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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Philosophical analysis"”.
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Democracy in education: a philosophical analysis and ethnographic case study
A philosophical and historical review of the evolving and growing definition of democratic education through the writings of John Dewey, Nel Noddings, and Joyce Rothschild was accomplished in a literature review that included commentaries from the works of Jesse Goodman, John Goodlad, Amy Gutmann, …
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A social and philosophical analysis of the teacher's world of work
There is no abstract available for this dissertation.
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A Philosophical Analysis of the Educational Debates in Japan Over Patriotism and Peace
After exploring these different educational goals, I examine whether such a conflict is inevitable or is driven by forces beyond educational justification. Several social and political factors inherent in this debate are presented and then explored to reveal what might be reasonably justified in …
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Crisis of the public sector : a philosophical analysis of new public management through MacIntyre and Foucault
This thesis is a philosophical study of New Public Management (NPM). NPM is a theme used within the mainstream public management literature to explain and critically evaluate the changes that occurred within the public sector since the 1990s. In this study, I aim to develop the argument that there …
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A Philosophical Analysis of Behavioristic Psychology With Special Emphasis on Theoretical and Methodological Questions Concerning Behavior Therapy
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A comparative philosophical analysis of primary mathematics curricula between the mainland of China and England in the United Kingdom
This research undertakes a comparative philosophical analysis of ongoing primary mathematics curricula in the mainland of China and England, while acknowledging the profound impact that the philosophy of mathematics education has on shaping these curricula, as evidenced by the works of Hersh …
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Loving Lo: The Dialectic of Self-Transcendence and Self-Assertion as Illuminated by the Literary Art of Nabokov's Lolita
… aesthetics, religion, and depth psychology in a philosophical analysis of the human dilemma.</p>
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Curriculum and Compassion: An Inquiry into the Relevance of the Charism of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in a Post-Modern World
… foundational documents will also be subjected to philosophical analysis so a deep picture of the charism is available to the reader. Literature surrounding post-modernist curriculum theory serves as the theoretical framework for this investigation of the charism of the brothers. Insights from a …
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Demystifying the Placebo Effect
<p>This dissertation offers a philosophical analysis of the placebo effect. After offering an overview of recent evidence concerning the phenomenon, I consider several prominent accounts of the placebo effect that have been put forward and argue that none of them are able to adequately account for …
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Walking the City of Cape Town: (un)happiness
… Methodologically, the research moves between philosophical analysis, historical inquiry, and lived urban encounters. The apartheid city provides both archive and laboratory: its spatial legacies, student protests, and affective atmospheres constitute points of encounter through which happiness …
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Business Ethics and Global Age Cosmopolitanism
… (GAC). I approach this problem through a philosophical analysis focusing on political, economic, and educational principles. It is my hope that such an ethics will cause university professors and students to become engaged citizens who seek to solve the many problems that affect society …
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Causation and Explanation in Molecular Developmental Biology
The aim of this dissertation is to provide an analysis of central concepts in philosophy of science from the perspective of current molecular and developmental research. Each chapter explores the ways in which particular phenomena or discoveries in molecular biology influences our philosophical …
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BASIC LOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND ITS JUSTIFICATION
… The theory that I propose involves a philosophical analysis of logical concepts which facilitates a transcendental argument in support of basic logical knowledge. I arrive at this theory by radically readapting methods and insights from the theories of geometry of Kant and Helmholtz, …
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The Ethics of Entrepreneurship and Financial Literacy Education: A Security and Freedom for the Other
… and critical theory, I conduct a critical philosophical analysis of FLE and EE security and freedom narratives, examining the claim that FLE, EE and their attendant economic practices, laws and institutions will improve the economic security and freedom of many. I find that FLE and EE …
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On laughter
… or highly emotive and therefore resistant to philosophical analysis, because they do not easily lend themselves to the imposition of Absolutist or strongly theory-driven perspectives. The existence of the phenomena of laughter and comedy are highly valued because they are viewed as strongly …
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The recognition of the ethical in the context of professional life
… and practices of nursing professionals with philosophical analysis. Its central aim is to investigate the perceived discontinuity between the sort of theories traditionally offered by philosophers to provide guidance for ethical decision making and the actual decision making procedures …
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