Philosophy of Explosive Wave Action

Philosophy, Methodology and Action Research

The aim of this paper is to examine the role of methodology in action research. It begins by showing how, as a form of inquiry concerned with the development of practice, action research is nothing other than a modern 20th century manifestation of the pre-modern tradition of practical philosophy. It then draws in Gadamer’s powerful vindication of the contemporary relevance of practical philosop...

A Personal Philosophy of Anticipatory Action-Learning*

While thinking about traditional action-learning, I began to wonder what philosophy Reg Revans espoused back in the 40's in the coal mines of Wales and England. Perhaps "those who do the job are the best people to solve the problems" would have been his catch-cry. Interested in action-learning's recent progeny, anticipatory action-learning (AAL), I began to explore my own philosophy and values ...

Computational Examination of Deformation Wave-boundary Interaction for Granular Explosive

Experiments have shown that the interaction of deformation waves propagating through heterogeneous energetic solids with confining boundaries can result in combustion of these materials. Wilson, et al. [1], observed ignition at an anvil-explosive interface while loading an explosive with shock levels below the plane shock initiation threshold. These observations are of practical significance si...

Philosophy of Philosophy of Religion

Précis of Action In Perception: Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

We perceive as much as we do because, in a way, we perceive so little. Traditional approaches to perception have found it difficult to accommodate the distinctive amodality of perceptual consciousness. Take vision, for example. If we think of what is visible in terms of projective geometry and artificial perspective, then, however paradoxical it may sound, vision is not confined to the visible....