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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"second nature"”.
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Second Nature and Ethical Life: Habit, Culture, and Critique in Hegel's Science of Right
… my inquiry also has broader implications for the nature of social criticism. I argue that even reflection of the overtly critical variety emerges from and remains indebted to our habitual comportment and that this is why it must retain a valued place in ethical life.
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Metamorfoses da paisagem dos manguezais do estuário do Rio Paraíba.
… aiming to verify the transformation of first nature into second nature. In order to do so, a literary review on the topic was done, as well as the use of GIS data and field work. The usage of the GIS images resulted on the production of thematic maps containing the mangrove’s length, the human …
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The role of agglomeration and dispersion forces on the spatial distribution of economic activity in Chile: an empirical analysis of spatial wage distribution and regional housing prices
… around the Metropolitan Region of Santiago (MR). Second, this spatial concentration is critical for the case of wages. In spite of the relevance, the Introduction shows the lack of discussion to understand the forces affecting this spatial distribution. In this sense, the Introduction proposes …
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21st Century Hall: Proxemics and Gender Interactions in Contemporary Research
… that is unavoidable; such behavior becomes second nature. How we stand, sit, move, gaze and gesture are just a few examples of how messages are sent without uttering a single word. A specific form of nonverbal communication is proxemics - the human use of space. Edward T. Hall (1966) coined …
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Exploring the Experiences of Young Adults Living in a Relationship With A Visually Impaired Partner
… essence of participants’ experiences to be second nature. The essence emerged through various themes and sub-themes created from the voices of participants. The themes included adapting to the situation, environmental awareness, patience, and the need for support groups. Throughout this …
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Freedom and Nature in McDowell and Adorno
… liberal, anti-scientistic 'naturalism of second nature' that accompanies it there. Ultimately, I argue that the problems that McDowell's thought is subject to can be solved by invoking the philosophy of nature (and specifically, the idea of 'natural-history') which we can find in the …
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Beyond opposites : an urban initiative in Seoul
… and restart. These structures have become our second nature, man-made nature. The existing bridge is one of the possible place for a new beginning. The program layers for the thesis began on the basis of disparities harmonies, and, chaos-order imbedded in Seoul. layer one : The need for 24 hour …
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Die Welt denken
Im Zentrum von John McDowells „Mind and World“ steht die Lösung des skeptischen Dualismus von Denken und sinnlichem Wahrnehmen. Dieser zeigt sich für ihn auch in dem Gegensatz einer kausal verstandenen Natur und eines rationalen Denkens. Die philosophische Methode, der er sich bedient ist …
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The Dialectic of Naturgeist in Hegel’s Anthropology: Soul, World, and Bodiliness
… is precarious, and how the soul becomes second nature by overcoming the immediate, bodily existence through habit, more precisely. Importantly, the “Anthropology” is the place in Hegel’s <em>Encyclopedia</em> system where the <em>Philosophy of Nature</em> ends, and the <em>Philosophy of …
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The margin and the mainstream : positioning Harry Partch's theories within the broader discourse of musical aesthetics
… between historical models of organisation and 'second nature' forms of musical presentation, it is suggested that critique does not necessarily prefigure alienation from the mainstream, but can rather be situated within musical discourse in such a way that a new image of the latter's forms …
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Computer Aided Drafting Virtual Reality Interface
… will be more intuitive and visualizing will be second nature. For this project, a prototype VR CAD program was created using Unreal Engine for use with the HTC Vive to compare against traditional WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointer) interface CAD programs for the time it takes to learn each …
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Understanding the culture of care: An ethnographic study of how healthcare workers in a Mental Health Centre negotiate care in Windhoek, Namibia
… both inpatients and outpatients, improvising is second nature for them. This study highlights how agency plays an important role in the provision of care as well as recommends government intervention especially through financial and human capital support to help lead to more effective care at …
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Mobile devices : taxation students' perception and acceptance of engaging with mobile learning environment
… technologies and mobile devices are already second nature to them and applying these devices in a learning environment will improve the students’ learning experience. It is sensible to make use of these new technologies to get students attention, since students will find learning interesting …
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Dispositivos móveis e desempenho profissional: um estudo sobre byod e consumerização de tecnologia de informação.
… to perform activities of daily life has become second nature, which we call consumerization of information technology. Drawing on the use of these devices came a phenomenon called Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), or "bring your own device", where employees of companies are taking their smartphones …
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Towards a cybernetic understanding of the performer's 'work upon himself'
… what Eugenio Barba says about the scenic bios or second nature of the actor in Theatre Anthropology to the discourse of cybernetics. This dissertation aims to make this link, with particular reference to Gregory Bateson's cybernetic matrix in Angels Fear Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred. In …
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Toxic urbanism : hearth, heimatlosigkeit, home
… contaminated soil and polluted water became our second nature. As we shifted from one machine age to the next, the continued autonomy provided to production landscapes allowed increasingly more toxic means of production to be developed, this methodology assured there would be no post-toxic …
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Partial Figures: Sound in Queer and Feminist Thought
… among others.</p><p>Chapter 2 concerns a second historically vexed site for thinking gender and sexuality: nature and ecology. I approach the relation between sex, ecology, and sound through one of queer theory’s founding preoccupations: “public,” outdoor, or undomestic sexual gathering. …