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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.

Risd Press October 4, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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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 4, 1974 includes an article about Wintersession, Freshman Foundation and a faculty report. There also is an addendum to the RISD building study. Also, there is an article entitled Towards a theory of the auteur critic (film). Film reviews and synopsis, events listed for RISD students on the RISD campus and in the Providence area are also mentioned.

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 …

Introduction, Raymond Herbenick

University of Dayton Review

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

In considering the theme of the Fourth Annual Philosophy Colloquium — "The Philosopher: Neutral or Committed?" — several difficulties are apparent. First, the proposed question seems to fall outside the standard areas of interest of many contemporary philosophers, although it has its roots in the classic problem of adequately understanding the nature of philosophy. Second, the proposed question seems to suffer from an ambiguity that might lead one to respond in a variety of ways to perhaps no end at all. Yet, …

Philosophical Commitment As Artistic Expression, Robert K. Mcmaster

University of Dayton Review

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

In this paper I will deal with and try to give acceptable answers to three basic questions that deal with the topic of philosophical commitment. The questions and the order in which they will be dealt with are:

• What is philosophical commitment?
• How does philosophical commitment develop?
• What is the best way to describe, talk about, or understand this commitment?

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 …

Ought Cats Be Tuesday? Reflections On The Neutrality Of Philosophers, Xavier Monasterio

University of Dayton Review

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

Should walls be brown. or white? The question is ridiculous because, as it stands, it is unanswerable. Why should walls be brown rather than white, or white rather than brown? On what basis can we decide that one color is more fitted than another for walls? In order for the question to become truly intelligible and answerable, its context needs to be specified. Tell me whether you are talking about the walls of a house or the walls of an industrial plant, …

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.

The Transcendental Phenomenologist: Neutral Or Committed?, Raymond J. Devettere

University of Dayton Review

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

From the very beginning Western philosophy has been marked by an almost constant longing for radical knowledge, indubitable truth, apodictic evidence, the ultimate ground. Edmund Husserl’s transcendental phenomenology continues this philosophical passion and advances it along the lines first opened up by Descartes. The Cartesian doubt was a philosophical method designed to achieve an absolutely certain point of departure for philosophy by applying a merciless skepticism to all our experiences which could in any way be questioned. Two important insights emerge here: …

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 …

Polanyi's Theory Of Commitment, Lawrence P. Ulrich

University of Dayton Review

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

Michael Polanyi capsulizes his understanding of man’s knowing activity by the phrase “personal knowledge.” In order to understand any subordinate theme, e.g., commitment, which he treats, one must first have some appreciation of the force of his central theme, namely, the “personal” feature that is present in our knowing.

Intention And Interpretation In Art: A Semiotic Analysis, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Kant was perhaps the first philosopher to note the distinctive puzzle, verging on paradox, which marks our dealings with art. Works of art seem to place us under an obligation to interpret them and yet we are convinced that our interpretations will never be exhaustive. Kant attempts to account for this peculiar phenomenon by talking of "purposiveness without purpose" or of the aesthetic idea as "a representation of the imagination to which no concept is adequate." We are constrained to see some pattern or organization in a work of art and this is typically understood as a teleological or purposive …

Risd Press September 27, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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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 September 27, 1974 had an article about the RISD Building Study report that took place in the summer. Also the RISD student board meeting for the activities budget outline was in this issue. Information about student health services, ads, classifieds, events listed for RISD students were mentioned.

Editorial -- Right To Life Vs. Upjohn, Eugene F. Diamond

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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] Genetic Fix, By Amitai Etzioni, Robert Lebel

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[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."

The Nature Of The Contract Argument, David B. Lyons

Faculty Scholarship

As truth is the first virtue of belief, so justice is of social institutions. That is John Rawls's view, and it seems true, at any rate, of the law. Official acts, laws, and legal arrangements generally are characterized as just or unjust, while other moral categories are much less frequently invoked. Justice seems inseparable from good law. It is therefore striking and important that justice has recently been regarded by prominent legal theorists as rationally disreputable--as, in Kelsen's words, "an irrational idea." Many divergent conceptions of social justice have been propounded, and it is held that there is no rational …

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

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 15 No. 4, Julian Gitzen, Anne Patterson, Howard H. Hinkel, Duane Edwards, Sanford Pinsker, Clive Marin, Charles Edward Eaton, Laurence Josephs, X. J. Kennedy, Philip Legler, Ted Kooser, William Mclaughlin, Tomas O'Leary, Gibbons Ruark, Larry Rubin, James Schevill, Grace Schulman, Helen J. Williams, Judith Johnson Sherwin, Dave Smith, Barry Spacks, Dabney Stuart, John Stone, Lewis Turco, Harold Witt, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

WE RARELY commission articles but are content for the most part to select what appears most suitable to our needs from the more than sufficient number that drop unsolicited on our desk. From time to time we have remarked that our yearly Summer Literary Number appears to attract a preponderance of writers devoted to the American literary scene. Articles on British writers have been far scantier, on Continental European writers almost non-existent. We did not like to think this imbalance betrayed a parochialism on our part (we are conscious of none) or of our writers, …

Professor Stoker On Campus (Con't.), Bev Bandstra

Pro Rege

Stoker's first lecture is discussed in Pro Rege 2:19-20, Dec 1973. The second lecture is discussed in Pro Rege 2:19-20, March 1974.

Risd Press May 3, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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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 May 4, 1974 included an article about student grades with faculty Merlin Szosz, letters to the editor, and RISD intramural softball. There also an article on the Committee on Faculty Appointments from the student viewpoint. Ads, classifieds, and events for RISD students were also mentioned.

Fred Spring 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Fred was a student publication published in Spring 1974 to highlight Illustration student work. It features graphic design work, comics, illustrations, photography, and sketches in a variety of styles.

Risd Press April 20, 1974, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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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 April 20, 1974 had an article about tuition increases, ads, classifieds and an article on the office of the dean of students. There also was an article about the timetable for the new building on the North Main Street parking lot.

Bergmann On Perceiving, Sensing, And Appearing, Dan D. Crawford

Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications

In this study I am going to present and discuss some of the central themes of Gustav Bergmann's theory of perception. I shall be concerned, however, only with "later Bergmann," that is, with the perceptual theory worked out in a series of essays in which Bergmann shifts from phenomenalism to a form of intentional realism. This label ("intentional realism") indicates the two dominant themes in Bergmann's later thought about perception: perceivings are analyzed as mental acts (thoughts) which are intentionally related to real and mind-independent objects and states of affairs. In a timely essay, " Intentionality" (1955) Bergmann presented an …

Criminal Attempt And The Theory Of The Law Of Crimes, Lawrence C. Becker

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

The Midwest Quarterly; Vol. 15 No. 3, F. N. Boney, Walter S. G. Kohn, Martin E. Spencer, Michael Paul Novak, Robert Bray, Harold P. Simonson, Joyce Benvenuto, Christopher Howells, Louis Phillips, David Bottoms, Gary Kerley, Norman Russell, Thom Tammaro, Maura Stanton, William Velde, Ronald Wallace, Peter D. Zivkovic, Midwest Quarterly Editors

The Midwest Quarterly: A Journal of Contemporary Thought

in this issue. . .

THIS APRIL 1974 issue of THE MIDWEST QUARTERLY testifies to our continued interest in a wide range of topics having in common a meaningful relation to contemporary thought. One and all, our authors speak in a contemporary voice and to contemporary concerns, whether they demythicize the Southern "aristocrat," discuss the politics of modem Austria or of our own country, argue for the preeminence of contemporary black poet Robert Hayden, spring to the defense of Hamlin Hill's iconoclastic study of a national literary idol, or in a manner reminiscent of the Geneva "Critics of Consciousness," define …