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Attacks On The Idea Of Substance, Alex Wilmer

Bachelors’ Theses

The attacks on the validity of the Scholastic idea of substance have their origin in the false theory of knowledge of Descartes and its step-child the Idealism of Locke, Berkeley and Hume. The attack on the validity is to some extent due to a failure to understand the idea of substance, but to a greater extent to the false theory of knowledge that logically developed from Descartes philosophy.

The Tendencies Of American Philosophy During The Nineteenth Century., Lawrence Anthony Sadlek

Bachelors’ Theses

Before giving a detailed description of the tendencies of American thought during the nineteenth century, I shall give a brief outline of the philosophic tendencies before this time. Puritanism was the dominant school of thought in America during the first century of our existence, and did not die out till the time of the American Revolution. It's chief principles were the passivity of man, determinism and pessimism. They considered man a dull--instrument in the hands of God and his acts predestined; his life was a vain show and this world a vale of tears. They_ believed in a deity separate …

The Will Of Man, Harris George Aschenbrener

Bachelors’ Theses

In the popular philosophy of today, namely Mat­eralistic Evolution, attempts have been made to explain everything as the result of the forces of "matter and motion". In rejecting all that the sages of old have offered towards the explanation of phenomena, there are certain problems which are stumbling blocks to this form of philosophy. Many and various theories have been offered but none has been found that will satisfy. Re­alizing their inability to explain these problems, one of their number has summed them up and termed them seven riddles for which science has no answer, and which will always remain …

Criteria Of Morality, Thomas Francis Flynn

Bachelors’ Theses

Here is a paradox. The child is father to the man, and philosophically considered, this is doubly true. During that short journey between the advent of that immacu­late 'tabula rasa' and the age of reason, the 'homo sapiens' accepts great truths and rests satisfied, seeming to grasp intuitively the profound logic and recondite study behind them. For example, the child of four or five years is app­rehended in the replete pantry busily consuming a jar of jam; mother reprimands it severely,saying that it should not do such a thing. "Why?", is the spontaneous and wholly innocent question. "Because jam is …

Is The Criminal Morally Responsible?, Donald Ryan

Bachelors’ Theses

Re live today, but tomorrow shall judge us by the criterion of yesterday, by that norm which is universal, eternally and abidingly true, the end of man completely and objectively considered. We say that we have progressed. We gaze in derision at primitive man, at the barbarians, at our ancestors, and at the natives of out-of-the-way places today. Yet well may they pity us, for if we have advanced so much farther than they, our responsibility for our talents is proportionately greater. Whether we have progressed or not, I shall not discuss; but assuming such a fact on the basis …

Platonic And Aristotelian Universal Concepts, George E. Toner

Bachelors’ Theses

Presenting a subject as abstract as that of Universal Concepts would indeed be tiresome, were it not for the direct almost personal contact with two of the greatest sages that found their problems and solved them while Philosophy was still in its infancy. Plato and his brilliant scholar Aristotle stand out as radiant figures on a somber background, for they did not think for their own age only. Even today in what is called this modern day and age, frequent reference is made to one or another of their theories. It seems strange that pupil and master should have been …

There Exists A Natural Law, Joseph Erhardt Koperski

Bachelors’ Theses

In this thesis it is maintained, that the natural law is universal, that is to say, that the natural law is promulgated or made known to all men and that no one possessing the use of sober reason can doubt or be invincibly ignorant of the natural law. Thus we speak of its universality by reason of its promulgation. However, this does not signify that all men have the same knowledge of the natural law, nor that all men know all what the natural law prescribes. But it does mean that all men enjoying the use of sane reason can …

The Philosophy Of Herbert Spencer, Joseph B. Coleman

Bachelors’ Theses

It might be well at the beginning of this discussion on the philosophy of Herbert Spencer to give a brief biographical sketch concerning his earlier life.

He was born at Derby, England on the 27th of April, 1820. His father, William George Spencer, was a schoolmaster. The religious convictions of his parent familiarized him with the doctrines of the Methodists and Quakers. He declined an offer from his uncle to go to Cambridge and as a result, was practically self taught.

For a few years he was employed as an engineer and giving this up, he became sub- editor of …

The Concept Of Duration As Key To The Logical Forms Of Reason And Their Psychological Processes, Christian O. Weber

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

CONTENTS

I. Time and the Anthithesis

Between Thought and Things.. 3

II. Measured and Measuring Time.. 12

1. Mathematical time versus duration.. 12

2. Properties of mathematical and durational time… 14

3. Time and its predicates .... 22

4. The good man as measure ... 29

III. Types of Logic in Relation to the Concept of Time ... 31

1. Forms of Understanding .. 31

2. The distrinction between formal and moral reasoning .. 33

3. Experience as the unifier of formal and moral reasoning.. 63

IV. Time as the Unifier of the Formal and Moral Elements of Reason...64

1. …

The Subconscious Mind, Stuart Johnston

Bachelors’ Theses

The Subconscious Mind exerts a powerful influence over human activities, mental and physical. This we will endeavor to show in the following study of the most authentic material available, at the present day concerning this little known but vastly important subject.

The Human Will Is Free, Richard V. Carpenter

Bachelors’ Theses

The freedom of the will is one of the most important questions in philosophy. So much has been written on the subject that it hardly seems worth while to treat it in a thesis in which nothing can be said which has not already been said a number of times. The two opposing parties in the controversy have completed their respective cases; they have fully entrenched themselves behind volumes and volumes of weighty libraries and are now but waiting new recruits. As a matter of fact, though both sides of the debate seem to have exhausted their arguments, though they …

The Relation Of Psychology To Medicine: A Philosophical Thesis, Stephen A. Knaisel

Bachelors’ Theses

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The Human Soul Is Simple, Spiritual, Immortal, Robert S. Mccarthy

Bachelors’ Theses

Much of our thinking today is regulated by propaganda. Propaganda is not confined to patriotic bureaus of any one nation, or to the espionage department of the army and navy of any one government; neither is propaganda limited to national affairs, nor to the field of politics. Propaganda of a certain type has found its way even into the sacred sanctum of philosophy. Think of how many philosophical theories we have today, which in final analysis are intended to serve the purpose of a well-directed campaign of proselytising "right thinking". Theories arising from predjudiced minds are spread broadcast, whose mission …

The Risod, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

The 1914 yearbook for Rhode Island School of Design, this includes hand drawn illustrations, descriptions of each department within the school, lists of faculty and graduating students, descriptions of popular social events, photographs of some of the senior class, and advertisements. A brief essay by Mr. Rowe of the RISD Museum and a brief article by Mrs. Radeke about the RISD Museum were also included. Poems and sport news were also featured. This was published by the Athletic Association of RISD.

(2000) Discovering Our Voice: A Manual To Accompany 'Geraldo', Ann Margaret Sharp, Laurance J. Splitter

Collected Papers of Laurance J. Splitter

Geraldo is a story about what an immigrant undergoes when he leaves one culture and tries to 'join' another culture. An immigrant suffers a triple disruption: he loses his sense of place, he enters into an alien language, and he finds himself surrounded by beings whose social behavior, norms and traditions are very unlike, and sometimes even offensive to his own. The explanation of the leading ideas in this manual help students and teachers explore the philosophical themes in Geraldo. The discussion plans, exercises, and activities are designed to foster and cultivate the process of philosophical dialogue in the classroom. …