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  • On the Conflation of the Concepts of Medicine and Health

    Creator:
    Tuten, Mavis I.
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    The concepts of medicine and health are becoming conflated. This can be seen in the language of medicine and health: medicine is discussed in terms of health and health in terms of medicine. A review of literature by medicine and health scholars gives evidence of the conflation and of its...
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    Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy, Philosophy, and Anthropology presented on

  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
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    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    sociology, economics, ethnology, anthro- pology, psychology, philosophy, critical theory, and

  • Stoicism, Enkrasia, and Happiness

    Creator:
    Bowman, John L.
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    Cicero wrote in Tusculan Disputations that we are born with the seeds of virtue which, if allowed to ripen, would lead us to a happy life (Cicero 227). However, as things are, we find ourselves in a world of "iniquity among a medley of wrong beliefs" that inhibits the ripening...
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     Philosophy, Philosophy, and History presented on   April 14, 2010  itle: T Stoicism, Enkrasia, and

  • A Feminist Celebrates the Rediscovery of Immanence

    Creator:
    Lockhart, Janet L.
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    I offer a personal and prehistoric exploration of the concept of immanence, the principle of a divine force living, remaining, and operating within living creatures, inherent in the human, including the female; a unifying force that connects humans to each other, to nature, and to the earth. I examine the...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Beckett, Barthelme, and Vonnegut : finding hope in meaninglessness

    Creator:
    Britten, Alex M.
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    This thesis is a study of the shifting philosophical trends in the works of Samuel Beckett, Donald Barthelme, and Kurt Vonnegut as representations of a greater shift from modernism to postmodernism. I have chosen to explore Beckett's plays Waiting for Godot and Krapp's Last Tape, Barthelme's short stories "Nothing: A...
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    himself. [Nietzsche’s] philosophy is meaningful for the age of anxiety because it is based upon a

  • To Express the Inexpressible: Poetry as Philosophy within Mystical Discourse

    Creator:
    Hyam, Jarrod
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    Within this thesis, I posit that poetry, rather than philosophical argument, is a more effective means of expressing and understanding the nature of mystical experiences. William James’ analysis of mysticism inspires the theoretical approach utilized in this thesis. An analysis of the unique qualities of poetic language within mystical discourse...
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    degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Philosophy

  • Functional analysis of novel β-catenin mutants

    Creator:
    Al-Fageeh, Mohamed B.
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    β-catenin is a multi functional protein that is involved in cell-cell adhesion and cell signaling. In non-stimulated cells, β-catenin is tightly down-regulated by GSK-3β-dependent phosphorylation at Ser and Thr residues, followed by rapid ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. It is well established that mutations within the regulatory GSK-3β region lead to...
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    Masters Thesis

  • Expression & identity : the word made flesh

    Creator:
    Beach, J. M.
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    This essay is an exploration of identity formation and expression. Humanity's identity formations create the orientations and languages with which we use to create our knowledge and understanding of the surrounding external environment (both social and physical) and our internal environment (psychological). This essay traces the sources of identity formation...
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    , philosophy, religion, and psychology. Identity's value lies in its personal and communal modes of expression

  • Living specimens for biology teaching in western Oregon high schools

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    Bates, Ruth Anne, 1905-
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    Living specimens for biology teaching in western Oregon

  • A study of the trends in the teaching of general biology in the high school

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    Green, Bernice Harriet
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    peole. It is onl natural that the teaching of biology based upon educational theory and philosophy