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One Lord, One Faith, Two Universities: Tension Between "Faith" And "Thought" At Byu, Scott Abbott Aug 1992

One Lord, One Faith, Two Universities: Tension Between "Faith" And "Thought" At Byu, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

No abstract provided.


The Polis Transfigured: Aristotle's Politics And Marx's Critique Of Hegel's Philosophy Of Right, David Depew Dec 1991

The Polis Transfigured: Aristotle's Politics And Marx's Critique Of Hegel's Philosophy Of Right, David Depew

David J Depew

No abstract provided.


Without You - Pop Vocal Solo, Keith D. Rowley Dec 1991

Without You - Pop Vocal Solo, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

A song composed in a soft-rock pop music style with words by Kristen N. Anderson.


Review Of Derek Bickerton, Language And Species, Barbara Johnstone, Henry W. Johnstone Jr. Dec 1991

Review Of Derek Bickerton, Language And Species, Barbara Johnstone, Henry W. Johnstone Jr.

Barbara Johnstone

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Who's Afraid Of Multiple Realizability?: Functionalism, Reductionism, And Connectionism, Justin Schwartz Dec 1991

Who's Afraid Of Multiple Realizability?: Functionalism, Reductionism, And Connectionism, Justin Schwartz

Justin Schwartz

Philosophers have argued that on the prevailing theory of mind, functionalism, the fact that mental states are multiply realizable or can be instantiated in a variety of different physical forms, at least in principle, shows that materialism or physical is probably false. A similar argument rejects the relevance to psychology of connectionism, which holds that mental states are embodied and and constituted by connectionist neural networks. These arguments, I argue, fall before reductios ad absurdam, proving too much -- they apply as well to genes, which are multiply realizable, but the reduction of which to DNA is one the core …


Peter Handke's Theatrical Works, Scott Abbott Dec 1991

Peter Handke's Theatrical Works, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

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The Semiotics Of Young Werther, Scott Abbott Dec 1991

The Semiotics Of Young Werther, Scott Abbott

Scott Abbott

No abstract provided.


The Myth Of Retributive Justice, Brian Slattery Dec 1991

The Myth Of Retributive Justice, Brian Slattery

Brian Slattery

In fairy tales, villains usually come to a bad end, snared in a trap of their own making, or visited with a disaster nicely suited to their particular villainy. Read a story of this kind to children and you will be struck by the profound satisfaction with which this predictable of events is greeted. Yet, if children cheer when the villain is done in, they are just as satisfied when the hero manages to get the villain by the throat but takes pity and spares him. These tales of retribution and mercy, even reduced to their barest bones, seem to …