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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- PART I. Foundations -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction and Overview -- CHAPTER 2. An Orthogonal Analysis of Variance for Preferential Choices -- Chapter 3. Spatial Constraints upon the Utility Matrix -- PART II: SCALAR PRODUCT MODELS -- Chapter 4. The Scalar Product Model with Known Stimulus Coordinates -- Chapter 5. The General Scalar Product Model -- PART III: DISTANCE MODELS -- Chapter 6. The Powered Distance Model with Known Stimulus Coordinates -- Chapter 7. The General Powered Distance Model -- PART IV: GENERALIZATIONS -- Chapter 8. Multidimensional Scaling of Choice -- Chapter 9. Other Observational Techniques for Obtaining a Utility Matrix -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index

The worldwide growth of criminal fraud has mushroomed to such a degree that traditional law-enforcement techniques have been unable to cope effectively with the fallout. Former Calgary police detective and fraud expert Gordon G. Leek illustrates how a variety of frauds work and how to protect yourself from them, from cheque scams to identity theft

The Transparent Becoming of World undertakes a penetrating inquiry into the quotidian world we take for granted and the brain that silently hoists our bubbles of world-thrownness. After critiquing the traditional views of direct realism, indirect realism and idealism, the continual becoming of world is explained by a novel integration of process dynamics, as formulated by Whitehead, Heidegger and Bohm, with the burgeoning field of quantum neurophilosophy. A rich ontological duality newly opened by quantum brain theory is exploited: the "between-two" of dual quantum modes. Existence as world-thrownness is between-two in waking and dreaming alike. This highly original interdisciplinary book may be of interest to philosophers, psychologists, neuroscientists, consciousness researchers, indeed anyone attracted to the enigma of their own lived existence. (Series A)