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- Thesis; University of North Florida; UNF; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Master of Arts in Practical Philosophy and Applied Ethics; Dissertations; Academic -- UNF -- Philosophy; Humor; Ridicule; Agency; Ethics; Respect; Recognition; Mead; Honneth; Embarrassment; Development; Social (1)
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Humorous Developments: Ridicule, Recognition, And The Development Of Agency, Kevin Andrew Afflerbach
Humorous Developments: Ridicule, Recognition, And The Development Of Agency, Kevin Andrew Afflerbach
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
In this thesis I examine various theories of humor to establish an account of the functional roles of humor in social interaction and agentive development. These roles are integrated into a view of agency developed by G.H. Mead, and further refined by the recognition theory of Axel Honneth. The core thesis is: Humor is under-examined as an aspect of human interaction, because it plays such an integral role in individual agency and social development. Understanding how humor works helps to explain how agents are formed through the internalization of the expectations of others via processes of recognition, either positively or …
Role Tension In The Academy: A Philosophical Inquiry Into Faculty Teaching And Research, Nicholas Michaud
Role Tension In The Academy: A Philosophical Inquiry Into Faculty Teaching And Research, Nicholas Michaud
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation seeks to understand the conjunction of faculty roles as teachers and as researchers. This understanding is pursued through philosophical analysis. Discourse ethics, in particular, is used as a framework by which to best understand the roles played by faculty and if the roles of teacher and researcher are, in fact, commensurable. The purpose of the work is two-fold: 1) to develop a construct that may be used by future researchers to better understand the roles played by faculty, and 2) to suggest a best-construct that enables future researchers to propose how actual lived roles should be instantiated in …