At a time when consumer demand was collapsing, the government found itself unable to respond with more VAT cuts, pensions bonuses, higher social security and more public projects, in other words a classical Keynesian answer to a slump.
(There are exceptions to this basically non-voluntaristic view: for instance, theoretical nationalists who accept voluntary changes of nationality. (See also Ernst Renan's 1882 (19) famous definition of a nation as constituted by 'everyday plebiscite'.) Consider first the classical nationalist answer to (2a).
If we choose classical mathematics the answer is "Yes" but if we choose intuitionistic mathematics, the answer is "There is no warrant for asserting such a and b exist".
Call it classical music's answer to head-banging.
One question that came from the public was, "How can one develop new audiences for classical music?" One answer that came to mind: you're looking at it.
But Tashi, the quartet that in the 1970s was classical music's answer to cutting-edge rock, is on its first tour in 30 years.
But the London Symphony survived, through deepening crisis in the 1950's to resurgence in the 60's as classical music's answer to all that was hip and swinging.
Classical computationalists can answer this worry by citing perceived defects of connectionist learning algorithms (e.g., the heavy reliance of backpropagation upon supervised training).
Vainly trying to picture him calmed down, alone, reflecting or, God forbid, falling asleep, I ask: "What kind of music do you listen to?" "I like classical music," he answers bashfully, "something quiet.
