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Hume’s conception of character
The thesis reconstructs Hume’s conception of character. Character is not just an ethical concern in Hume’s philosophy: Hume emphasises the importance of character in his ethics, aesthetics and history. The reconstruction therefore pays attention to Hume’s usage of the concept of character in his …
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Horace's conception of friendship
… in the poetry that can throw any light upon his conception of friendship.
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Aristotle's Conception of Megalopsychia
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Milton's Conception of Regeneration
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Painterly Conception of Architecture
The art of painting opens vast expressive possibilities for architecture, wherein architecture can produce a more conducive atmosphere for the contemplation of painting. The subtle affinities between the two fields stirred me to explore the individualistic expressiveness of the sensory realm in a …
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Exploring children's conception of zero.
… aim of this study was to explore children's conceptions of zero. To determine whether children have more problems understanding and using zero than other single digit numbers and, if so, to investigate why these problems might arise. The focus areas of this exploration were: (a) Zero as a …
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Individualism: A Conception of Person
… the individualistic and collectivistic conceptions of person (ICP and CCP, respectively). The conceptions of person are lay theories of human beings. ICP regards an individual as the unit of action: CCP, a group as the unit of action. To clarify the conceptual definitions of ICP and CCP, …
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A Conception of Educational Authority
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Conception optimale et probabiliste par ordinateur
Cette étude porte sur le développement des programmes et approches qui permettent aux concepteurs non seulement d'évaluer la fiabilité structurelle au cours de design, mais aussi d'accomplir un design optimal en introduisant la fiabilité comme un critère de design. Le programme interactif DEREL est …
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The Johannine Conception Of Eternal Life
77 leaves
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Towards an aspectual conception of trust
… In answer this research presents an aspectual conception of trust based on twentieth-century Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd's General Theory of Modal Spheres. By general consensus trust matters a lot. It is widely described as being essential to the development and health of any …
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The citizen: an Ubuntu personalism conception
In this thesis, I argue for an Ubuntu personalism conception of the citizen as a foundationalist account of a grounding for the pluralist political arrangement based on human rights. I start with John Rawls who employed what he called a political conception of the citizen to develop a neutralist …
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Indoctrination in education: Offering an alternative conception
… and controversial courses, we need a conception of indoctrination that meets the following purposes: (1) allows us to better understand and respond to the persistent pejorative connation of the word, (2) enables us to identify indoctrinary endeavors when they occur, and (3) guides us …
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Constructing a conception of childhood in Africa
The thesis argues that there is a common core conception of childhood in traditional African communities and that this understanding of childhood is different from the image of childhood in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the African Children‟s Charter. In order to successfully …
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Shame, Guilt and Society's Conception of Sex
There is a dominant conception of sex in American society that has profound effects on our sexual lives. Often this can be a negative influence because our society’s conception is distorted. My thesis considers how this skewed view on sex and sexuality results in the presence of shame and guilt in …
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Shame, Guilt and Society's Conception of Sex
There is a dominant conception of sex in American society that has profound effects on our sexual lives. Often this can be a negative influence because our society’s conception is distorted. My thesis considers how this skewed view on sex and sexuality results in the presence of shame and guilt in …
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Bernard Shaw's Conception of the "Womanly" Woman
Although the problem of woman's legal emancipation has long since been solved, the question of woman's place in society today is still open to many interpretations. Even contemporary feminine authors have mixed opinions about woman's role. Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, and Sidney Callahan have …
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The development of Isaiah's conception of God
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University
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Conception and experimental investigation of thermal switches
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1995; and, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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