Locke On Territorial Rights,
2014
Chapman University
Locke On Territorial Rights, Bas Van Der Vossen
Philosophy Faculty Articles and Research
Most treatments of territorial rights include a discussion (and rejection) of Locke. There is a remarkable consensus about what Locke's views were. For him, states obtain territorial rights as the result of partial transfers of people's property rights. In this article, I reject this reading. I argue that (a) for Locke, transfers of property rights were neither necessary nor sufficient for territorial rights and that (b) Locke in fact held a two-part theory of territorial rights. I support this reading by appealing to textual and contextual evidence. I conclude by drawing a lesson from Locke's views for current debates on …
Light And Affects From A Comparative Point Of View,
2014
Independent Scholar
Light And Affects From A Comparative Point Of View, Kyle Takaki
Comparative Philosophy
Light metaphors occurring in Chinese philosophy and Stoicism are of special interest for the unique ways they channel potentialities of the self. In this paper I apply ideas from cognitive linguistics to examine selected structural features of these metaphors. I also build on these ideas by presenting a framework regarding affects to assist in disclosing what is at stake for differing Chinese and Stoic technologies of the self. The paper adopts a high-level perspective to see these broad philosophical implications, interleaving discussions of Chinese philosophy (mainly views associated with Daoism), Stoicism (bringing into relief important differences from these views), and …
Meditation On Relativism, Absolutism, And Beyond,
2014
San Jose State University
Meditation On Relativism, Absolutism, And Beyond, Anand Vaidya
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
A Reply To Vaidya,
2014
Bryn Mawr College, USA.
The Inclusive Dynamics Of Islamic Universalism: From The Vantage Point Of Sayyid Qutb's Critical Philosophy,
2014
The Open University
The Inclusive Dynamics Of Islamic Universalism: From The Vantage Point Of Sayyid Qutb's Critical Philosophy, Andrea Mura
Comparative Philosophy
This article pursues a topological reading of Milestones, one of the most influential books in the history of Islamism. Written by Muslim thinker Sayyid Qutb, the general interest in this crucial text has largely remained restricted to the fields of Islamic Studies and Security Studies. This article aims to make the case for assuming a philosophical standpoint, relocating its significance beyond the above-mentioned fields. A creative and topological reading of this text will allow the spatial complexity of Qutbs eschatological vision to be fully exposed, while also unpacking the way in which antagonistic relations have variously been articulated by this …
The Care Of The Reaper Man: Death, The Auditors, And The Importance Of Individuality,
2014
Ohio Northern University
The Care Of The Reaper Man: Death, The Auditors, And The Importance Of Individuality, Erica L. Neely
Philosophy and Religion Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Urban Desertification.2014.Pdf,
2014
University of Texas at El Paso
Urban Desertification.2014.Pdf, Jules Simon
Selected Works Temporary Series
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.5px Times} My thesis is that current cities and the way that cities are beingdeveloped is unsustainable and poses global problems for the long-termflourishing of the world’s inter-related and interdependent economies, formatters of justice and happiness in socio-cultural relations between peoples,and for the health of our natural environments. I argue that ‘urbandesertification’ happens in the complex relationship between cities (both urbanand suburban) and rural environments that support them as both a natural andethical phenomenon that I study using a form of analysis calledphenomenological ethics. First, I briefly present sketches of phenomenologyand sustainability in …
Constellating Technology: Heidegger’S Die Gefahr/The Danger,
2014
Fordham University
Constellating Technology: Heidegger’S Die Gefahr/The Danger, Babette Babich
Research Resources
Heidegger’s question concerning technology was originally posed in lectures to the Club of Bremen. This essay considers the totalizing role of technology in Heidegger’s day and our own, including a discussion of radio and calling for a greater integration of Heidegger’s thinking and critical theory. Today’s media context and the increasing ecological pressures of our time may provide a way to think, once again, the related notions of event [ Ereignis] and ownedness [ Eigentlichkeit ].
Urban Desertification And A Phenomenology Of Sustainability: The Case Of El Paso, Texas,
2014
University of Texas at El Paso
Urban Desertification And A Phenomenology Of Sustainability: The Case Of El Paso, Texas, Jules Simon
Departmental Papers (Philosophy)
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 8.5px Times} My thesis is that current cities and the way that cities are beingdeveloped is unsustainable and poses global problems for the long-termflourishing of the world’s inter-related and interdependent economies, formatters of justice and happiness in socio-cultural relations between peoples,and for the health of our natural environments. I argue that ‘urbandesertification’ happens in the complex relationship between cities (both urbanand suburban) and rural environments that support them as both a natural andethical phenomenon that I study using a form of analysis calledphenomenological ethics. First, I briefly present sketches of phenomenologyand sustainability in …
Scientific Method In Meteorology,
2014
Butler University
Scientific Method In Meteorology, Triberiu Popa
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
This article explores the main aspects of Aristotle’s scientific method in Meteorology IV. Dispositional properties such as solidifiability or combustibility play a dominant role in Meteor. IV (a) in virtue of their central place in the generic division of homoeomers, based on successive differentiation and multiple differentiae, and (b) in virtue of their role in revealing otherwise undetectable characteristics of uniform materials (composition and physical structure). While Aristotle often starts with accounts of ingredients and their ratio (e.g., solids that contain a significant amount of water are liquefiable), the natural direction of his investigation is …
Fictional Emotions: Genuineness Of Emotions In Fictions,
2014
Claremont McKenna College
Fictional Emotions: Genuineness Of Emotions In Fictions, Lorien Giles
CMC Senior Theses
The common position in philosophy calls into question the ability of our emotions that derive from fictions to be genuine. In this paper I analyze this view, its motivating examples, and some unconsidered positions. In doing this I hope to offer a good defense of why our emotions that derive from fictions are in fact genuine and why the Paradox of Fiction is too broad.
Externalizing Normativity In Design Reviews: Inscribing Design Values In Designed Artifacts,
2014
Iowa State University
Externalizing Normativity In Design Reviews: Inscribing Design Values In Designed Artifacts, Colin M. Gray, Craig D. Howard
Design Thinking Research Symposium
The design community has discussed issues of ethics and values for decades, but less attention has been paid to the question of how an ethical sensibility might be developed or taken on by design students. In this analysis, we explore how normative concerns emerge through the process of design reviews—where a developing designer’s normative infrastructure is engaged with the artifact they are designing. We focused on the normative concerns that were foregrounded by two undergraduate and two graduate industrial design students across a series of five design reviews, addressing the possible relationship between the emergence of normative concerns and the …
Painting (And Photography),
2014
University of Richmond
Painting (And Photography), Gary Shapiro
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Two of Foucault's signature essays on painting are especially well known: the analysis of Velazquez's Las Meninas, and an essay on Rene Magritte that includes a striking account of how abstraction displaced representation in Western art. In addition, many of Foucault's texts are studded with acute descriptions of major painters from Breughel to Warhol; he gave lecture courses on quattrocento painting and Manet and published essays on several contemporary artists (Rebeyrolle, Fromanger, Michals). Since one of Foucault's major themes was the relation between visibility and discursivity, it is not surprising to find that painting is a favored site for …
States And Nomads: Hegel's World And Nietzsche Earth,
2014
University of Richmond
States And Nomads: Hegel's World And Nietzsche Earth, Gary Shapiro
Philosophy Faculty Publications
What is Nietzsche's concept of the earth? While "earth" is often taken in a general way to refer to embodied life, to this world rather than to an imaginary and disastrous other world, I propose that the term and concept also have a significant political dimension-a geophilosophical dimension—which is closely related to the radical immanence so central to Nietzsche's thought. I shall argue that he often and pointedly replaces the very term "world" (Welt) with "earth" (Erde) because "world" is tied too closely to ideas of unity, eternity, and transcendence. "World" is a concept with theological …
Food For Thought And Thought For Food: Applying Care Ethics To The American Eater,
2014
University of North Florida
Food For Thought And Thought For Food: Applying Care Ethics To The American Eater, Catherine Manners Bucolo
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This piece provides an application of care ethics to the typical American diet. In the first chapter, the problems surrounding the Standard American Diet are discussed at both the individual, familial, global, animal, and environmental levels. The second chapter provides an overview of the theoretical components of care ethics, and lays a framework for analysis. The third and final chapter demonstrates how in applying many of the core principles of care, great strides can be made in remedying the numerous problems that are a direct result of typical consumption habits in the United States.
Valuing The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Defense Of Countercultural Environmentalism,
2014
The College of Wooster
Valuing The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: A Defense Of Countercultural Environmentalism, Mae Manupipatpong
Senior Independent Study Theses
No abstract provided.
A Genealogy Of Ecological Rhetoric: Heraclitus, Bacon, Darwin And Huxley,
2014
Wayne State University
A Genealogy Of Ecological Rhetoric: Heraclitus, Bacon, Darwin And Huxley, Jared Grogan
Wayne State University Dissertations
This dissertation is a genealogical study of historical intersections between rhetoric and ecology. Studying the works of Heraclitus, Francis Bacon, T.H. Huxley and Darwin as "bridge figures" in the history of rhetoric, science and ecological thought, I examine how their rhetorical theories and strategies (as discursive practices, performances and techniques) form a genealogy that bridges rhetorical and ecological theories and practices. My analysis studies their critical assessments and uses of rhetoric as it intersects with each figure's new investigations into natural philosophy, nature, and evolutionary biology, while drawing out relevant lessons for contemporary ecological and rhetorical thinkers. The main threads …
Vol 5 No 1 Information Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 5 No 1 Information Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Vol 5 No 1 Cover Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 5 No 1 Cover Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Vol 5 No 1 Content Page,
2013
San Jose State University
Vol 5 No 1 Content Page, Comparative Philosophy
Comparative Philosophy
No abstract provided.
