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Some Consequences Of Semantic Externalism, Consuelo Preti

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Semantic externalism is the view that meaning and mental content are determined by relations to the world of objects and properties outside the physical boundaries of the subject of mental states. What you mean by your words–what you're thinking when you're thinking about something–is essentially constituted by the world at large. It has become customary to formulate externalism in terms of so-called twin earth cases–cases where (some kinds of) content do not supervene on inner states, but this formulation can be shown to be too limited to be of any great use in characterizing a theory of mind. A more …

The Spectacle Of Suffering: Repetition And Closure In The Eighteenth-Century Gothic Novel, Rebecca E. Martin

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Since the publication of The Castle of Otranto in 1764 initiated the genre of the gothic novel, critics have claimed that gothic endings are bland, inadequate, or otherwise unsatisfying. Analyzing works written in the period 1764 to 1820 by Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Charlotte Dacre, Mary-Anne Radcliffe, Mary and Percy Shelley and Charles Robert Maturin, this dissertation demonstrates that the focus on endings has blinded critics to the reader's source of pleasure in the gothic. I have drawn upon a representative sampling of novels to present a model of the interaction of reader and gothic text focused on …

The Child's Understanding Of Functional Relations In The Domain Of Liquid Quantity, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

Four liquid comparison tasks were designed to assess children's knowledge of functional relations, one-directional compositions of functional relations (greater + greater yield greater) and countervailing compositions (greater + lesser yield ?) in 4- to 7-year-olds. On one task, in which height indexed quantity, children of every age group performed well. Success on the other comparison tasks was related to operative level, as mdexed by conservation performance, and age. More advanced pre-operational children evidenced a degree of success on the one-directional composition task. Consistent with Schonfeld (1990), the results suggested that at more advanced operative levels: (1) the understanding of increasingly …

The Ticker, December 8, 1993

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Pandora's Box Vol. 35 No. 3, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, October 20, 1993

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Graduate Student Advocate, October 1993, Vol. 5, No. 5, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Economics Terminates Black Third Level Student. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

York College Obstructs Club Planning Anti-Reynolds Forum (p. 1)

College Association Votes to Reinstate Student Stipends. Pam Donovan (p. 1)

Amid Student Concern, History Courts Caribbeanist Colin Palmer. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed (p. 1)

Masthead (p. 2)

Action on Campus (p. 2)

Latin American Program Formed. Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Need More Library Hours? Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Tomfoolery: Notes of a Radical, Post-Haste. Tom Smith.

Engineering Student from Serbia Killed in Car Accident; Driver Arrested. Pam Donovan.

Action in Public (p. 3)

Social Mobilization? Michael Weinstein-Mohammed.

Resolution by the Doctoral Students’ Council …

Pandora's Box Vol. 35 No. 1, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

Catalog 1993-1995, Kingsborough Community College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

The Bridge: Laguardia Community College Student Newspaper (May 1993), Laguardia Community College

The Bridge: LaGuardia Community College Student Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Pandora's Box Vol. 34 No. 3, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

Poisons And Antidotes Among The Taman Of West Kalimantan, Indonesia, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

Among the Taman of kabupaten Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, certain oils are used to cast and counteract spells. Antidotes are said to be made from the same substance as poisons, and thus a given antidote implies ownership of the poison, and this is one reason people are furtive in using, exchanging, and discussing this aspect of folk-medicine. Magical oils are generally obtained outside Taman society, and are used most often to cure illnesses presumed to have been contracted outside the society. These oils contain essences, and so can be reproduced by adding oil. However, specific knowledge is needed to use …

The Ticker, February 24, 1993

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Pandora's Box Vol. 35 No. 1, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

Graduate Student Advocate, February 1993, Vol. 5, No. 1, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Committee Calls to Lacerate CUNY: Report Suggests Departmental Closings at All Campuses. Pam Donovan (p. 1)

Low Cost Copying Blocked; DSC Contract Inappropriate. Christina Pretto (p. 1)

Who Deserves the First Amendment? Right Wing Scholar Published; One Socialist Denied Space. Andrew Long (p. 1)

FEBRUARY in the News

Prof attacked in Post. Christina Pretto (p. 2)

Circulation Chief Dies. Tom Burgess (p. 2)

Tomfoolery: She Ain’t Into Education, Guys. Tom Smith (p. 2)

Events this Month (p. 2)

Masthead (p. 3)

Action in Public

Student Representatives Lambast Board of Trustees. Jonathan Lang (p. 3)

Student Representatives Lambast …

Course Catalog 1993, Laguardia Community College

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Collaboration In Law Practice: A Satisfying And Productive Process For A Diverse Profession, Susan Bryant

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Pegasus 1993, Bronx Community College

Yearbooks

1993 yearbook from Bronx Community College of the City University of New York.

The Specter Of A Lesbian Supreme Court Justice: Problems Of Identity In Lesbian Legal Theorizing, Ruthann Robson

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Persistent Emotional Disorder In Children With Neurological Soft Signs, Daniel Pine, David Shaffer, Irvin Sam Schonfeld

Publications and Research

Provides clinical details in the form of 11 case vignettes from a prospective epidemiological study that found the combination of childhood 'soft' signs and anxious behavior to be a strong risk factor for adolescent emotional disorders. The original study conducted a neuropsychiatric assessment of 180 African-American adolescents (aged 16–18 yrs) who had been followed through childhood. The at-risk Ss exhibited a persistent and specific pattern of both motor abnormalities and anxiety, obsessional compulsive, or depressive symptoms over time. The form of at-risk Ss' neurological and psychiatric abnormalities is consistent with a link between motor system abnormalities and …

The Shaman's Destiny: Symptoms, Affliction, And The Re-Interpretation Of Illness Among The Taman, Jay H. Bernstein

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Saving The Environment: Science And Social Action, Patricia D'Andrade

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation analyzes environmental arguments for their stance toward science. It is a sociology of knowledge investigation of arguments made primarily by environmental scientists in the United States in the 1960s and 70s.

The environmental crisis puts science in question but at the same time looks to science for information and solutions. Thus, science is a center of contention around which arguments develop and oppositions are established. Science is beginning to take the place of political thought in providing legitimating concepts for arguments intended to effect social change. Major environmental books and articles by American authors of the 1960s and …

How Categorization And Deliberative Processing Explain Consumer Response To Direct Mail Advertising, Karen Zhao

Student Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Psychoanalysis And Constructionalism: Clinical And Metapsychological Implications, Richard H. Loewus

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Attempts to reconceptualize the epistemological basis of psychoanalytic metapsychology and clinical praxis from constructionalist perspectives are reviewed and critiqued. The constructionalist epistemology of the American philosopher, Nelson Goodman, is absent in these discussions. Goodman offers a relativism with restraints, a constructionalist epistemology that asserts no one given reality to which our constructions must answer, but does not accept that therefore all constructions are equally valid. Instead, constructions, or what Goodman calls world versions must answer to standards of "Rightness". Goodman's reconception of philosophy subsumes the concept of truth as a special class of rightness, and replaces the concept of knowledge …

Perceptions Of Patients Meeting The Criteria For A Diagnosis Of "Multiple Chemical Sensitivities": Exploration Of Social Situation And Need, Beth Miriam Lewis

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

While no one explanation as to the possible nature of "multiple chemical sensitivities" has gained unanimous acceptance within the medical/science community, similar controversy does not exist with regard to the recognition of social problems generated for people suffering from this condition. In an effort to identify areas of psychosocial need requiring social work intervention, a descriptive study was carried out with a group of patients seen in an outpatient occupational health clinic. Medical charts of a deliberate sample of 423 clinic patients, seen during the period 1980-1990, were reviewed, yielding a total of 83 patients meeting criteria specific to MCS. …

The Graduate Student Advocate, December 1992, Vol. 4, No. 2, Gc Advocate

The Advocate

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Cuts for Students, Raises for Administrators! Granville Ganter (p. 1)

Historic Marginalization & The Marginalization of a History. Diana Agosta (p. 1)

Ideological Hegemony: Inside a “Living Museum.” Michael Scott Weinstein (p. 1)

The Real Deal at Financial Aid: Interview with Janet Finello (p. 2)

Sex and Space: Another Look at the Urban Red Light District. Timothy J. Gilfoyle (p. 4)

Tomfoolery: “Neo-liberal and “Politically Correct”? Tom Smith (p. 5)

International Students and Financial Crisis. Manjula Giri (p. 5)

The Return of Martin Brian Guerre. Tom Smith (p. 6)

In Nineteen Hundred & Ninety-two. Text, Thomas Burgess; …

The Ticker, November 11, 1992

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Pandora's Box Vol. 34 No. 3, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

Pandora's Box Vol. 34 No.2, York College

Pandora's Box

No abstract provided.

The Ticker, September 22, 1992

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.