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Beyond free will: an empirical case for a capacity model of human agency

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Helzer, Erik G.

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Although the question of free will has persisted throughout the history of philosophy as an important metaphysical consideration, rarely does the inquiry include empirical evidence from other disciplines concerned with human behavior. In this interdisciplinary paper, I combine the wisdom of psychologists, metaphysicians, and philosophers of science to comment on...

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Honors College Thesis

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Erik G. Helzer for the degree of Honors Baccalaureate of Arts in Philosophy and Psychology presented on
The utility of playfulness in terms of innovation and productivity for business and a life of learning

Creator:

Adams, Jason S.

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The purpose of this project was to investigate play and our cultural assumptions as to its usefulness or lack there of. The concepts of hard work versus hard play were explored in order to discover when human beings are operating at their best. In terms of innovation and productivity in...

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Honors College Thesis
In search of ecological advantages : Mycorrhizal facilitation of big huckleberry Vaccinium membranaceum (Doug.)

Creator:

Stocking, Peter

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Temperate evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest support big huckleberries (Vaccinium membranaceum) despite their nutrient impoverished soils. Acquisition of nitrogen and phosphorous are the major nutrients limiting V. membranaceum. The plant’s access to these resources is linked to their mycorrhizal symbiosis. To learn more about the symbionts of eriaceous plants...

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Undergraduate Thesis

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and 1500 m in both the Pacific Silver fir and Mountain Hemlock zones of Oregon and Washington (Stark