A noncontextualist account of contextualist linguistic data

The paper takes as its starting point the observation that people can be led to retract knowledge claims when presented with previously ignored error possibilities, but offers a noncontextualist explanation of the data. Fallibilist epistemologies are committed to the existence of two kinds of Kp-falsifying contingencies: (i) Non-Ignorable contingencies [NI-contingencies] and (ii) Properly-Ignorable contingencies [PI-contingencies]. For S to know that p, S must be in an epistemic position to rule out all NI-contingencies, but she need not be able to rule out the PI-contingencies. What is required vis-à-vis PI-contingencies is that they all be false. In mentioning PI-contingencies, an interlocutor can lead S mistakenly to think that these contingencies are NI-contingencies, when in fact they are not. Since S cannot rule out these newly mentioned contingencies and since she mistakenly takes them to be NI-contingencies, it is quite natural that she retract her earlier knowledge claim. In short, mentioning NI-contingencies creates a distortion effect. It makes S think that the standards for knowledge are higher than they actually are, which in turn explains why she mistakenly thinks she lacks knowledge. Conclusion: The primary linguistic data offered in support of contextualism can be explained without resorting to contextualism.     

Inversion of atom diffraction intensities for surface structural determination

Atom diffraction from surfaces has proved to be a very useful method for structural studies on surfaces, particularly for incommensurate layers and hydrogen adlayers which are not easily analyzed with LEED. We have developed a rapid method to obtain the surface corrugation function directly from the measured intensities within the hard wall model. This avoids a tedious search in parameter space to determine surface structures and is valid for surfaces whose corrugation amplitudes are below the Rayleigh limit. We will discuss the method and its sensitivity to experimental errors in determining the diffraction intensities as well as its applicability when only a fraction of the allowed diffraction beams are experimentally accessible.     

Bunched laser cooling of a stored weak 7Li+ ion beam in a pure triplet state

A preparation scheme for a 7Li+ ion beam in a storage ring is presented which provides ions in the metastable triplet states with well controlled longitudinal phase space properties. For both state selective preparation and beam cooling, laser- and electron-cooler forces are applied. The spatial- and momentum distributions of the ions are directly detected by a time resolved measurement of the fluorescence light. At low beam intensities, the remaining heating rate of such a beam is completely determined by residual gas scattering. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Kombination zweier Schaltverfahren zur Erzeugung kurzer, intensiver Riesenpulse

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Regular equimodular sets of matrices for generalized matrix functions

Using expansions of generalized matrix functions by means of cyclic products and principal majors, conditions for regularity of equimodular classes of matrices are found.     

The maximum entropy determination of nuclear densities of calcium isotopes from elastic scattering of alpha particles

Radial moments of the real part of the optical potential for elastic scattering of 104 MeV α particles are used as constraints, in determining the nuclear density of maximal entropy. The potential is related to the density by the folding model.     

Strukturaufklärung eines Dimethylfulven-Trimeren. Hinweis auf eine [6 + 4]-Cycloaddition von 6, 6-Dimethylfulven

Structure Elucidation of a Dimethylfulvene-trimer. Evidence for a [6+ 4]-Dimerization of 6, 6-Dimethylfulvene Thermal reaction of pure 6, 6-dimethylfulvene ( 1c ) at 60° gives an oligomeric mixture consisting mainly of fulvene-trimers. The structure of the main product 3c is partially elucidated by ¹H-NMR. investigations at 400 MHz and definitely confirmed by X-ray analysis. The formation of 3c is explained in terms of a [6+4] dimerization, followed by a 1, 5-proton-shift and a final Diels-Alder reaction.     

The temperature dependence of piezoelectric constants eiμ of μ-quartz

Measurements of the temperature dependence of e₁₁ and e₁₄ of α-quartz relative to room temperature based on thichkness mode resonances and antiresonances show that e₁₄ changes its sign at ≈360°C. Fair agreement of e₁₁ with values reported in earlier work was found.