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Searle And The Nonderivability Thesis, Rick Harrison

Honors Projects

This paper contributes to the defense of the nonderivability thesis; that is, the thesis that no set of purely descriptive statements can entail an evaluative statement. Thus, it is impossible to give objective justification of any value judgment.

Immediate Experience And The Problem Of Expression: A Study In The Philosophy Of Bergson, Jeanne Priley Mclean

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Transcendental Method And The Crisis Of Historicism, William Joseph Zanardi

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Heart And Soul In Aristotle, Theodore Tracy S.J.

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

When Aristotle speaks of the soul 'in the heart' he has in mind the heart as primary and proximate material organ of the soul, the controlling organ originally informed and activated by the soul, upon which all the other organs depend for their formation and activation by the soul. They too live, are informed and activated by the soul, but in a way that is secondary and more remote. To speak of the soul as existing 'in the heart' is not to deny its presence in the other organs, but to indicate the primary and proximate subject it informs and …

Propositional And Nonpropositional Perceiving, Dan D. Crawford

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

The general theory of perception proposed by Roderick Chisholm in his book Perceiving: A Philosophical Study¹ has gained considerable acceptance among contemporary philosophers of perception. In this paper, I will review and evaluate one part of this theory and show where I believe an important modification is necessary.

Chisholm distinguishes what he thinks are two importantly different senses of “perceive,” a propositional and a nonpropositional sense, and then proposes a definition of each. The propositional sense of “perceive” is expressed in contexts in which what is perceived is referred to by a propositional clause, as in

1. George perceives …

Risd Press November 15, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of November 15, 1974 included reviews, classifieds, RISD student board Club guidelines, and new books at the RISD Library. There were two articles about the RISD Centennial building project of the Bank building and one article about the RISD Interior Architecture program.

[Book Review Of] Proceedings Of A Research Conference On Natural Family Planning Edited By William Uricchio, Ph.D. And Mary Kay Williams, Hanna Klaus

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] The Pastor And The Patient: An Informal Guide To New Directions In Medical Ethics, By William Jacobs, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] Law And Ethics Of A.I.D. And Embryo Transfer, Ciba Foundation Symposium J7, Robert Roger Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Risd Press October 11, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of October 11, 1974 includes an article about the RISD bookstore, an interview with the new associate dean of students at RISD Marjorie Newmann and voter registration information. An interview with Al Falk of RISD dining services is also featured. Films, new records and events for RISD students are also listed.

Artistic Vision And The Metaphysical Imagination: Toward A Phenomenology Of Aesthetic Consciousness, Audrey Benderman Joseph

Philosophy ETDs

This study treats the subject of aesthetic consciousness in terms of a phenomenological approach to modes of perception which can be said to constitute artistic vision. These include states of awareness variously described in the literature of aesthetics as empathy, aesthetic contemplation, reverie, or negative capability.

Cover And Front Matter, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Review

Cover, table of contents

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 16 No. 1, Lionel Basny, C. R. Metzger, Louie Crew, Philip Bordinat, Peter A. Soderbergh, Dudley T. Cornish, Peter D. Zivkovic, Bert Almon, Jim Heynen, Tim Kooser, Greg Kuzma, Joan Labombard, Jay Meek, James Ragan, Rick Smyth, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

SHORTHANDED for many months, this journal heartily welcomes a new member to its Editorial Board, CALVIN H. MERRIFIELD. A member of the Kansas State College faculty since 1961, he is a professor in the department of psychology and counselor education, has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Missouri, a Ph. D. from the University of Wyoming, and has published articles in a number of professional journals. We were amused to learn, however, that he began teaching, somewhat informally, in a very different field. During a stint in the U.S. Marine Corps his obvious …

The Mind-Body Problem And Philosophic Commitment, Joseph Kunkel

University of Dayton Review

Editor's note: This paper was read at the fourth annual University of Dayton Philosophy Colloquium, held in 1974.

The intent of the first half of this paper is to set forth two leading distinct theories on the mind-body problem, and to point out some difficulties with the prevailing philosophy of science as this pertains to the behavioral sciences. The outcome of such an exposition will hopefully be a fuller understanding of two sides of a significant current philosophic controversy. In the second half I will draw out some general patterns of commitment prevalent within the philosophic community when philosophers debate …

Should The Christian Philosopher Be Committed To Action?, John G. Thompson

University of Dayton Review

Editor's note: This paper was read at the fourth annual University of Dayton Philosophy Colloquium, held in 1974.

Should the Christian Philosopher be Committed to Action? Speculative and practical issues seem to be involved in that eternal and very contemporary question. Its two contradictory answers will mold the thought and life of the Christian philosopher in two very different ways. The problem, by the way, does not appear to be unique to him. One can think of the artist, the scientist, etc., but it appears here more crucial because of his hold on and his pretense to a rational synthesis …

Skepticism, Psychology, And Philosophical Criteria, Kristin Shrader

University of Dayton Review

Editor's note: This paper was read at the fourth annual University of Dayton Philosophy Colloquium, held in 1974.

Throughout the ages, philosophers seem to have attempted to steer a course between the Scylla of dogmatism and the Charybdis of relativism or skepticism. Perhaps this course has been stormy because philosophical dogmatism and the making of ontological and evaluative commitments can be easily caricatured into closed-mindedness. On the other hand, the relativism sometimes implicit in the jargon of philosophical neutrality threatens to collapse Sophia into sophistry. My solution to the problem of philosophical neutrality rests on three theses, the substantiation of …

The Philosopher's Character And Praxis, Martin A. Bertman

University of Dayton Review

Editor's note: This paper was read at the fourth annual University of Dayton Philosophy Colloquium, held in 1974.

Not inappropriately, as an invitation to conversation, the title of this colloquium — “The Philosopher: Neutral or Committed?" — is ambiguous and provocative. For one, the word “neutral” opposes “committed,” thereby suggesting the conflation of the meanings of “neutral” and “uncommitted,” as  the latter is the formal opposite of committed.

To understand the meaning of “uncommitted” as positive hostility and abnegation of political action, however, would bring forward few advocates: Diogenes or Sinope, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche come to mind.

Philosophy, Commitment, And Their Institutional Setting, Robert N. Beck

University of Dayton Review

Editor's note: This paper was read at the fourth annual University of Dayton Philosophy Colloquium, held in 1974.

The question before this colloquium, whether the philosopher is neutral or committed, arises in a variety of contexts and takes on multiple meanings. It can be asked more broadly so as to refer to the humanities generally, to scholarship, even to the university itself; and it can be asked with precise reference to philosophy. Having at least these two contexts, the question calls for separate, though I think interrelated, considerations. I shall begin with some broader issues, and turn to the question …

Some Problems Of Confidentiality And How They May Be Avoided, Walter J. Smith

The Linacre Quarterly

Father Smith is the director of the Chapliancy [sic] Research Program at the VA hospital in Washington, D. C. His article dissects the nature of the word "secret" and outlines the obligations attached to the different kinds of secrets.

[Book Review Of] Death By Choice, By Daniel Maguire: Further Comments, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

In the May issue of Linacre Quarterly, William May and Daniel Maguire debated some of the ethical implications arising from Maguire's book "Death by Choice." This paper answers Maguire's rejoinder and offers another look at the ramifications of "intentions."

Wittgenstein's Tractatus: Some Metaphilosophical Considerations, Howard P. Kainz

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Langer And Hofstadter On Painting And Language: A Critique, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Risd Press March 8, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. The issue of March 8, 1974 has an essay about Painting at RISD, and an article about drawing at RISD. Also included was an article about the RISD student board meeting of March 4, 1974 which mentioned meeting with faculty and the upcoming Red Ball. Summer studies abroad, recipes, and events for RISD students were also included.

"Public Evil And Private Responsibility", George Saslow

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Vol. Ii, Wku Honors Program

WKU Administration Documents

Articles written by honors program students. They were originally research projects, class papers or essays written for academic credit, but in each case the student has done further work editing and improving his or her manuscript for this publication. The articles represent a broad range of interests and disciplines, and they indicate a healthy attempt on the part of at least some students to dig for deeper knowledge and understanding than is usually associated with undergraduate study.

• Greene, Bruce. The Traditional Fiddle Music of South-Central Kentucky
• Moody, Marlin. Some Effects of the Herbicide Glyphosate on Johnson Grass Rhizomes
• Jones, Larry. …

Hermeneutics Of Experimental Science In The Context Of The Life-World, Patrick A. Heelan

Research Resources

As an element of our total contemporary culture, "historical science" may be distinguished from "experimental" science as the professional business of natural scientists. Phenomenology has always taken a very critical stance against certain defects or biasses -- objectivism, scientism, techicism -- it has found in historical science. I show that these defects and biasses, associated historically with physical science, are not necessary parts of physical science, and consequently, that physics, especially experimental physics, has all of those hermeneutical, ontological, historical and dialectical dimensions negated by historical science.

The Dentist And The Missions, Hugh V. Day, Thomas M. Check, Mary Damian Reinbolt, Marie Therese

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

Risd Press October 26, 1973, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

RISD press was a student newspaper published weekly in the early 1970s, a self-described attempt at consolidating into one digestible pile all the information outlets of the school, including the previous student newspapers, Montage. Beginning in September 1973, RISD press included the Brown Daily Herald’s weekly issue of Fresh Fruit as an insert. The issue of October 26, 1973 included an article about the Industrial Design faculty and projects they were working on. An art exhibit at Woods-Gerry by Carol and Michael Ashcraft was reviewed. An article about some additions to the Pilavin Collection at the RISD Museum of Art …

Plotinus And Paranormal Phenomena, Richard T. Wallis

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

The present paper is intended primarily for classicists who are not specialists in Neoplatonism and will therefore tell experts in Plotinus little of which they are not already well aware. Its purpose is to explain Plotinus' views on a subject which finds itself, perhaps surprisingly, once again of some contemporary interest, and where misunderstandings and emotionally toned judgments are only too easy. It will be concerned as much with the reasons underlying Plotinus' beliefs as with those beliefs themselves, and in particular will show how his views on paranormal phenomena spring naturally from some of the most fundamental principles of …

Ernst Cassirer And The Synthesis Of The Past: A Paradigm In The History Of Ideas, Mart Stewart

Dissertations and Theses

The problem of a method of historical analysis played an integral part in the scholarship of Ernst Cassirer, German philosopher and historian. An Essay on Man, the work for which he is best known in the United State, includes his most lucid discussion of the tasks and aims of the historian. The historian must reconstruct the past, infusing it with the immediacy of a living expression. "Rebirth of the past" gives man a better view of his potentialities, a freedom to see beyond the demands, characteristics, and contingencies of the moment.

This view of history and the historian's task …