Browsing by Subject "William James"
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This research explores how investigative techniques of interrogation destroy a subject’s sense of self and guide them to make inculpatory statements or confessions to be used in a Court of Law. The main theory to be used ...
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(2018-07-11)In this manuscript I widen the interpretive parameters of Alfred North Whitehead’s thought in an effort to make his philosophy more readily available to concerns it is not usually taken to address, such as those that define ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)This thesis examines the rhetoric of Louis D. Brandeis in light of pragmatism-specifically, the philosophical pragmatism of William James and John Dewey. While a number of scholars claim that pragmatism has nothing to offer ...
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(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 ...
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(2020-02-11)Ritzer’s theory of the McDonaldization of society in general and of education in particular is firmly established in the field of sociology, but has not been used to inform research in ESL (English as a second language) ...
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(2021-04-14)This dissertation recontextualizes a variety of sociological theorists and places them into conversation with the medium of video games. The primary aim of this dissertation is to bring a sociological perspective or lens ...