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“Still Moving”, Jacqueline Harlee Trautman Dec 2014

“Still Moving”, Jacqueline Harlee Trautman

Honors Theses

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The Early History Of Chance In Evolution, Charles H. Pence Oct 2014

The Early History Of Chance In Evolution, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

Work throughout the history and philosophy of biology frequently employs ‘chance’, ‘unpredictability’, ‘probability’, and many similar terms. One common way of understanding how these concepts were introduced in evolution focuses on two central issues: the first use of statistical methods in evolution (Galton), and the first use of the concept of “objective chance” in evolution (Wright). I argue that while this approach has merit, it fails to fully capture interesting philosophical reflections on the role of chance expounded by two of Galton's students, Karl Pearson and W.F.R. Weldon. Considering a question more familiar from contemporary philosophy of biology—the relationship between …


Iron Redemption: A Biographical Documentary With Ethnographic Elements, Natalie Domingue May 2014

Iron Redemption: A Biographical Documentary With Ethnographic Elements, Natalie Domingue

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Shifting Stability: Identity In The World Of Louise Erdrich, Karah M. Mitchell May 2014

Shifting Stability: Identity In The World Of Louise Erdrich, Karah M. Mitchell

Honors Theses

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The National Identity Of C.S. Lewis, Caleb Rhett Covington May 2014

The National Identity Of C.S. Lewis, Caleb Rhett Covington

Honors Theses

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Sex For Survival: Intimacy In Nazi Concentration Camps And Its Post-Liberation Affect On Survivors, Gabrielle Hauth May 2014

Sex For Survival: Intimacy In Nazi Concentration Camps And Its Post-Liberation Affect On Survivors, Gabrielle Hauth

Honors Theses

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Was The First World War A Watershed For Women In British Society? An Analysis Of The Status Of British Women Before, During, And After The Great War, Kaitlyn Hollowell May 2014

Was The First World War A Watershed For Women In British Society? An Analysis Of The Status Of British Women Before, During, And After The Great War, Kaitlyn Hollowell

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


The Women Of Shakespeare’S Hamlet In Modern Film Adaptations, Meredith Will May 2014

The Women Of Shakespeare’S Hamlet In Modern Film Adaptations, Meredith Will

Honors Theses

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I Aim At The Stars (1960): Packaging Von Braun’S V-2 Rocket As An American Cold War Triumph, Benjamin James Nipper May 2014

I Aim At The Stars (1960): Packaging Von Braun’S V-2 Rocket As An American Cold War Triumph, Benjamin James Nipper

Honors Theses

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On The River’S Surface, Ashten Landry May 2014

On The River’S Surface, Ashten Landry

Honors Theses

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We Were Just Like Them A Collection Of Short Fiction, Jacqueline Derobertis May 2014

We Were Just Like Them A Collection Of Short Fiction, Jacqueline Derobertis

Honors Theses

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Origin, Mark Gibson May 2014

Origin, Mark Gibson

Honors Theses

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“Passed From Hand To Hand”: Marian Imagery During Times Of Conversion, Lindsey Lafleur Apr 2014

“Passed From Hand To Hand”: Marian Imagery During Times Of Conversion, Lindsey Lafleur

Honors Theses

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Rope, Dylan Evers Apr 2014

Rope, Dylan Evers

Honors Theses

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Creole & Multiracial (Research Report #122), Michael Cope, Nile Patterson, Mark Schafer, Dari Green, Amanda Cowley, Troy Blanchard Apr 2014

Creole & Multiracial (Research Report #122), Michael Cope, Nile Patterson, Mark Schafer, Dari Green, Amanda Cowley, Troy Blanchard

LSU AgCenter Research Reports

This is the eighth in this series of reviews. This review focuses primarily on the Creoles. It also describes some multiracial groups with a historical presence, as well as the current trends in multiracial identity in the Gulf of Mexico region. Concentrated in coastal Louisiana, Creoles represent one of the larger and more well-known multiracial (or mixed-race) groups that have long histories in the region.


A Study Of The Twin Problems Of Psychological And Practical Compatibilism In The Writings Of Augustine Of Hippo, Thomas Dale Holsteen Apr 2014

A Study Of The Twin Problems Of Psychological And Practical Compatibilism In The Writings Of Augustine Of Hippo, Thomas Dale Holsteen

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Truth And Magic, Kylie Adkins Jan 2014

Truth And Magic, Kylie Adkins

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Busting Myths About ‘Species’, Charles H. Pence Jan 2014

Busting Myths About ‘Species’, Charles H. Pence

Faculty Publications

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Implementing Renaissance Literature And Close Reading Into Gifted And Talented High School Curriculums, Ashley Thibodeau Jan 2014

Implementing Renaissance Literature And Close Reading Into Gifted And Talented High School Curriculums, Ashley Thibodeau

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jan 2014

Front Matter

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Caricaturing The Vanity Of Human Prayer In Juvenal, Dryden, And Johnson The Ups And Downs Of Poetic Imitation, John J. Burke Jr. Jan 2014

Caricaturing The Vanity Of Human Prayer In Juvenal, Dryden, And Johnson The Ups And Downs Of Poetic Imitation, John J. Burke Jr.

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Berkeley And The Value Of The Arts, Tom Jones Jan 2014

Berkeley And The Value Of The Arts, Tom Jones

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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"My Apologies For This Inconvenient Abduction" Rakish Reformation In Sarah Fielding's History Of Ophelia, Mary Ann Rooks Jan 2014

"My Apologies For This Inconvenient Abduction" Rakish Reformation In Sarah Fielding's History Of Ophelia, Mary Ann Rooks

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


Robert Dodsley Eighteenth-Century Play Collector And Theater Historian, John Pruitt Jan 2014

Robert Dodsley Eighteenth-Century Play Collector And Theater Historian, John Pruitt

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Stewarding Affective Landscapes In Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries Of Udolpho, Melissa Smith Jan 2014

Stewarding Affective Landscapes In Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries Of Udolpho, Melissa Smith

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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A True-Born English Sacred Space Multiple Metaphors Of Hawksmoor's Steeples In Early Eighteenth-Century London, Chris Mounsey Jan 2014

A True-Born English Sacred Space Multiple Metaphors Of Hawksmoor's Steeples In Early Eighteenth-Century London, Chris Mounsey

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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Displa And Contemplation Of Clarissan Spirituality Bernardo Vittone At Santa Chiara In Turin, William Stargard Jan 2014

Displa And Contemplation Of Clarissan Spirituality Bernardo Vittone At Santa Chiara In Turin, William Stargard

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

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The Holy House Of Loreto Politics And Idolatry In The Long Eighteenth Century, Hilary Teynor Donatini Jan 2014

The Holy House Of Loreto Politics And Idolatry In The Long Eighteenth Century, Hilary Teynor Donatini

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


John Adams And The Balance, Zebulun Q. Weeks Jan 2014

John Adams And The Balance, Zebulun Q. Weeks

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


The American Pioneer Farmer It Is Time To Kill The Myth, A. G. Monaco Jan 2014

The American Pioneer Farmer It Is Time To Kill The Myth, A. G. Monaco

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.