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Book Reviews Of Ethical And Scientific Issues Posed By Human Uses Of Molecular Genetics, Edited By Marc Lappe And Robert S. Morison - Sex Education In Medicine, Edited By Harold Lief And Arno Karlen - Bioethical Decision-Making: Releasing Religion From The Spiritual, By R.A.D. Swyhart - Ethics And Population, Edited By Michael D. Baylor - The Truth About Medical Malpractice, By Ronald E. Gots - "First Do No Harm ...," By Natalee Greenfield - One Day At A Time, By Joseph E. Farrell - The Dignity Of Life, By Charles J. Mcfadden - Contraception And Chastity, By G.E.M. Anscombe, Catholic Physicians' Guild

The Linacre Quarterly

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Croce's Criticism Of Hegel, Giulio Tambalo

Philosophy ETDs

There appear to be a number of errors in Hegel's philosophical system, but the most basic, from which the majority of others are derived, is the confusion between opposite concepts and distinct concepts. Opposite concepts (i.e., true and false; life and death) seem to exclude one another, whereas distinct concepts (i.e., fancy and intellect) are united with each other and, at the same time, united with the whole (in our example: the concept of mind). The logical category of opposition is one thing, and the logical category of distinction is another. Hegel offered his principle of solution of the problem …

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

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

Science is distinguished as an element of our total contemporary culture, or “historical science,” from science as the professional business of natural scientists, or “experimental science.” Phenomenology has always taken a very critical stance against certain defects or biases -- objectivism, scientism, technicism -- it has found in historical science. It is my purpose to show that these defects and biases, 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 notion of dialectic is given …

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

Research Resources

Science is distinguished as an element of our total contemporary culture, or “historical science,” from science as the professional business of natural scientists, or “experimental science.” Phenomenology has always taken a very critical stance against certain defects or biases -- objectivism, scientism, technicism -- it has found in historical science. It is my purpose to show that these defects and biases, 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 notion of dialectic is given …

(1977) Philosophy In The Classroom: A Response To Wilson, Levinson And Moore, Philip C. Guin

Collected Papers of Philip C. Guin

In response to reviews of Philosophy in the Classroom (Matthew Lipman, Ann Margaret Sharp, and Frederick S. Oscanyan, 1977) by John Wilson, Daniel Levinson, and J.T. Moore (Teaching Philosophy 2(3/4): 392-395, attached here) Guin notes that the book was written for teachers, prospective teachers, administrators, and others preparing to implement an elementary program in philosophy without previous training in logic, epistemology, or ethics, and that the author’s claims are not speculative, but reflect documented achievements. He argues that the book is well-suited for teachers anxious to learn how to get at the ideas embedded in a philosophical novel, how …

Vietnam Amnesty – Problems Of Justice And Line-Drawing, Kent Greenawalt

Faculty Scholarship

The troublesome issue of pardon for crimes connected with the Vietnam War raises some of the most complex and difficult questions in the philosophy of law. What are the purposes of criminal punishment? Under what conditions is violation of obligations imposed by law morally justified? When, and on what conditions, is it proper to excuse those who have violated the law for conscientious reasons? How much should decisions whether to pardon turn on what offenders "deserve" and how much should they turn on what will be socially acceptable and promote future social harmony? How far should the desirability of dispositions …

Toby Armour And The New England Dinosaur, Curtis Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Aristotle's Attitude Towards Homer, Donald J. Mcguire

Dissertations

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Moral Perfection: An Interpretation Of The Nicomachean Ethics, Stephen Foster

Masters Theses

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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.

[Book Review Of] Operating On The Mind: The Psychosurgery Conflict, Edited By Willard M. Gaylin, M.D., Joel S. Meister, Ph.D., And Robert C. Neville, Ph.D., Vernon H. Mark

The Linacre Quarterly

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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. …

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 - …

[Nine Book Reviews], Paul R. Gastonguay

The Linacre Quarterly

• Death Inside Out: The Hastings Center Report, edited by Peter Steinfels and Robert M. Veatch.
• Living and Dying at Murray Manor, by Jaber E. Gubrium.
• How to Face Death Without Fear: Selections from the book "Preparation for Death" by St. Alphonsus Liguori, edited by Norman J. Muckerman.
• The Dilemmas of Euthanasia, edited by John A. Behnke and Sissela Bok.
• Death and Beyond, by Andrew Greeley.
• Handbook on Euthanasia, by Susan M. and Robert L. Sassone.
• The Release of the Destruction of Life Devoid of Value, by Karl Binding and Alfred Hoche, with comments …

Who Is To Judge?, Hans Oberdiek

Philosophy Faculty Works

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A Critique Of John Mcneill, S. J. And Gregory Baum, O. S. A. On The Subject Of Homosexuality, John F. Harvey

The Linacre Quarterly

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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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Fathers And Son: Conrad's The Shadow Line As An Initiation Rite Of Passage, Donald Gutierrez

University of Dayton Review

Conrad's late short novel The Shadow Line, which has struck some critics as a poorly constructed romance, acquires coherence and depth when regarded as an initiation rite of passage. Indeed the ritual character of this story is so dominant in orienting the protagonist and his initiatory society significantly as to constitute the chief narrative mode in the story. Society in this fiction is divided in ways that highlight ritual features but also ironize the initiand, the initiators, and, by implication, the community, the basic triad in traditional initiation ceremony. Its ritualistic character, furthermore, is accentuated by a pattern of motifs …

A Historian Looks At Frank Lloyd Wright And The Nature Of Architecture, Frank F. Mathias

University of Dayton Review

Is it possible for contemporary historians to evaluate accurately the work of Frank Lloyd Wright? It must be realized than an accurate evaluation of the work of any creative genius presupposes much more than a mere opinion on the part of the evaluator. An architect who blandly asserts that history is no more than a dusty trail of dates, may stack many bricks but will probably be unable to provide a home for the evolving spirit of mankind. Similarly, a historian who believes that architecture is limited to the physical qualities of stone and wood is often the one who …

The Abolition Of Slavery In The British West Indies; The Case Of Barbados, Bruce Taylor

University of Dayton Review

In June of 1833, the British Parliament passed an act to abolish slavery within the imperial system. While this was the beginning of a profound legal revolution in the British West Indies, it was a logical result of a series of reforms by Parliament in response to a relentless drive by abolitionist forces and a corresponding loss of political influence by the West Indian planters. The planters were able only to salvage a cash payment as compensation for their loss of property and a period of adjustment euphemistically called "apprenticeship."

[Book Review Of] Abortion And The Sanctity Of Human Life: A Philosophical View, By Baruch Brody, Patrick F. Berger, Carol A. Berger

The Linacre Quarterly

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[Book Review Of] Poverty And Health: A Sociological Analysis, Edited By John Kosa And Irving K. Zola, Roger J. Bulger

The Linacre Quarterly

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[Book Review Of] A Handbook For The Study Of Suicide, Edited By Seymour Perlin, Monica Dickens

The Linacre Quarterly

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A Pastor's Guide To Understanding Abortion And Its Theological And Ethical Implications, John Richard Tusant

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Babies are God's opinion that the world should go on. Babies are also the life-line for humanity. This continuing life-line proposes certain questions concerning the life and the death of babies as the pastor deals with humanity.

God has created man and woman to reproduce and replenish the earth, as seen in Genesis 9:7. However, the issue that faces society and particularly the pastor is, unwanted infants. The issue of unwanted infants has consequences that will govern the father and mother's thoughts and actions for life. Generally, people who question the importance of God's ways in the issue to be …

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 …

[Book Review Of] Legal Challenges To Behavior Modification: Trends In Schools, Corrections And Mental Health, By Reed Martin, George J. Annas

The Linacre Quarterly

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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 …

[Book Review Of] Contemporary Medical Ethics, By John F. Dedek, Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

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[Book Review Of] The Courage To Fail: A Social View Of Organ Transplants And Dialysis, By Renee C. Fox And Judith P. Swazey, William E. May

The Linacre Quarterly

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University of Dayton Review

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