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Full Issue 1999 (Volume Ii)

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

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Irrigating Deserts: C.S. Lewis On Education, Joel D. Heck

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

This paper explores C.S. Lewis’s experiences with education and, while his views on education aren’t clearly known, how he presented an approach to education through his writings.

Stealing Past Watchful Dragons: The Aesthetic As Apologetic In The Fiction Of C.S. Lewis, Eric Maxfield

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

C.S. Lewis is well known for his significant contributions to the field of apologetics, continuing to be quoted innumerable times both for what he says and how well he says it. This paper examines how well he uses the aesthetics of writing in his apologetics.

Past The Ravening Lion Of Presentism: C.S. Lewis In The Next Century, Richard Hill

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

One of C.S. Lewis’s pet peeves was the phenomenon he called “chronological snobbery,” a concept other writers have termed “presentism.” The notion involves the smug certainty that today’s idea on anything are automatically improvements on what people in the past thought on the same subjects. This paper examines the concepts of presentism and how it relates to Lewis and current culture.

Examining Eustace's Transformation And Its Mythic Antecedents In The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, Devin Brown

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

This paper examines the transformation of Eustace and the redemption of his character in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Gender And Inklings Friendship, Candice Frederick, Sam Mcbride

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

This paper discusses C.S. Lewis’s views on women and friendship between the sexes.

George Macdonald On The Logic Of Faith, Barbara Amell

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

Although not often called a philosopher, George MacDonald’s writings reflect repeated attempts to apply logic to faith. This paper traces this theme throughout his various works to demonstrate that he was largely successful in his efforts to provide the public with reasons to believe.

C.S. Lewis: The Abolition Of Man, Christopher Horton

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

In The Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis calls the natural, moral law of the universe by the name Tao. This essay seeks to define Lewis’s idea of the Tao, demonstrate where the principle of the Tao is reinforced in Lewis’s fictional works, and conclude with Lewis’s ‘prophetical’ warnings to modern humanity’s rebellion against the Tao.

The Necessity Of Doubt In George Macdonald's Within And Without, James Washick

Inklings Forever: Published Colloquium Proceedings 1997-2016

While the Scottish author George MacDonald is currently remembered as a writer of fiction and fantasy, in his own time he was well known for his poetry as well, even preferring to think of himself as a poet rather than a novelist. This paper examines his poetry, focusing on the theme of doubt and its role in the life of a Christian.

If Deliberative Democracy Is The Solution, What Is The Problem?, Emily Hauptmann

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented March 18, 1999 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.

Sagp Newsletter 1999-2000.2 November, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

Announcement of the SAGP panels with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in Boston, December 28, 1999, and with the American Philological Association in Dallas, December 28, 1999.

Bonjour, Kant, And The 'A Priori', Kurt Mosser

Philosophy Faculty Publications

In his 1985 The Structure of Empirical Knowledge, Laurence BonJour presented a compelling and articulate defense of a coherence theory of knowledge. Following what he called a “dialectical” strategy, he began by indicating the central issue at stake: the justification of empirical knowledge claims. He then argued that no available foundationalist or coherentist account could provide that justification, and that all such attempts either end in sheer dogmatism, or succumb to skepticism. After a lengthy critical discussion, he turned to developing a argument for his own view, combining a correspondence theory of truth with a coherence theory of justification. He …

Mixed Media October 15, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The October 15, 1999 issue includes articles on police-student relations, the Mt. Hope Learning Center, wrestling, the movie American Beauty, interview with people from the NBC daytime drama "Passions", along with the comic "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, "Ben" by Frenzer, "One Dark Night" by Tim Finn, paper doll series, event notices, and other announcements.

Belief Or 'Belief': Rush Rhees On Religious Belief Language, Todd R. Long

Philosophy

The recent book Rush Rhees on Religion and Philosophy contains a stimulating collection of writin~s by Rush Rhees on a variety of topics in the philosophy of religion. Comprising accounts of personal, religious and moral struggles, these essays provide a refreshing change from the often dry, overly technical approach to philosophy writing. Despite spanning more than thirty years, Rhees' s essays disclose a fairly consistent philosophy .of religion with a clear emphasis. Since he was Wittgenstein's student and long-time friend as well as a literary executor ofWittgenstein's writings, it is not surprising that Rhees's comments on the philosophy of religion …

Gun Control, Hugh Lafollette

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Presented October 22, 1998 for the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society.

Meaning, Creativity And The Partial Inscrutability Of The Human Mind, By Julius Moravcsik, Robert Stainton

Philosophy Publications

No abstract provided.

Concerned Philosophers For Peace, Vol. 19, No. 2, Concerned Philosophers For Peace

Concerned Philosophers for Peace

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Review Of A Measured Pace: Toward A Philosophical Understanding Of Dance By Francis Sparshott, Curtis L. Carter

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 1, 1999, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• A Look at Vichy Law
• Notice: The Center Launches Website
• Director's Corner: Tinkering with the Machinery of Death by Robert P. Lawry
• Ethics Events
• Ethics Updates
• News and Notes

A Phenomenological Inquiry Into The Nature Of The Sacred, Ana Maria Janssen

Institute for the Humanities Theses

There is good reason to believe that sacred experience is available to all humans. Yet the question of the sacred is frequently reduced to a debate between believers of various religions. As the focus of contention narrows, the ubiquity of sacred experience is neglected. Keeping this in mind, this analysis of the sacred confines itself strictly to the phenomenon of the sacred as a human experience, without confirming or denying the existence of a god or the veracity of any system of belief. Heidegger's Phenomenology is a useful model for such an analysis precisely because it lays aside conjecture about …

Theistic Ethics : Toward A Christian Solution, David J. Baggett

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Eros And Transgression In An Age Of Immanence: Georges Bataille’S (Religious) Critique Of Kinsey, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper explores the religious implications of eroticism in Western culture since the Sexual Revolution, a period at once applauded for its open and immanent view of sexuality and denounced for its shamelessness and promiscuity. After discussing the work and effects of Alfred C. Kinsey, the father of the Sexual Revolution, I focus on a critical appraisal of Kinsey written by French theorist Georges Bataille (“Kinsey, the Underworld and Work,” in L’Erotisme, 1957). Bataille situates contemporary Western sexuality within a larger historical movement towards the “desacralization” of all aspects of human life: sex, under the scientific gaze of the Kinsey …

Reconsidering Scholasticism, Howard P. Kainz

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

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Mixed Media September 15, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 15, 1999 issue includes articles on student protests, the art exhibit "Sensation" in Art Exhibit in Brooklyn and how it relates to protests and activism, memorial pages for lost students in the past five months, along with the comics "Ben" by Frenzer, "Foamy" by T. Tumbleby, "Adventures in Real Life" by Adam Swaab, illustrations by Brie, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media September 5, 1999, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 5, 1999 issue includes articles on the RISD Queer Student Union, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, Oldsmobiles, a new student gallery "Win," orientation FAQs, and an interview with provost Joe Deal, along with the comics "happy trail" by Mark Hoffmann and "Die" by Paul, event notices, and other announcements.

Ibpp Research Associates: Azerbaijan, Government Of Azerbaijan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article involves fragments of the English language version of the constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic- -in force since November 27, 1995. The full version of the document is currently available at https://en.president.az/azerbaijan/constitution.

The following articles from the Azerbaijani constitution are listed, complete with text from the document:

• Article 72. Principal Obligations of Citizens.
• Article 73. Taxes and other State Duties.
• Article 74. Loyalty to Homeland.
• Article 75. Respect For State Symbols.
• Article 76. Defense of Homeland.
• Article 77. Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments.
• Article 78. Environmental Protection.
• Article 79. Prohibition to Execute Responsibilities Contradicting The Law.
• Article …

Review: Systematic Theology: An Introduction To Biblical Doctrine, James A. Borland

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Attitudes Concerning Euthanasia Among Protestant Denominations, Greg Morgan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this research was to uncover differences in attitudes among Protestant denominations concerning euthanasia. Variations in attitudes were viewed using social theories of religion by Emile Dukheim, Max Weber, Charles Glock, and Rodney Stark. These theories were used to establish a basis for variation among the Protestant denominations on social issues. A questionnaire was given to four Protestant Churches in a mid-sized city in Kentucky during the Spring of 1999. The sample of 134 respondents represented six different Protestant denominations. Logistic regression and factor analysis were used to analyze the data. Results suggest that pro-euthanasia attitudes are positively …

Human Cloning And Donum Vitae, Alexander J. Lozano

The Linacre Quarterly

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Self-Trust And Reproductive Autonomy, Carolyn Mcleod

Philosophy Publications

In this thesis. I give a theory of the nature of self-trust and an explanation of its role in autonomous decision-making. We tend to think of trust as essentially interpersonal which casts doubt on the coherence of the concept of self-trust. Drawing on patients' experiences in reproductive medicine. I argue that self-trust is a meaningful as well as a useful concept. I provide autobiographical sketches of a number of women's experiences. supplemented by my own observations made while doing a clinical practicum in reproductive medicine, to illustrate that what many women feel toward themselves in a variety of reproductive health …