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Book Review: The Man Who Tried To Save The World: The Dangerous Life And Mysterious Disappearance Of Fred Cuny By Scott Anderson, Rory J. Conces

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Occasionally a biography is written about an individual who is "cut" from a different piece of cloth than the of the rest of us. The Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny is such a biography. Scott Anderson. a war correspondent who has covered numerous connects around the world, tells the story of this most extraordinary humanitarian relief expert. Fred Cuny considered the interests of strangers to be more important than those of his own and eventually gave his life in the pursuit of rendering assistance to those who most needed …

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2000, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Don't Lump Press in with Media: Ted Gup Speaks about Journalism's Bad Press
• Thinking about Ethics: Quotable Quotes
• The Dark Days of France: A Look at Vichy Law, Part II
• Director's Corner: Not Allowed to Shrug by Robert P. Lawry
• News, Notes, and Events

(2000) The Psychodynamics Of Community Of Inquiry And Educational Reform: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Pavel Lushyn, David K. Kennedy

Collected Papers of David Kennedy

Community of inquiry is a ''whole" pedagogy, in that it recognizes the systemic nature of group process, the congruence of personal and social systems, and the identity-in-difference of thought and feeling, self and other, and individual and group. Above all it recognizes the fundamental urge-however tortuous and conflicted in its outworking-of both individual and social systems for self-actualizing transformation; for the chaotic passage to higher, both more inclusive and more diversified, levels of integration. In this regard it provides a deep-structural theory, not just for the democratic personality, but for democratic systems as well. It produces individuals who are capable …

(2000) Notes From The Field: Where Was The Doll Before It Was In The Dollmaker’S Mind?, David K. Kennedy, Matthew Schertz

Collected Papers of David Kennedy

The following discussion took place in November 1999, in a first-grade classroom at Edgemont School in Montclair, New Jersey. It was led by David Kennedy, a professor at Montclair State University, and Matthew Schertz, a doctoral student at lAPC, and transcribed by Andrew Kenny and Henry Minarick, who are Masters of Education students at Montclair State University.

Responding To Relativism, Humanism, And Religious Pluralism In The Secular University, Ed Christian

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Wittgenstein And The Grammar Of Physics: A Study Of Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1929-1930 Manuscripts And The Roots Of His Later Philosophy, Anton Alterman

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

In 1929 Wittgenstein began to work on the first philosophical manuscripts he had kept since completing the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (TLP) in 1918. The impetus for this was his conviction that the logic of the TLP was flawed: it was unable to account for the fact that a proposition that assigns a single value on a continuum to a simple object thereby excludes all assignments of different values to the object (the "color exclusion" problem). Consequently Wittgenstein's "atomic propositions" could not be logically independent of one another.

Initially he thought he could replace the "logically perfect language" of the TLP with …

Virtual Reality And The Modern Ideology Of Order And Control, Craig I. Murrihy

Theses : Honours

In this thesis I will examine the construction of the concept of Virtual Reality. I argue that rather than a technology of liberation as it is often perceived, virtual realities' conception has been influenced significantly by a discourse of control and order. I examine books, articles and films concerning Virtual Reality to support this claim. Furthermore this discourse of control and order is born out of a larger ideology of Western culture that values order and control. Throughout modernity this ideology has manifested itself through techniques and technologies of social and environmental control. I provide a brief historical outline highlighting …

Framed: Utilitarianism And Punishment Of The Innocent, Guyora Binder, Nicholas J. Smith

Journal Articles

This paper is a defense of utilitarian penology, against the familiar retributivist charge that it promotes framing the innocent, and other charges similarly depending on the notion that utilitarianism encourages officials to deceive the public. Our defense proceeds from the striking fact that utilitarianism's critics do not cite textual evidence that the originators of utilitarian penology in fact endorsed punishing the innocent or deceiving the public. Instead, critics claim that these unsavory policies follow logically from the premises of utilitarianism. Our argument, in brief, is that the charge of framing the innocent rests on a misunderstanding of utilitarian penology. We …

Review Of Jay Wood, Becoming Intellectually Virtuous, Jason Baehr

Philosophy Faculty Works

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Species, Timothy Shanahan

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Review: Personalism: A Critical Introduction, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

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"This Is Not A Christ": Nietzsche, Foucault, And The Genealogy Of Vision, Gary Shapiro

Philosophy Faculty Publications

There is nothing surprising about linking the names of Nietzsche and Foucault, something that Foucault himself frequently did. We know that the practices of archaeology and genealogy owe much to On the Genealogy of Morals; and in The Order of Things Foucault celebrates Nietzsche for being able to look beyond the epoch of "man and his doubles,'' thinking of the Obermensch as designating that which is beyond man, and for serving, along with Mallarme, as one of the prophets of the hegemony of language in the emerging episteme of the postmodern world. Here I want to focus on other affinities, …

Civilization Dialogue : A Comparison Between Al-Ghazzali And Mencius On The Concept Of A Perfect Man, Kuek Chee Wee Florence

Student Works (2000-2009)

This dissertation seeks to compare between Al-Ghazzali and Mencius on the concept of a perfect man. It is on the ground of comparing one of the most profound and original philosophical thoughts in Islam and Chinese Civilization respectively on the concept of perfect man that the pair is chosen. Both have left behind extensive literature expounding on man as their subject of study and both suggested that man have a perfectible nature. The dissertation traces the lives of Al-Ghazzali and Mencius in their respective historical background. The readers will be informed of the social and political climax as well as …

Dalil-Dalil Ibn Sina Dalam Membuktikan Wujud Tuhan, Rajab Selamat

Student Works (2000-2009)

Among the 'mutakallimin' (teolog). they inclined to use their own concept ' dalil' regarding nature as an evidence to prove the existence of God. This concept is based on the principle that nature was created by God as a symbol of 'Al-Mighty' (Keesaan) 'lradahNya yang azali'. Without his prior consent, the whole world of nature would not be a existence. With this concept. it reveals that this would is 'new' ie. From non-existence to existence, whilst Allah are caisidered 'qadim ' (Forever Will Remain). lbn Sina (w. 1037m) was among the 'failasur who quite disagree with this concept. To him, …

Suatu Kajian Pemikiran Politik Pra-Qin : Konfusious, Meng Zi, Dan Zun Zi, Liong Ngo Ling

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Pre-Qin Era refers to the period before the Qin Dynasty and the Era of Xia (1), Shang, Zhou, Chun Qiu and the Warring States. There was no concrete political thoughts yet during the era of Xia and Shang whereby the people still believed in Heaven and the many gods who governed their lives. Since Chun Qiu, the importance of God had been replaced gradually by the importance of the "Human's Self' after the introduction of Confucianism by Confucius and further expansion by Meng Zi and Xun Zi whereby the humanitarian aspects of the government and administration were stressed.

Konsepsi Manusia Menurut Pemikiran Al-Kindi, Shahibuddin Laming

Student Works (2000-2009)

The discussion in this thesis covers one major aspect of Abu Yusuf Ya'kub Ibn lshaq lbn Imran Ibn Ism"ail Ash'-ath Ibn Kaisy al-Kindi, namely, Conception of Man It embodies the title "Conception of Man according to Al-Kindi's Thought" . The discussion is divided into five chapters or sub-areas. In chapter one, the writer discusses the Introduction, problems, field of study, objectives, methodology, importance of Research and study of other references. In chapter two, the writer discusses a brief history of al-Kindi, his life, education, his works and its significance. Also, the writer provides a brief discussion on "Thought" and its …

An Epistemological And Methodological Study Of Technology Foresight, Choon Lee Chai

Student Works (2000-2009)

This research is an epistemological and methodological study of technology foresight. The low realisation rate (28%) of technology foresight has put into question as to whether foresight research is a scientific research, and whether foresight method is a scientific method. ln this research, the notion of scientific method is critically analysed. A comparison between physical and social science research is also made in order to highlight their basic similarities and differences. The Delphi method, which is the fundamental method of technology foresight, is epistemologically evaluated, particularly with regards to its basic assumptions and premises. Apart from the above, the research …

Victorian Philosophies Of Useless Work Versus Work For The Mind: Carlyle, Ruskin, Morris, And Marx, Marlaina Easton

Masters Theses

In my Thesis, I will investigate the dominant perceptions of work that spanned the Victorian Period. One of the most important authors of criticism dealing with work in the early part of the Victorian Period was Thomas Carlyle (1845). John Ruskin then became a counterpoint to Carlyle throughout the middle of the century (1862). And although he agreed with much of what Carlyle said, he brings new notions of work to the Victorian Period. William Morris then offered a completely different point of view on the issue of work at the latter part of the Victorian Period (1885). I will …

Fantasy And Purchasing Power: The World Wide Web As A Utopian Space And The New Capitalist Arena, Cheyla Samuelson

Faculty Publications

A review of The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory by Andrew Herman.