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The possibility of judgement
The possibility that one can use Kant's Critique of Judgement to establish a political discourse that is consistent with the existing normative function designed for aesthetics and teleology would also allow us to create a schema missing from judgement, since aesthetics and teleology are subject, …
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The possibility conditions of narrative identity.
The focus of this dissertation is narrative identity theory, i.e. the proposition that our sense of self is structured like a story. The imputed advantage of narrativity identity is that it enables great coherence and guidance to our complex lives composed of multiple and often conflicting inner …
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Journeying into the space of possibility
This thesis stories the journey of a teacher who teaches teachers. On this journey, this teacher sets out to examine a mathematics inservice course that she teaches on at the University of Cape Town. The journey starts in frustration as the teacher questions the purpose and intent of the course and …
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Social Construction and the Possibility of Emancipation
… of the social world. Difficulties related to the possibility of change and amelioration include the complexity of multiple coexisting ideologies, the problem of how to isolate ideologies and their source(s), and the non-volitional character of beliefs.
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An Essay on the Possibility of Inference
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Geometric Possibility, Ideological Parsimony, and Monistic Substantivalism
Monistic substantivalists believe that material objects and regions of space-time are not two distinct kinds of fundamental of entities. For the monist, objects either are identical with regions or are somehow derivative from them. Dualistic substantivalists view regions and objects as distinct …
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Parameters of Spooning: In the Site of Possibility
Parameters of Spooning: In the Site of Possibility explores the intersections of craft, identity, and self-discovery through the creation of spoons. Stemming from an abundance of curiosity, my research took the form of learning new skills as a way to access the self. The process of learning, both …
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The possibility of ferromagnetism in the liquid state
… of spins are calculated in order to study the possibility of ferromagnetism in the liquid state. A model which was proposed by Honda and Kato is used. The calculations are trade in the mean field approximation. Some terms in the Hamiltonian of the system which were neglected by Honda and Kato …
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Beyond hope: Rhetorics of mobility, possibility, and literacy
… their own narratives of social mobility, possibility, and literacy. My dissertation analyzes the production and expression of beliefs about literacy in the narratives of a diverse group of writing teachers and theorists, from those beginning their careers to those who are published and …
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Modern social theory and the logic of possibility
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1996.
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Refuge and Ecofeminism: The Possibility of a Strategic Essentialism
This thesis describes the current state of ecofeminist theory as dominated by a body of disciplinary meta-commentary; ecofeminist scholars, mired in a self-scrutiny that hinges on the issue of essentialism, have pivoted their critical attention to a defense of their field. The first part of this …
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Piezoelectric Transformer Integration Possibility in High Power Density Applications
The contents of this work investigate the capability of integrating the PT in applications by invoking the ratio of the throughput power to volume represented by the term: power density. The fundamentals of the PT are introduced in chapter two. In chapter three, the fundamental limitations of the …
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Violence, law and the (im)possibility of transitional justice
Since its emergence less than twenty years ago, transitional justice has established itself as a coherent field of activity, held together by a set of common assumptions about the value of justice in times of political transition. The requirements of transitional justice are increasingly …
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Re-thinking the possibility of the urban roof space
Within an. urban context, if multiple level thinking associated with landscape architectural design principles are applied to roof spaces, these can be activated for specific purposes. The space on top of roofs has the potential to be converted into areas for production, recreation , socializing …
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Combining Minds: A Defence of the Possibility of Experiential Combination
This thesis explores the possibility of composite consciousness: phenomenally conscious states belonging to a composite being in virtue of the consciousness of, and relations among, its parts. We have no trouble accepting that a composite being has physical properties entirely in virtue of the …
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