME COMPLEX ORGANIC SYSTEMS (thesis)

1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.F. Ilten
Keyword(s):  
Optical Properties ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Complex Organic

Functional Analysis and the Species Design

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Neander
Keyword(s):  
Mental Content ◽  
Functional Explanation ◽  
Organic System ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Etiological Theory ◽  
Normal Human ◽  
Human Immune ◽  
Proper Functions ◽  
Complex Organic

Chapter 3 is about functional explanation in biology, rather than directly about mental content, but in this chapter the author defends a controversial premise of the methodological argument for teleosemantics (given in chapter 4). The premise is that physiologists and neurophysiologists ascribe normal-proper functions in explaining how bodies and brains operate for significant scientific reasons. How an organic system operates in the here and now depends on the actual causal contributions its components make in the here and now, and yet biologists also describe the normal-proper functions of components when explaining how (and not just why) complex organic systems operate or function the way they do. Central to the biologists’ task is describing systems that are functioning normally or properly (e.g., normal human visual systems, or normal human immune systems). The author explains how this role of a malfunction-permitting notion of function (sometimes called a “normative” notion) is consistent with the etiological theory of functions, but the aim here is not to establish the truth of the etiological theory of functions (which is defended in other works).

Molecular mobility and transitions in complex organic systems studied by shear force microscopy

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 044009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Gray ◽  
Jason Killgore ◽  
Jingdong Luo ◽  
Alex K Y Jen ◽  
René M Overney
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mobility ◽  
Shear Force ◽  
Force Microscopy ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Shear Force Microscopy ◽  
Complex Organic

scholarly journals Astrochemistry and Astrobiology: Materials Sciencein Wonderland?

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco d'Ischia ◽  
Paola Manini ◽  
Marco Moracci ◽  
Raffaele Saladino ◽  
Vincent Ball ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Material Design ◽  
Reaction Pathways ◽  
Mineral Surfaces ◽  
Thermal Transformations ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Complex Organic

Astrochemistry and astrobiology, the fascinating disciplines that strive to unravel the origin of life, have opened unprecedented and unpredicted vistas into exotic compounds as well as extreme or complex reaction conditions of potential relevance for a broad variety of applications. Representative, and so far little explored sources of inspiration include complex organic systems, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their derivatives; hydrogen cyanide (HCN) and formamide (HCONH2) oligomers and polymers, like aminomalononitrile (AMN)-derived species; and exotic processes, such as solid-state photoreactions on mineral surfaces, phosphorylation by minerals, cold ice irradiation and proton bombardment, and thermal transformations in fumaroles. In addition, meteorites and minerals like forsterite, which dominate dust chemistry in the interstellar medium, may open new avenues for the discovery of innovative catalytic processes and unconventional methodologies. The aim of this review was to offer concise and inspiring, rather than comprehensive, examples of astrochemistry-related materials and systems that may be of relevance in areas such as surface functionalization, nanostructures, and hybrid material design, and for innovative technological solutions. The potential of computational methods to predict new properties from spectroscopic data and to assess plausible reaction pathways on both kinetic and thermodynamic grounds has also been highlighted.

Thermodynamic properties of complex organic systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 627-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. I. Berdnikov ◽  
Yu. A. Gudim ◽  
M. I. Karteleva
Keyword(s):  
Thermodynamic Properties ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Complex Organic

Automata

2019 ◽  
pp. 63-93
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Brown ◽  
Calvin G. Normore
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Rational Nature ◽  
Organic Systems ◽  
Mechanical Explanation ◽  
Complex Organic ◽  
Special Modes

Automata or “self-moving things” occupy a unique place in Descartes’ worldview. Lacking souls, their internal principle of motion must be accounted for wholly in mechanistic terms. Starting from the form of mechanical explanation engineers use to explain the inner workings of artificial automata—the clocks, mills, and fountain automata of his youthful experience—Descartes proceeds to argue that the same model of explanation is suitable for explaining how animals, plants, and the human body—automata made by God—operate. With these most complex organic systems demystified, Descartes hoped to have demonstrated the universality of mechanism as a science of (non-rational) nature. His recognition of the distinctiveness of such complex systems raises puzzles for what has seemed to many a commitment to a reductionist physics. Automata require special modes of explanation (specifically, functional) and appear to satisfy conditions of identity and persistence that are distinct from those that pertain to the substances composing them. This chapter advances an interpretation according to which Descartes’ notion of true and immutable natures can help to make sense of the special status afforded to automata in his philosophy.

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