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example, in his Art as Experience (1934) he explained that he understood art as the experience of focusing on the production of ob...
are expressive, specifically facial changes that occur in response to particular situations are essentially the activation of emot...
of moral responsibility, freedom of action, individual effort and aspiration" (Frost, 1962, p. 50). While a pure empiricist wou...
observed between blacks and mainstream society. What we are observing in modern day society in regard to the refusal of cer...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
yet another book, Annemarie Schimmels "Rumis World". William James lectured and wrote on what he referred to as "natural re...
memory of past events. He explains that he will not be a narrator, "I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion t...
almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...
Quiet was largely to dispel nationalistic fantasies about warfare and depict WWI in realistic fashion as perceived by the common G...
into the Constitution, thus making it impossible to legislate against virtually anything-"doctor-assisted suicide? Or drug use? Or...
II). This relation may be "moral, physical, or ritual" depending upon the person, and thus it provides the basis from which "theol...
photographs and extensively explaining them" Women in History, 2007). Her subjects of sculpting were often individuals she felt we...
infinite substance: God, "the universal essence or nature of everything that exists" (Wozniak, 1995). Spinoza (1997) persevered a...
noted, one must remember that what Pepper presents is not just a theory about conspiracy, but information and facts that were supp...
In seven pages a Girardian perspective is applied to an examination of Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. Three sources are cit...
In six pages this paper examines William James' philosophy of human nature with religion a primary focus. Four sources are cited ...
104 degrees Fahrenheit might be a much more favorable temperature for truths to germinate and sprout in than the more ordinary blo...
"one of the first" hed "seen with the new-style rotating gumball-machine light, so that fascinated me. Every morning, this red-fac...
consider the fact that when one stretches his ethical judgment and attempts to justify an immoral act, it can be argued that there...
In nine pages this paper examines how war's compelling themes are depicted in the literary works the Bhagavad Gita and the writing...
indescribable evil. Symbols always present another layer to a story, as well as another realm for questioning. Hawthornes repea...
In five pages this paper examines the gender relationships featured in 'A Rose for Emily' by William Faulkner, 'Ligeia' by Edgar A...
The phenomenology philosophies of Charles Pierce and William James are contrasted and compared in five pages. Two sources are cit...
In ten pages this paper examines William James' works as they pertain to life and ethics with suffering among the topics discussed...
are the core of moral tradition as defined within the context of societal constraints. Most people associate moral tradition with...
In five pages literary modernism is defined and then illustrated in such works as James Joyce's 'The Dead' from Dubliners, 'The G...
In eight pages this paper discusses how love is expressed within such literary works as Songs of Innocence and Experience by Willi...
Durang's satire of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie is considered in this report of five pages in which the author's succes...
In five pages this paper examines the William Henry Harrison biography by James Hall in an overview of how the author approaches H...
In twelve pages this research paper examines the evolution of pluralism in a consideration of such philosophies as David Hume's em...