A miracle happens In one hand we have a class of marvelously complex theories in predicate logic theories with su cient coding potential like PA Peano Arithmetic or ZF Zermelo Fraenkel Set Theory In the other we have certain modal propositional theories of striking simplicity We translate the modal operators of the modal theories to certain speci c xed de ned predicates of the predicate logical...

The success of the telecommunications industry in India has been heralded as a "miracle." But miracle for whom? answer, Rahul Varman writes, clearly capitalist class, who, over three decades, have amassed tremendous wealth and power through machinations large firms, collusion with Indian government.

Using data for six Asian miracle economies over the period from 1953 to 2006, this paper examines the extent to which growth has been driven by R&D and tests which second-generation endogenous growth model is most consistent with the data. The results give strong support to Schumpeterian growth theory but only limited support to semi-endogenous growth theory. Furthermore, it is shown that R&D h...

This paper presents the 2005 MIRACLE team’s approach to CrossLanguage Geographical Retrieval (GeoCLEF). The main goal of the GeoCLEF participation of the MIRACLE team was to test the effect that geographical information retrieval techniques have on information retrieval. The baseline approach is based on the development of named entity recognition and geospatial information retrieval tools and ...

In this first report, we consider the governance of learning and the diffusion of technological knowledge in the civil aircraft industry. We describe a systemic process by which specialisation in knowledge allows for depth whilst breadth is captured through the integration of contributions by the lead manufacturer, which acts as systems integrator. We explore the boundaries of the knowledge bas...

city along the Yangtze River in China, developed a fever. A dosage of cheap ototoxic antibiotic took away his hearing. The doctor told Hua’s family that the only way he could hear again was to get a miracle device called a “cochlear implant.” His family quickly discovered that this “miracle device” came with a hefty price of US$30,000, which was 10 times his parents’ combined annual income. But...

Classical theism holds that God rules the world not only indirectly, by the natural laws established with creation, but through actions or direct interventions that interfere with natural processes and human actions. These direct interventions are usually called miracles. Modern Western philosophy, at least starting from Spinoza and Hume, has defined miracles as “violations of the laws of natur...