Browsing by Author "Burch, Robert W."

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    • An Interpretation Of Peirce's Existential Graphs 
      Mobley, Michele Anne (1987)
      The American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce has come to be regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern day logic. One of his most original contributions is the logical system called existential graphs. Through ...
    • The development of the use and comprehension of metaphor by pre-school children 
      Harris, Patricia Green (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1982)
      The purpose of this study is to investigate the child's use of metaphor, a topic not yet been pursued by linguists concerned with the acquisition of language. The first section of this study is a historical sketch of ...
    • Divine voluntarism: moral obligation supervenes on God's antecedent will 
      Nam, Mi Young (Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)
      Divine voluntarism (Divine command theory) is a series of theories that claim that God is prior to moral obligation and that moral obligation is determined by God's will. Divine voluntarism has to be formulated in a way ...
    • Four facets of the relation of tragedy to dialectic and the theme of crisis of expectations 
      Haris, Muhammad (2009-05-15)
      As a whole, this work serves to illuminate the tragic as a fundamental human phenomenon and an objective fact that is distinct not only from comedy and irony but from other forms of calamity and modes of failure. I consider ...
    • Peircean Interpretation of Postmodern Architecture 
      Takahashi, Iwao (2013-12-11)
      The influence of philosophy on architectural theory contributes to the formulation of architectural theory in the history of architecture. This relationship created the oscillation of architectural theory between rationalism ...
    • The possibility of free will: John Duns Scotus and William James on the will 
      Burke, Catherine Margaret (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)
      The two questions that motivate the present inquiry are: is it possible that human beings will freely, and what does free will make possible? John Duns Scotus and William James are two defenders of the possibility of free ...
    • Radical Democracy in the thought and work of Paulo Freire and Luis Villoro 
      Diaz, Kim (2012-07-16)
      This project explores democracy as a way of life (radical democracy) by drawing from both North and Latin American philosophers. I work with ideas from Paulo Freire (Brazil) and Luis Villoro (Mexico) to develop (a) a ...
    • Toward a normative theory of rationality 
      Stovall, Preston John (2009-05-15)
      This project offers an articulation of rationality in terms of normativity—that what it means to be acting rationally, in thought or in deed, can be understood via a notion of being bound or obliged to certain behaviors ...
    • The Varieties of Self-Knowledge 
      Kabeshkin, Anton Sergeevich (2012-07-16)
      In this thesis I consider the problem of the distinctiveness of knowledge of our own mental states and attitudes. I consider four influential approaches to this problem: the epistemic approach, the "no reasons view," the ...