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Showing 1 to 20 of 341 for “"human nature"”.
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Architectural form from human nature
… are evolving a theory of architecture based on human nature and that the accommodation of human nature is a prime determinate of architectural form and that the nature of the human mind is a prime determinate of one's understanding of the satisfaction of man's needs by physical form (design). …
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Thomas Aquinas on Human Nature
… I will examine St. Thomas Aquinas’s treatment of human nature and connect my findings with his conception of the ultimate end o f human existence. As a theologian St. Thomas held the position that man’s ultimate goal is happiness or beatitudo - which consists in the vision of God. Thomas explores …
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DUALISM VS. MATERIALISM; TWO INADEQUATE PICTURES OF HUMAN NATURE
… demonstrate how the project of identifying the nature of humanity is ongoing. The dominant models have their own flaws to contend with, and in the end we are still left uncertain of what constitutes our nature. Of the two views vying for prominence (dualism vs. materialism) neither is …
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Algorithms vs. Human Nature: A Tale of Selective Exposure
<p>The public’s turn towards news websites and social media for news consumption has sparked anxiety over echo chambers, avoidance of opinion-challenging content, and potentially fragmentation and polarization among sociopolitical groups. Algorithms have specifically been blamed for increasing the …
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Environmental Epiphanies: Exploring the Shifts in Human-Nature Interactions
… psychology, environmental education, and human-nature interactions.
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Art on the ground: An exploration into human-nature relationships
Dýpri skilnings er þörf á sambandi manna og náttúrunnar. Þetta verður æ mikilvægara í ljósi umhverfisvandamála, sem fara vaxandi. Á undanförnum árum hafa ýmsir listamenn um allan heim talað fyrir því að þessi vandamál krefjist viðbragða af menningarlegum og skapandi toga. Þetta á meðal annars við …
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Data-driven analyses of watersheds as coupled human-nature systems
Both climate and human activities alter watershed characteristics. Because climate will continue to change and human population will continue to increase, we can expect that all watersheds will change during the foreseeable future. Interactions between climate change and human activity drive …
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Human-nature relationships and nutrient management practices of Illinois farmers
Human-nature relationships are the way in which people relate to nature. Although this relationship has been extensively theorized, systematic and empirical investigations are numbered. This study of Illinois farmers builds upon the existing typological approaches with a novel framework and …
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The Spiritual Realm : An Existential Position Concerning Human Nature and Counseling
… spiritual realm is that area on the continuum of human experience which is uniquely human. The foremost characteristic of that which is uniquely human is the human capacity to be conscious of the self. The underlying variable responsible for that which is uniquely human is human reason. There is a …
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Fetus: An Exploration of Human Nature Through the Issue of Abortion
… the father of the narrator and a very confused human being.</p>
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Health and human nature: A naturalist's account of health and normality
The argument between naturalists and normativists about the notions of health, normality and disease has largely revolved around the fact-value distinction and the problem of the place of values in biomedical science. In this essay it is argued that the proper place for a naturalist to begin an …
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MEMORIAL FOR HUMANITY: National Memorial For The Resilience of Human Nature
… that invites reflection on issues that concern humanity at large look like? What would it be about? What is the best location for it? This thesis, based on the above questions, explores the memorialization of the resilience of human nature using site, water, different materials, and past and …
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What matter? Human nature beyond the Cartesian Framework. An essay in metapsychology
… fall short of accounting for the complexity of human nature. Rather than simply adding another voice to this debate, this thesis argies that the present philosophical alternatives are only perceived as exhaustive in the first place because they share a certain philosophical 'framework' or set of …
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A Lesson in Art: Understanding and Questioning Distraction, Play, and Human Nature
… society and its focus on interaction in nature and adolescence and adulthood. The videos in the body of artwork seek for the viewer to question the repetitive, distracting, and anxiety-inducing notions within the artwork. From Dadaism to artists like Bruce Nauman and Mike Kelley, the art …
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The Kendall College Human Potential Seminar Model and Philosophies of Human Nature
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T18:46:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7317280.pdf: 5684512 bytes, checksum: 26f223ce35208e978bbe27bc9606ca84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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Embodied Virtual Reality: The Impacts of Human-Nature Connection During Engineering Design
The engineering design process can underutilize nature-based solutions during infrastructure development. Instances of nature within the built environment are reflections of the human-nature connection, which may alter how designers ideate solutions to a given design task, especially through …
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Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship
… Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship Chairperson: Dr. Daniel Spencer In recent years, the field of ecological restoration has gained momentum as an academic discipline, a scientific profession, and as a community-based form of environmental activism and land …
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Wild Collaboration: Ecological Restoration, Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship
… Religion, and the Reformation of the Human/Nature Relationship Chairperson: Dr. Daniel Spencer In recent years, the field of ecological restoration has gained momentum as an academic discipline, a scientific profession, and as a community-based form of environmental activism and land …
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