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Apocryphal theatre: practicing philosophies
Apocryphal Theatre: Practising Philosophies is a practice-based research project that consists of examples of my theatre practice (as research) and a written thesis. In this thesis, I argue that theatre can be seen to be an act of philosophy, by tessellating Maurice Merleau-Ponty's definition of …
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Presuppositions in mystical philosophies : an examination of the mystical philosophies of Sankara and Ibn Arabi
This study is a comparison of the philosophical systems composed by the Indian philosopher Sankara (788-830 CE), and the Muslim mystic, Ibn Arabi (1165-1240 CE). The primary thesis found in this study is that the conceptual systems constructed by Sankara and Ibn Arabi are not perfectly new …
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PHILOSOPHIES OF COLOUR: GENDER AND ACCULTURATION
My hypothesis is that 'Colour' as idea acts as a dynamic in the production of meaning and as such is part of what Le Doeuff (1991: 46-49) argues are deeply held epistemes that structure and govern our ways of thinking. I have dealt with the difficulties attendant on the analysis of a phenomenon as …
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The philosophies of history of Herder and Hegel
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Johann Gottfried Herder unwittingly contributed to the political strands of Marxism and Fascism, respectively, but also to the gently progressing secularisation of Christian values that pervades the contemporary age. While Herder conceived of God traditionally, as …
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The Legal Philosophies of Religious Zionism 1937-1967
… with a variety of legal and constitutional philosophies. As shown in chapter 1, the leaders of the religious kibbutz movement advocated a revolutionary, almost anarchic, approach to law. They (in theory, at least,) only accepted rules that emerged spontaneously from the spirit of their …
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The Practical Philosophies of John Dewey and Elijah Jordan
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T21:18:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0003998.pdf: 7641215 bytes, checksum: ed3a636d52e9ec85fccb08b83f410689 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1952
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The problem of evil in some recent philosophies of religion
Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1948. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive.
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Sacral Citizenship: Philosophies of the City from Plato to Augustine
This thesis offers a detailed examination of the ideas of the city and of citizenship in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero and Augustine in their historical contexts. Aristotle is considered as a critic of Plato and Augustine of Cicero, with Cicero considered as poised between Plato and the …
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Techno-Racism: Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology and Critical Philosophies of Race
<p>Racism continues to be a pressing problem in Western Society. In some ways it even makes a great deal of sense to think about racism as a tool of political power. My dissertation explores the way in which racism is informed by the underlying social structure of whiteness, and the way that modern …
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Philosophies and Practices Regarding Youth Physical Fitness Testing in Iowa Schools
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Friedrich Nietzsche and Henri Bergson: a comparison of their moral philosophies
… impact that these positions had on their moral philosophies. The division of men into two unequal categories is paralleled by a distinction between types of morality in the thought of both philosophers, and Nietzsche's slave and master moralities prove to be similar to Bergson's closed and open …
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A Qualitative Study of Personal Philosophies and Teaching Methods Regarding Whole Language
… of questions regarding personal whole language philosophies and actions. The data collected were analyzed qualitatively to determine how closely personal actions and beliefs coincide with the current body of research regarding whole language. Research has indicated that there are three …
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The Kendall College Human Potential Seminar Model and Philosophies of Human Nature
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A Comparative study of RISC vs. CISC philosophies of implementing mathematical functions
… functions are implemented in both the philosophies.
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A Comparative Critique of the Moral Philosophies of Alasdair MacIntyre and John Hare
This dissertation argues that the Aristotelianism of Alasdair MacIntyre is more cogent than the prescriptive realism of John Hare. Chapter 1 introduces the relationship between moral philosophy and apologetics and presents the thesis of the dissertation. Chapter 2 surveys the Aristotelian elements …
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