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Showing 1 to 20 of 371 for “"illusion"”.
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Illusion / anti-illusion: the music of Steve Reich in context, 1965-1968
This dissertation situates the work of Steve Reich during the mid-to-late 1960s in its intricate socio-cultural context. Exploring biographical, hermeneutic, aesthetic, and political implications, it attempts to shed light on the composer’s early years. The historical narrative concentrates on the …
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Magic, Mystery, Illusion and Magic
<p>This document vaguely describes what happened to me and my paintings during my time spent at VCU.</p>
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'Region Indischer Ozean' : Illusion oder Realität?
Die vorliegende Dissertation stellt aus einer neorealistisch-kognitiven Sicht eine Erklärung für das regelmäßige Scheitern von Regionalisierungsmaßnahmen im Indischen Ozean vor und legt dar, wie ihnen dennoch zum Erfolg verholfen werden könnte. Der zugegebenermaßen nicht gerade bescheidene Zweck …
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Image & illusion : Los Angeles Film Center
To think about Los Angeles is like sitting in front of the television and switching the channels while keeping track of an the shows. It is a complex place: it has many divergent styles and images trying to make up a whole. Los Angeles is about images and imagery; its tradition and commitment to …
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Audiogravic illusion induced by acceleratory force fields
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1997.
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Midpoint estimation applied to the vertical-horizontal illusion
… explanations of the vertical-horizontal illusion. The midpoint estimation task is evaluated as an investigative tool in studies of geometric-optical illusions, and recommendations for further study are suggested.
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Nietzsche's Dialogic Ethic After Illusion: Rhetoric and Difference
What is the nature of the relationship between communication ethics and rhetoric? How may study of the interplay between dialogue as a communication ethic and ground of rhetoric contribute to greater understanding and constructive meeting of the narrative and virtue contention that characterizes …
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Shakespeare’s Cosmology on the Supernatural: All Is Illusion
… explanations for supernatural as dangerous illusion. I believe we can gain a better understanding of the culture and history of early modern England by examining the ways in which Shakespeare interpreted ghosts, witches, and mental illness in his plays.</p>
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Experience of house as an illusion of stability
… a body of images that give mankind proofs or illusions of stability," and that this concept is a basic need of human existence. We try to create a sense of stability in an unstable world. Can architecture create an image of stability? Can this be done in a way that will fulfill expectations …
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The Aviation Illusion-Situational Judgment Test: Development and Evaluation
… (ADM) during inflight encounters with aviation illusions. However, a gap in research exists regarding how to measure pilots’ capacity to make judgments about illusions during flight.</p> <p>This dissertation aimed to develop and validate an SJT that evaluates aeronautical decision-making (ADM) …
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The Illusion of Collaboration and Bureaucratic Politics in India
<p>This dissertation studies an instance of collaborative governance (called Maarpu) in a subnational government in India (Andhra Pradesh). Through an in-depth case study the dissertation examines the implementation of Maarpu’s antecedents, processes and outcomes. At the outset, the study begins to …
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Anthony Trollope the Art of Illusion in His Fiction
Literary fame, like love, is fickle. Could Anthony Trollope return for one evening to his favorite chair in the Garrick Club, Thackeray, Wilkie Collins and other literary friends might well expect to hear a roaring discourse on the effect that art trends, continental divisions, and general world …
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The novels of Charles Brockden Brown: irony and illusion
<p>This study grows out of the assumption that Brown's fiction would reward examination on its merits alone; therefore, the techniques out of which Brown's complex view of man evolves receive attention over and above thematic concerns. The organization is not chronological so there is no effort at …
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Memory and the Illusion of Time: Proust and Nabokov
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Revealing the Illusion of Explanatory Depth Can Hinder Persuasion
… much better than they actually do, and this “illusion of explanatory depth” can be undermined by asking them to explain the phenomenon step-by-step. A recent attempt to harness this process as an intervention to reduce political attitude polarization found that participants’ policy positions …
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The Illusion Of Inclusion: Curricular Possibilities Amidst A Homonational Project
In recent years, the LGBTQ community in the United States experienced many policy changes. Certain political advancements, which promise newfound protections and rights for LGBTQ individuals, might be considered an exceptional accomplishment toward inclusion. There is a lack of research, however, …
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The illusion of control: influencing factors and underlying psychological processes.
The illusion of control refers to the overestimation of the probability of a win following a personal action in a gambling game. This thesis identifies gaps in the body of literature on factors influencing the illusion, uses a theoretically motivated methodology to address them, and tests the …
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