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Problems In Epicurean Physics, David Konstan

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

This article treats several problems in Epicurean atomic theory, including how atoms rebound (the answer is that they must keep moving at a uniform speed and simply move in another direction when impeded), the role of minima in defining the boundaries of an atom and accounting for its impenetrability and why adjacent atoms do not merge, and the explanation of atomic weight as a tendency of atoms emerging from collisions to move in a preferred direction, which is by definition “down.”

Diogenes Of Oenoanda: The New Discoveries (1968-1976), Diskin Clay

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Short bibliography of the state of the art on the fragments of Diogenes of Oenoanda as of December 1976.

Epicurus' Conception Of The Psyche, K. W. Harrington

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

In this paper I try to establish the following differences between Epicurean and Lucretian psyches:

1. For Lucretius, the psyche is composed of particles of air, breath, heat, and a fourth unnamed constituent. Epicurus suggests that the psyche is composed of a single kind of atom, and that it in some way resembles heat and in some way resembles breath.

2. For Epicurus, breath and heat are properties of compounds, not kinds of atoms or kinds of compound entities. Lucretius apparently takes the opposite position.

3. For Lucretius, the components of the psyche seem to be entities larger than atoms.

Plato On The Complexity Of The Psyche, John Moline

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

What were the parts of the psyche posited by Plato in the Republic? The question calls not for a list but for an account of the grounds on which Plato posited and distinguished such parts. It calls for an account of their nature and role in his system.

We are not lacking in attempts at such an account. These parts have been termed "faculties", "principles", "activities", "aspects", "instances", and "levels" of the psyche. Their nature and role have been characterized in ways influenced as much perhaps by the connotations of these terms as by the details of Plato's text. …

Epicurus' Scientific Method, Elizabeth Asmis

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

I argued that Epicurus sought to infer all truths about what cannot be perceived (what is "non-apparent", adêlon) by using what is perceived (the "phenomena") as "signs" of what is non-apparent. This is an empirical method, based on the claim that sensory perception shows what is true. In the case of his basic physical doctrines, Epicurus argued by a reductio ad absurdum that if the negation of the doctrine were true, there would be a conflict with what we perceive. This applies to Epicurus' first two doctrines, that "nothing come to be from non-being" and that "nothing is destroyed …

Hegel's Dialectic Of Artistic Meaning, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Whatever else they are, works of art are intentional human products. Our responses to such works are understandings and interpretations. That the works are or may be physical objects, cultural symptoms, or commodities and that audiences may be shocked, sexually excited, or politically instructed are irrelevant to the cognitive poles of intention and interpretation; these make art philosophically significant and differentiate it from that which has no meaning, despite possible similarities in apparent structure or emotional effect. Cognitivist theories of art usually tend to focus rather exclusively on just one of the two poles which characterize art so conceived - …

Pandemonium Dance Circus, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Utah Repertory Dance Theatre, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Dance Repertory Theatre, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Habitat: A Festive Air, Serious Business, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Who Is To Judge?, Hans Oberdiek

Philosophy Faculty Works

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The Dancer: A Dance-Choreographer Speaks: An Interview With James Cunningham, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Dance Literacy: Intelligence And Sensibility In The Dance, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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The Fundamental Reality In The Ontology Of African People, Charles Ereraina Osume

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

“The fundamental reality in the ontology of African people” is an effort to alert the reader to a crucial omission in most contemporary studies on the religion or culture of African people. The majority of the current anthropologists (scholars in the field of contemporary religions) only make a passing reference to the spirit beings that infest the world of traditional Africa.

Apart from inadequate attempts to psychologize the religions of pre-literary man, investigators of pre-scientific cultures have for the most part been unable to account for the unflinching loyalty and meticulous devotion of traditional man to spirit beings. The reason …

Some Notes On Aesthetics And Dance Criticism, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Dance Notes From Chicago, New York And Washington [Reviews Of Dance Performances], Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Painting And Language: A Pictoral Syntax Of Shapes, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

In previous articles, the author proposed that paintings can have syntactic rules. In this article he develops his proposal further and shows that shapes act as syntactic elements in the languages of painting styles. He meets Nelson Goodman's objections to his proposal by showing that shapes meet the criterion of syntactic discreteness proposed by the latter to separate linguistic from other symbolic systems. His approach is to specify style as the domain of a language of painting, to show that style is syntactical and to argue that shapes are the primitive syntactic elements of style. His essay relates current research …

Twyla Tharp [Discussion Of The Career Of Twyla Tharp], Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Ua68/1 Forum, Wku Potter College Of Arts & Letters

WKU Archives Records

WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters faculty newsletter regarding faculty research and publications. This issue includes:

• Mounce, Robert. Values and the Liberal Arts
• Roberts, Bob. Snake Handling & Plato, Indeed
• McMahon, William. The Honey of Honor Comes and Goes

Meiland On Scheffler, Kuhn, And Objectivity In Science, Harvey Siegel

Philosophy Articles and Papers

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Listing Of The 1976-1977 Content, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

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Intelligence And Sensibility In The Dance, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Ua35/11 Student Honors Bulletin, Vol. Iv, Wku Honors Program

WKU Archives Records

The articles, all papers done for classes in the university honors program, are divided into three groups. The first group deals with science, especially the area of health care, one of the more practical applications of science in the modern age. The second group consists of three papers done for honor courses in which the major purpose was to expose the student to new areas of consciousness and have them respond orally and verbally to what they read, creative writing. The last group deals with the humanities, literature and religion, two of the more popular fields of the humanities today. …

The Twilight Of Welfare Criminology: A Final Word, Stephen J. Morse

All Faculty Scholarship

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Aesthetic Values And Human Habitation: A Philosophical And Interdisciplinary Approach To Environmental Aesthetics, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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A Dance-Choreographer Speaks: An Interview With James Cunningham, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Art And Religion: A Transreligious Approach, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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