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Richmond, Alasdair M. "Some varieties of scientific anti-realism, classical and contemporary." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1998. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk/R?func=search-advanced-go&find_code1=WSN&request1=AAIU113099.
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Methodology: to offer a dissertation in two halves; the first of which being a taxonomic account of essential doctrines from four of the most characteristic empiricist scientific anti-realists. Locke and Berkeley represent classical empiricism, and Bas van Fraassen and Nancy Cartwright represent the moderns. The taxonomy addresses primarily three sets of issues, namely causation, theoretical entities and inference to the best explanation, stressing the plurality of concerns and approaches possible within an anti-realist framework. The second half then applies some of the lessons learned from the study of earlier forms of anti-realism and offers a critique of inference to the best explanation and its role in science. The aim is to set up a form of empiricist anti-realism which is heedful of the anti-metaphysical programme of positivism, but which is more accommodating to inferences to theoretical entities and less absolutist in its strictures on representation and reference. Part Two addresses various topics within empiricist responses to science, ranging from a critique of uses of epistemic privilege in the justification of inference to the best explanation, to an attempt to apply ideas from artificial life-style emergent simulations of living behaviour as a model of the inference to theoretical entities. Finally, the thesis concludes with an attempt (inspired by van Fraassen's 'Gentle Polemics'), to relate (and thereby criticise), the realist's demand for an explanation of the success of science to anthropic arguments of similar form used to explain the simplicity of nature.
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Sznajderhaus, Nahuel. "Realism and intertheory relationships : interstructuralism, closed theories and the quantum-classical limit." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2016. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16149/.
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Today there is no agreement on which, if any, of the several known realist interpretations of quantum mechanics is the correct one, and disagreement on this matter is not merely verbal, but substantial. However, I will show that the interpretations share a common aim: to recover the classical world given that it is quantum. This aim responds to implicit and well-entrenched philosophical intuitions that can be phrased in terms of intertheory relations, traditionally involving theory reduction, in philosophy, and the quantum-classical limit, in the foundations of physics. However, not one of those notions is free from controversies, and many contest that there is a smooth transition from the quantum to the classical. Hence, the account of the relationship between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics is an unresolved problem, and the philosophical character of the underlying framework can be contested. This thesis will offer a critical analysis of current well-known realist interpretations and will also put forward an alternative framework. I will critically examine traditional views on intertheory relations and the recent view of interstructuralism. My main claim will be that the role of intertheory relations is overrated, because a more basic question has to be answered first: 'what is a quantum system?'. That will motivate my novel view. I will critically evaluate and defend an alternative view based on the philosophy of Werner Heisenberg. The view proposes that physical theories should be regarded as "closed" systems. This has immediate implications for how we should understand intertheory relations in general, as well as scientific realism in particular. My view will appear radical in comparison to traditional views of quantum mechanics. Yet, I will examine fruitful comparison with forms of realism such as perspectivism and metaphysical pluralism. I shall conclude with indications for future work.
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Cooper, James A., and res cand@acu edu au. "The Cognitive Anatomy of Moral Understanding and the Moral Education Question: A study in the philosophy of moral education." Australian Catholic University. School of Religious Education, 2008. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp180.20112008.
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This study investigates the problem of contemporary interpretations of the moral education question, as informed by rival moral-philosophical and epistemological traditions. In this study, the moral education question is taken to mean, ‘What educational form and content may best assist students in becoming ethically minded and morally good people?’ Accordingly, this necessitates a consideration of what is meant by morality and what are the central characteristics of the moral life (i.e. moral philosophical perspectives), as well as how such accounts of morality are seen to relate to the educational aims of knowledge and intellectual development (i.e. underlying epistemology).This study shows that current interpretations of moral education (as efforts to ‘teach values’) are predominantly informed by the ‘juridical ethical tradition,’which, in turn, is underpinned by a distinctive epistemology (or ‘Juridicalism’).The thesis proposes that Juridicalism is philosophically contestable because it leads to a partially distorted conception of the moral life and hence of moral education. Generally, by regarding the cognitive dimensions of moral thought and action as separate from and independent of the emotional-volitional dimensions, Juridicalism is an obstacle to understanding the proper moral educational task of schools. Notably, Juridicalism leads to a questionable emphasis on the importance of ‘values’, as expressed in generally agreed rules and principles, as opposed to particular and substantive moral judgements.A critique of Juridicalism is developed, focussing on its underlying conception of human reason as inspired by a distinctly Modern mind-body/world dualism argue that the fragmented and reductive epistemology of Juridicalism signals the need for a richer and more variegated theory of cognition, marked specifically by an integrated anthropology and substantive theory of reason. Further, such an epistemology is located in the realist philosophy of classical antiquity particularly within the Aristotelian tradition. I propose a defence of what I call ‘Classical Realism’, in contrast to Juridicalism, highlighting its distinctively integrated account of the mind/soul and body/world relationship, and substantive conception of practical rationality or moral understanding. Classical Realism also makes central the notion of knowledge as ‘vision’ in order to explain how the rational and affective dimensions of human nature come together in moral thought and action. Finally, the moral education question is reconsidered in light of the visional ethical perspective emerging from Classical Realism. In this light I interpret the moral education question as a matter of nurturing the (intellectual) capacity for and habit of correct vision and, relatedly, moral judgement. Further, this task is shown to be vitally connected with the school’s focus on developing knowledge and the intellect through the teaching of traditional academic and practical disciplines. Some initial comments are made concerning the pedagogical implications of such an interpretation, while some associated challenges and questions for further research are highlighted.
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Sandin, David. "From De Beauvoir to Butler : How gendered categories have been used in five classical texts on gender." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, SV, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-6416.
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The focus of this thesis is to investigate how gender related concepts have used in practice from Simone De Beauvoir’s “The second sex”, to Judith Butler’s “Bodies that matters”. The other texts used are “the traffic in women” by Gayle Rubin, “Gender: an ethnomethodological approach” by Suzanne Kessler and Wendy McKenna and “Gender and power” by Robert Connell. In my theoretical part I use the idea that categories are human inventions, that no categories including those important to the gender issue are more correct than any other and that the usefulness of categories can only be measured by the usefulness of the theories attached to them. I am also inspired by the theory of critical realism that claims that research must focus on the internal mechanisms that causes the effects that we are observing. The method used is an adaptation of philosophical conceptual analysis where I have analyzed how gender related concepts such as “men” and “women” are used in my empirical material. The focus was to create an understanding of how gender categories where used in the texts that I where analyzing. There is also a metatheoretical approach where the empirical material is used in order to get an understanding on how to create new theories. The conclusions of this thesis is that the theoretical concept of gender has developed from a description of how social forces affected people in the category “women” different from those in the category “men” to a more and more intricate philosophical and theoretical discussion of how to understand and analyze this difference. The second conclusion is that all the authors of my material are struggling with how the relation between the sexed\gendered bodies and the social characteristics of men and women should be explained. This leads to a number of problematic conclusions that I claim can be solved by not using specific theories about gender but instead focusing on general social theories based on causality and internal relations that explains the phenomena that are studied.
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Zhang, Xiansheng. "A REALIST INTERPRETATION OF U.S.RELATIONS WITH CHINA." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2010. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2404.
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Realism theory provides the most powerful explanation for the state of war and the rise and fall of great powers. It expounds the important concepts and themes like national sovereignty, security, survival, interests, balance of power, balance of terror, alliance, dominance, hegemony and polarity. Realism can be classified as classical realism, structural realism and neoclassical realism. In recent years, liberalism, globalism and constructivism also have greatly influenced academics and policy-makers under the new phenomena of globalization and terrorism. This paper explores how classical realism theory has been applied to and revealed in the issue of American policy towards China. The past years of U.S. relations with China have been marked by many wars and diplomatic issues that bear important messages for contemporary policy-makers. Based upon the most representative incidents in the chronicles, this paper categorizes American relations with China into three periods: period one, from commercialism in 1784 to imperialism in 1899; period two, from dominance in 1900 to confrontation in 1949; Period three, from enemies in 1950 to competitors in 2009. From a brief retrospective of major events that occurred, it is concluded that most incidents are related to national interest and power issues, while only several cases are about ideological disputes. The emergence of China as an economic power within the last few years will shape the world as much as the United States in the late 19th century. As America is the world s greatest power and China is the world s greatest emerging power, the relationship between these two countries will largely determine the history of the twenty-first century. History teaches that such power transitions are inherently fraught with dangers and opportunities. Thus, it would serve the interests of the United States to rethink its relationship with China and make its policies more global and focused on the long term. No matter what happens in China, American policy towards that country should be guided by a clear and firm sense of American national interests.M.A.
Department of Political Science
Sciences
Political Science MA
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Yilmaz, Zeliha Burcu. "How Does Consciousness Exist?a Comparative Inquiry On Classical Empiricism And William James." Master's thesis, METU, 2001. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607646/index.pdf.
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William James denies consciousness as an entity and this rejection lies in the background of my thesis. I searched the main reasons for this rejection in his philosophy. Throughout this search, I perceived two modes of existence of consciousness, that is active and passive. As James improves his thoughts on consciousness over the main arguments of classical empiricists, I explained his radical empiricism and pragmatism in relation to them. It is difficult to answer whether we are completely active or passive in the ways of our thinking and behaving. However, although it includes some problems and inconsistencies, James&rsquos philosophy presents a more plausible explanation of our thinking than rationalism and empiricism, since it can appreciate the changes of our life in an unfinished world of pure experience. Therefore, my inquiry into the existence of consciousness in James depends on this plausibility of the main characteristics of radical empiricism in connection with the classical empiricists.
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Yilmaz, Zeliha burcu. "How does consciousness exist? a comparative inquiry on classical empiricism and william james." Master's thesis, METU, 2006. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12607658/index.pdf.
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William James denies consciousness as an entity and this rejection lies in the background of my thesis. I searched the main reasons for this rejection in his philosophy. Throughout this search, I perceived two modes of existence of consciousness, that active and passive. As James improves his thoughts on consciousness over the main arguments of classical empiricists, I explained his radical empiricism and pragmatism in relation to them. It is difficult to answer whether we are completely active or passive in the ways of our thinking and behaving. However, although it includes some problems and inconsistencies, James’
s philosophy presents a more plausible explanation of our thinking than rationalism and empiricism, since it can appreciate the changes of our life in an unfinished world of pure experience. Therefore, my inquiry into the existence of consciousness in James depends on this plausibility of the main characteristics of radical empiricism in connection with the classical empiricists.
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Smith, Keith. "The total neglect of power : E.H. Carr's classical realism and American power in the northern Persian Gulf, 1943-2003." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2012. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18691.
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In 2003 the United States, in conjunction with a coalition of the willing, invaded Iraq and deposed Saddam Hussein. This use of force to reshape order, in other words militarism, is often seen as a unique event, which was generated by the particular circumstances of 9/11, the Presidency of George W. Bush and the ideological outlook of his principal advisers. In reality, however, the use of force in Iraq is one case in a broader pattern of American militarism in the northern Gulf countries of Iraq and Iran. This research is concerned with understanding the factors that have generated American militarism in this region. The aim is to consider whether the policies of the George W. Bush administration, in particular the Iraq War, are consistent with the wider history of America's regional policy. Engaging with recent developments in the realist intellectual tradition, this thesis employs the classical realist perspective of E.H. Carr to enhance neoclassical realist explanation s for America's actions. A detailed analysis of primary documents, in combination with the use of secondary sources for current eras, is employed to illustrate how episodes of nationalist, statist and Islamic revolution have contoured American foreign policy. The analysis illustrates the historical importance that the United States has attached to the balance of power in the northern Gulf. The use of force has been employed when revolutionary actors and forces, which the United States has been unable to influence through alternative means, threatened to or did disrupt the balance of power and challenge America's regional interests. From this perspective, this thesis suggests that the war in Iraq was not as unrealistic as some realists contend; rather at its core, the war was concerned with balancing against Iran. The research concludes, therefore, that although the scope of Bush's militarism may have been unique, its causes seem entirely consistent with America's historic balance of power policy in the northern Gulf.
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Salimzade, Samir. "Internal and External Factors Shaping Russia’s Foreign Policy towards the Baltic States." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23120.
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This thesis discusses one of the most serious security challenges faced by the Baltic states since regaining their independence. This security challenge is a product of Russia’s assertive foreign policy towards its western neighbours, which has intensified after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. In order to understand the rationale behind the Kremlin’s policy in the region, the thesis aims to analyse how internal and external factors shape the foreign policy of Russia towards the Baltic states. By taking neo-classical realism as its theoretical framework, the thesis uses mixed research methods for collecting data and applies qualitative content analysis to analyse the three main factors that shape Russia’s Baltic policy. The thesis identifies that NATO’s actions in the anarchic international system raise security threats towards Russia. This shapes Putin’s threat perceptions and compels him to react with counteractions, and since the foreign policy in Russia is concentrated mainly in the hands of the president, his perceptions are decisive. Nevertheless, Putin is dependent on Russians’ support and exploits nationalist feelings of the Russian population to pursue his foreign policy. The thesis concludes that the combination of these three factors makes Russia’s foreign policy towards the Baltic states more aggressive.
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Deksnys, Domininkas. "The Disguised Variable - The Influence of Russian Elite Clans on Russian Foreign Policy." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21399.
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This paper analyzes the influence of Russian elite clans on Russian foreign policy-making. The goal of this paper is to discover the missing link that connects the changes in the International System to the formation of Russian foreign policy, more specifically the Russo-Georgian War, the occupation of Crimea, and the intervention in Syria. Therefore, the theory of neo-classical realism is applied to a systematic process analysis in order to trace the chain of causal relations in which the struggle of elite clans influences foreign policy-making. The combination of neo-realism and state capacity analysis complements the approach of neo-classical realism. This paper argues that the beliefs of the elite clans play an important role in shaping Russia’s foreign policy. The elite clans struggle to establish themselves and consolidate their power within the Russian government structures, which affected the shift from pragmatism and a multipolar approach to a transimperialist approach in Russian foreign policy.
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Cowan, David Fraser. "The best sin to commit : a theological strategy of Niebuhrian classical realism to challenge the Religious Right and neoconservative advancement of manifest destiny in American foreign policy." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4202.
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While few would deny America is the most powerful nation on earth, there is considerable debate, and controversy, over how America uses its foreign policy power. This is even truer since the “unipolar moment,” when America gained sole superpower status with the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. In the Cold War Reinhold Niebuhr was the main theological voice speaking to American power. In the Unipolar world, the Religious right emerged as the main theological voice, but instead of seeking to curb American power the Religious right embraced Neoconservatism in what I will call “Totemic Conservatism” to support use of America's power in the world and to triumph Manifest destiny in American foreign policy, which is the notion that America is a chosen nation, and this legitimizes its use of power and underpins its moral claims. I critique the Niebuhrian and Religious right legacies, and offer a classical realist strategy for theology to speak to America power and foreign policy, which avoids the neoconservative and religious conservative error of totemism, while avoiding the jettisoning of Niebuhr's theology by political liberals, and, the political ghettoizing of theology by his chief critics. This strategy is based on embracing the understanding of classical realism, but not taking the next step, which both Niebuhr and neoconservativism ultimately do, of moving from a prescriptive to a predictive strategy for American foreign policy. In this thesis, I argue that in the wake of the unipolar moment the embrace of the Religious right of Neoconservatism to triumph Manifest destiny in American foreign policy is a problematic commingling of faith and politics, and what is needed instead is a strategy of speaking to power rooted in classical realism but one which refines Niebuhrian realism to avoid the risk of progressing a Constantinian theology.
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Cahill, James Matthew. "The classical in the contemporary : contemporary art in Britain and its relationships with Greco-Roman antiquity." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2018. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/271333.
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From the viewpoint of classical reception studies, I am asking what contemporary British art (by, for example, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, and Mark Wallinger) has to do with the classical tradition – both the art and literature of Greco-Roman antiquity. I have conducted face-to-face interviews with some of the leading artists working in Britain today, including Lucas, Hirst, Wallinger, Marc Quinn, and Gilbert & George. In addition to contemporary art, the thesis focuses on Greco-Roman art and on myths and modes of looking that have come to shape the western art historical tradition – seeking to offer a different perspective on them from that of the Renaissance and neoclassicism. The thesis concentrates on the generation of artists known as the YBAs, or Young British Artists, who came to prominence in the 1990s. These artists are not renowned for their deference to the classical tradition, and are widely regarded as having turned their backs on classical art and its legacies. The introduction asks whether their work, which has received little scholarly attention, might be productively reassessed from the perspective of classical reception studies. It argues that while their work no longer subscribes to a traditional understanding of classical ‘influence’, it continues to depend – for its power and provocativeness – on classical concepts of figuration, realism, and the basic nature of art. Without claiming that the work of the YBAs is classical or classicizing, the thesis sets out to challenge the assumption that their work has nothing to do with ancient art, or that it fails to conform to ancient understandings of what art is. In order to do this, the thesis analyses contemporary works of art through three classical ‘lenses’. Each lens allows contemporary art to be examined in the context of a longer history. The first lens is the concept of realism, as seen in artistic and literary explorations of the relationship between art and life. This chapter uses the myth of Pygmalion’s statue as a way of thinking about contemporary art’s continued engagement with ideas of mimesis and the ‘real’ which were theorised and debated in antiquity. The second lens is corporeal fragmentation, as evidenced by the broken condition of ancient statues, the popular theme of dismemberment in western art, and the fragmentary body in contemporary art. The final chapter focuses on the figurative plaster cast, arguing that contemporary art continues to invoke and reinvent the long tradition of plaster reproductions of ancient statues and bodies. Through each of these ‘lenses’, I argue that contemporary art remains linked, both in form and meaning, to the classical past – often in ways which go beyond the stated intentions of an artist. Contemporary art continues to be informed by ideas and processes that were theorised and practised in the classical world; indeed, it is these ideas and processes that make it deserving of the art label.
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McCombie, Duncan. "Classical mimesis : literary problems in fiction and reality." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.399438.
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Webster, David Neil. "Human rights and U.S. policy in Central America : a classical realist view." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.285777.
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Burley, Mikel Mason. "Metaphysics and soteriology in classical Samkhya and Yoga : a non-realist interpretation." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/747134dc-2c39-4276-bf33-49131dbb9143.
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Junior, Roberto Loureiro. "Jacinto, Fradique e Gonçalo: impasses oitocentistas sob o olhar do último Eça." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2009. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1044.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de JaneiroA fase conhecida como o último Eça é um período controvertido na obra de Eça de Queirós. A ilustre casa de Ramires (1900), A cidade e as Serras (1901) e A correspondência de Fradique Mendes (1900) são, geralmente, consideradas obras menores. Há quem veja em Gonçalo Ramires um personagem vazio; para outros, a saga de Jacinto é uma obra reacionária; e apenas Fradique Mendes desfruta de maior simpatia nos estudos queirosianos. No entanto, nos estudos mais recentes, há uma recuperação deste período e, para esses pesquisadores, tais obras apontam uma nova postura ideológica do autor que, através de elementos históricos, simbólicos e míticos, conduz a um diálogo com os temas e os valores mais discutidos da cultura européia naquele final de século. Com esses elementos, Eça expõe nas três obras a necessidade de a sociedade adotar uma postura de originalidade no pensar visando à independência intelectual e à eliminação de conceitos caducos. Assim, essas três obras são vistas neste trabalho como uma trilogia, e os três protagonistas representam três propostas de Eça de Queirós: Gonçalo é o português rural que busca no passado a força para mudar; Jacinto é o português cosmopolita que retorna às origens para, de modo singular, pôr-se em diálogo com o seu país e o mundo que conhecera na capital do século XIX (Paris); Fradique é o português global que circula à vontade pelos continentes, mas não deixa de amar Portugal. A trilogia apresenta propostas para um novo século: livrar o homem das amarras que o atavam ao nacionalismo romântico, à crença cega na ciência, ao poder da igreja e aos grandes sistemas filosóficos
The phase known as the ultimate Eça is a controversial period at Eça de Queiros opus. A ilustre Casa de Ramires (1900; translated as The illustrious House of Ramires), A cidade e as serras (1901; translated as The city and the mountains) and A correspondência de Fradique Mendes (1900; The Correspondence of Fradique Mendes) are usually considered minor texts. Some people see Gonçalo Ramires as an empty character; for others, Jacintos saga is a reactionary text; only Fradique Mendes relishes the affinity at queirosian studies. Nevertheless, at the most recent studies, there is a recovery of this period and, for this researchers, such books point out a new ideological position of the author that, through historical, symbolic and mythical elements leads to a dialogue with the themes and values discussed at the European culture at the end of the century. With these elements, Eça exposes in the three books the necessity of the society to adopt a position of original thoughts aiming at intellectual independence and the elimination of decrepit concepts. So, the three pieces are seen in this work as a trilogy and the protagonists represent the Eça de Queiross proposals: Gonçalo is the rural Portuguese that seeks for the strength to change in the past; Jacinto is the cosmopolitan Portuguese that returns to his origins to, in a single way, put himself in dialogue with his country and the world he knew in the capital of the 19th century (Paris); Fradique is the global Portuguese that easily circulates through the continents, still loving Portugal. The trilogy presents proposals to a new century: release man from chains that tie him to romantic nationalism, to the blind belief at science, to the power of church and to the great philosophical systems
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Lundén, Niklas. "Comparison of sound field microphone techniques for classical music recordings in virtual reality." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Medier ljudteknik och upplevelseproduktion och teater, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69059.
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Virtual reality (VR) as a field is currently seeing big technological advancement and an increase in both interest and content. At the same time, the production workflows for creating content for VR are still in their infancy and there are few commonly accepted conventions within the field. This study aims to compare different sound field microphone techniques for classical music recording in virtual reality. A Sennheiser AMBEO microphone, a double MSZ array and an INA-5 array as well as a 360° camera were used to record a rehearsal of The Royal Swedish Orchestra. These recordings were then used to conduct a listening test in VR where subjects scored the different microphones techniques on “localisation” and “naturalness”. A t-test between the results of the different techniques showed that the AMBEO microphone was significantly better than the INA-5 array for localisation and that the double MSZ array was significantly better in terms of naturalness compared to the INA-5 array. However, these results should be interpreted with caution as many variables during the process might be unique to this particular study.
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Chatterjee, Prateek. "Classic Driver VR." Digital WPI, 2018. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/1251.
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A VR car-driving simulator for evaluating the user experience of new drivers by helping them to learn driving rules and regulations.
The Classic VR Driver helps new drivers to learn driving rules and regulations using various audio and visual feedback. The simulator helps them to get acquainted with the risks and mistakes associated with real life driving. In addition, the users have to play the game in an immersive environment using a Virtual Reality system.
This project attempts to fulfill two important goals. The major goal is to evaluate whether the user can learn driving rules and regulations of the road. The game allows the users to take a road test. The road test determines the type of mistakes the user makes and it also determines if they passed or failed in it. I have conducted A/B testing and let the testers participate in user-interviews and user-survey. The testing procedure allowed me to analyze the effectiveness of learning driving rules from the simulator as compared to learning rules from the RMV (Registry of Motor Vehicles) manual.
Secondly, the user experience was evaluated by allowing users to participate in user-interviews and user-surveys. It helped me to understand the positives and drawbacks of the game. These feedback are taken into consideration for future improvement.
All these factors were considered to make the game as enjoyable and useful in terms of skill training.
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Bush, Melissa Ann. "Art from the Macchiaioli to the Futurists: Idealized Masculinity in the Art of Signorini and Balla." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5655.
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Beginning around 1850, Italians found themselves in the midst of an identity crisis. Europeans in France and England had surpassed Italians in terms of political, economic, and social progress. Italians seemed trapped in the past, clinging to their magnificent artistic heritage. However, new cultural and social movements were on the rise in Italy that attempted to throw off the domination of other European entities and forge a promising future for Italy. The Macchiaioli, a group of Italian modern artists who painted from 1853 to 1908, were the first group to address contemporary social issues such as class struggle and national weakness. Their art called for progressive change and arguably influenced how the later Italian Futurist movement would address similar concerns beginning in 1909. One of the Macchiaioli, Telemaco Signorini, advocated the development of new technologies and industries—dominated by men—in realist paintings from 1853 to 1901. Futurist artist Giacomo Balla gained recognition for promoting similar ideas in a more radical fashion. Most art historians believe that the Futurists were influenced by trends originating in Western Europe, specifically the French avant-garde. This thesis argues that the Futurists were significantly influenced by an Italian tradition that originated with the Macchiaioli. The Macchiaioli were animated by a nationalistic fervor and a desire to create a strong and unified Italian state. They used art and literature to advance progressive ideals based on masculine acts. The Futurists responded to similar stimuli in their day. In the absence of a powerful national identity, Signorini and Balla employed modern artistic styles to idealize masculine solutions to social problems. Both ultimately foresaw a world in which technology, mastered by men, would elevate Italian society.
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Nilsson, Daniel. "The Ratio of Reality : A study of the gyromagnetic ratio in theories ranging from classical mechanics to string theory." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teoretisk fysik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-448767.
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In this project a theoretical study of the so called gyromagnetic ratio was done by investigating classical mechanics, Dirac theory and string theory. The gyromagnetic ratio is a constant term appearing in the coupling between angular momentum and magnetic moment for a particle. A universality in quantum field theory claiming g = 2 regardless of spin is known to exist which also agrees with the found values (g = 2) of the Dirac and string theory. The proof of the aforementioned universality in quantum field theory was sketched in the project by showing that the W-boson Lagrangian is well behaved in the massless limit. Furthermore it is shown that the spin equations of motion for a particle is greatly reduced if g = 2 regardless of spin.I det här projektet utfördes en teoretisk studie av den så kallade gyromagnetsika kvoten genom att undersöka klassisk mekanik, Dirac-teori och strängteori. Den gyromagnetiska kvoten är en konstant term som visar sig i kopplingen mellan rörelsemängsmoment och magnetiskt moment för en partikel. I kvantfältsteori existerar en universalitet som hävdar att g = 2 oberoende av spin. Denna universalitet stämmer överens med de funna värden på g från Dirac-teori och strängtoeri. Beviset för denna universalitet testades genom ett exempel där Lagrangianen för W-bosonen i kvantfältsteori visades bete sig som förväntat när massan för partikeln tilläts gå mot noll. Vidare undersöktes rörelseekvationerna för ett system helt bestämt av dess spin. I dessa kan det visas att ett universellt värde på g oavsett spin reducerar dessa ekvationer avsevärt.
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Bowman, Michael R. "Creating the Elsewhere: Virtual Reality in the Ancient Roman World." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429644077.
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Jones, Joanne. "A study of the significance of the Australian historical novel in the period of the History Wars, 1988 - present." Thesis, Curtin University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2638.
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Australian historical novels and the History Wars (1998-2008). The period of recent Australian cultural history known as the History Wars was of unprecedented significance in reshaping the relationship between the nation and its colonial past. While much of this cultural “backtracking” (Collins and Davis) was due to the groundbreaking and politically efficacious work of revisionist historians, an assessment of the role played by historical fiction during this time of unsettling and “hidden” histories is due.This thesis takes the publically-waged debate over the suitability of novelists to render authoritative versions of significant events or periods as its starting point. From there, however, it delves deeper into the politics of form, analysing the connection between the realist modes of traditional, empiricist histories and the various explorations of the colonial past that have been figured through different historical novels. The forms of these novels range from classic realism to frontier Gothic, various Romanticisms, magical realism, and reflexive post-modernism. In particular, I investigate the relationship between politics and form in Rodney Hall’s Captivity Captive (1988), David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon (1993), Kim Scott’s Benang (1999), Richard Flanagan’s Gould’s Book of Fish (2003), and Kate Grenville’s The Secret River (2005) and The Lieutenant (2008).The relative formal freedoms offered through historical novels offer the chance to confront the past in all of its contradiction and complexity. The terrain of the postmodern and historical sublime — of loss and uncertainly— is one in which historical fiction can perform an important political and ethical role. The immeasurably vast space which lies beyond history, that space of those who are often unrepresented, often victims, often silent, is an abyss into which fiction, particularly historical fiction, is able imaginatively and ethically to descend.
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Spjut, Annilyn Marie. ""How in This Cruel Age I Celebrated Freedom": Aesopian Subversion in Nikolai Ulyanov's Painting for the 1937 Pushkin Centenary." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2017. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6342.
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Painted in 1937 as part of the centenary celebration of the death of Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Ulyanov's A. S. Pushkin and his Wife, N. N. Pushkina at the Imperial Ball has been lauded as the quintessential example of Soviet history painting. Modern scholars have followed the lead of Soviet critics, who praised the painting for its insight into the psychology of the brilliant poet repressed by the tyrannical tsarist regime. According to this interpretation, Soviet viewers in the 1930s were to ponder on the tragedy of Pushkin's demise and rejoice that the victory of Socialism had freed them from such repression. However, this thesis suggests that Ulyanov embedded a secondary, subversive message in his masterpiece. Through careful manipulation of Pushkin's complex semiotic significance, Socialist Realist dialectics, and the Aesopian method, Ulyanov crafted an image that could be celebrated for its adherence to Soviet ideology, while simultaneously suggesting to those who detected his clues that artistic repression had not ended with the revolution. In this subversive reading, Ulyanov's masterwork becomes a psychological self-portrait of an artist living under Stalinist oppression during the Great Terror.
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Frisch, David M. "Proceduralizing Privilege: Designing Shakespeare in Virtual Reality and the Problem with the Canon." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2491.
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This thesis focuses on the development of the first project for FIU’s ICAVE, The Globe Experience, presented as part of the “First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare” exhibit during February, 2016. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is the project itself: a virtual reality recreation of going to The Globe Theater to see a play by William Shakespeare. The second part examines the digital project and outlines how Walter Benjamin and postcolonial theorists influenced the design of The Globe Experience, resulting in, what I call, a “temporally and spatially disjointed London.” From this examination, the thesis goes on to question the role of canonical literature in the humanities. I go on to make the argument that the design decisions made in recreating The Globe reveals the ways in which canonical literature can reinforce and support hierarchical ideologies which can impede student learning.
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Desai, Dharmesh Rajendra. "Measuring Presence in a Police Use of Force Simulation." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2017. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/2314.
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We have designed a simulation that can be used to train police officers. Digital simulations are more cost-effective than a human role play. Use of force decisions are complex and made quickly, so there is a need for better training and innovative methods. Using this simulation, we are measuring the degree of presence that a human experience in a virtual environment. More presence implies better training. Participants are divided into two groups in which one group performs the experiment using a screen, keyboard, and mouse, and another uses virtual reality controls. In this experiment, we use subjective measurements and physiological measurements. We offer a questionnaire to participants before and after play. We also record the participants change in heart rate, skin conductivity and skin temperature using Empatica device. By comparing the data collected from both groups, we prove that people experience more presence in the virtual environment.
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Tan, Adrian Hadipriono. "While Stands the Colosseum: A Ground-Up Exploration of Ancient Roman Construction Techniques using Virtual Reality." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1429228335.
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Erken, Emily Alane. "Constructing the Russian Moral Project through the Classics: Reflections of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin, 1833-2014." The Ohio State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1449191980.
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Watt, J. M. "Take the high road : A case study of Scottish Television's continuous drama serial based on participant observation and textual analysis to ascertain the function of its classic realist form." Thesis, Open University, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233887.
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Bas, Pierre. "Les interrelations entre le monde réel et le monde du fantasme dans le classicisme hollywoodien." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018USPCA088.
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Le classicisme hollywoodien permet d’explorer la variété des sens que revêt au cinéma le concept de réalité à partir de fragments de réalité matérielle enregistrés, du réalisme ontologique qui s’y attache, de la réalité diégétique qui constitue l’univers des films, et de la réalité philosophique, qui renvoie le spectateur à son être propre par le partage de l’expérience de personnages auxquels il s’identifie. Par l’instrumentalisation de ces réalités relatives, Hollywood crée une nouvelle forme de récit qu’alimenteront la littérature, les mythes et la psychanalyse, participant à la diffusion d’un fonds culturel commun à tous les Américains. Parce que la réalité cinématographique n’est pas ce que croit le spectateur, elle a naturellement partie liée avec le rêve et le fantasme, justifiant une réflexion sur leurs interrelations et sur la dynamique de transformation de l’art cinématographique qui se joue dans ces interrelations.Les mondes hollywoodiens, soumis à l’ imaginaire et au désir des cinéastes, n’ont que l’apparence du nôtre, jusqu’aux mondes intérieurs dont les portes nous seront ouvertes par Hollywood à travers la représentation des rêves, créant une hybridité entre réalité, rêve et fantasme. Mais un doute se créera chez le spectateur à qui on aura fait croire au rêve et au fantasme autant qu’à la réalité, et ce doute mettra en péril la « suspension d’incrédulité » qui avait fait le succès d’Hollywood et contribuera à la fin du classicisme, le rêve ayant contaminé la fictionThrough classical Hollywood cinema, one can explore the broad variety of meanings that the concept of reality has in cinema: fragments of recorded reality material, the ontological realism that is attached to it, the narrative reality that constitutes the universe of films, and the philosophical reality that transports the viewer back to his own self by sharing the experience of characters with whom he identifies. Through the instrumentalisation of these relative realities, Hollywood creates a new form of narrative that nourishes literature, myths and psychoanalysis, and help spread a common cultural background to all Americans. Because cinematographic reality is not what the audience believes it is, it is naturally linked with dream and fantasy, justifying thoughts on their inter-relationships and on the dynamics of the transformation of cinematographic art that is played out in these inter-relationships.Subjects of the imagination and desire of filmmakers, the worlds created by Hollywood merely have the appearance of our world. This even encompasses inner worlds, whose doors will be opened to us through the representation of dreams, creating a hybridity between reality, dream and fantasy. But a doubt will be created in the spectator, who has been made to believe equally in dreams, fantasy and reality, and this doubt will jeopardize the "suspension of disbelief" that has made Hollywood successful, ultimately contributing to the end of classicism; the dream having contaminated fiction
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Park, Heui-Tae. "Deux modes fondamentaux de la création cinématographique : au-delà de l'émotion (Takeski Kitano) et au-delà du visible (Hong Sangsoo)." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010MON30095.
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Selon le philosophe Gilles Deleuze, l’arrivée du néo-réalisme italien constitue le point de passage entre une forme classique du cinéma (L’image-mouvement) et une forme moderne (L’image-temps) entre le cinéma moderne. Une telle distinction est largement approuvée par les théoriciens, les critiques les historiens du cinéma. Loin de correspondre à unerupture historique, elle renvoie à deux types de cinéma qui possèdent leurs propres caractéristiques. Cette étude envisage dans un premier temps d’aborder, à partir de la typologie deleuzienne, les spécificités de chacun de ces régimes du point de vue de la création. Les films de Takeshi Kitano, cinéaste japonais, et Hong Sangsoo, cinéaste coréen, sont analysés selon cette perspective. Les premiers présentent effectivement une structure basée sur un régime classique, tandis que les seconds se fondent sur les caractéristiques du cinéma dit moderne. Leur analyse permet aussi de suivre le processuscréatif de ces deux réalisateurs reconnus internationalement. Cette étude tente, dans un deuxième temps, de montrer qu’ils s’inscrivent dans une perspective universelle sur le plan de la créationAccording to the studies of French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, the arrival of Italian neorealism is the crossing point between a classic form of film (The movement-image) and a modern one (The time-image). Such a distinction is widely endorsed by theorists, critics and historians of films. Far from corresponding to a historical rupture, it refers to two types of films that have their own characteristics. This study intends initially to approach, from Deleuze's typology, the specifics of each of these regimes in terms of creation. The films of Takeshi Kitano, Japanese filmmaker, and Hong Sangsoo, Korean director, are analyzed under this prospect. The former represent a structure based on a classical scheme, while the latter is based on the characteristics of modern film. The analyst also allows following the creative process of these two internationally renowned filmmakers. This study attempts secondly to illustrate that they have a universal perspective in terms of creation
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Liu, Nan. "L'idéal extra-mondain et la valeur des montagnes-eaux : sur l'invention de shanshui et le naturalisme dans les milieux lettrés en Chine des Wei-Jin (220-420)." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH018.
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Considéré généralement comme objet de l’art, sujet de la littérature et catégorie de l’esthétique chinoise, shanshui, les « montagnes-eaux », est censé relever d’un sentiment et d’une conception de la nature relativement différente de celle de l’Occident. Or la construction moderne de shanshui au prisme de la nature n’intègre la multiple pratique paysagère historiquement fondée dans la tradition lettrée, inextricablement liée à l’invention des montagnes-eaux : l’érémitisme, la recherche d’immortalité, l’excursion, la réunion littéraire lettrée, la création poétique, picturale et du jardin. Centrée sur l’histoire tri-séculaire après la chute de la Dynastie Han, en exposant les conjonctures particulières, analysant la notion ‘ziran’ dans l’étude du Mystère, rassemblant et traduisant les écrits et poèmes thématiques qui témoignent des mouvements et tendances extra-mondains dans les milieux lettrés sous les Wei-Jin (220-420), cette thèse vise à montrer que shanshui, plutôt que d’être constitué par la dualité nature/art, est inventé comme un paradigme confrontant, dans une bipolarisation de la réalité lettrée à cette époque, l’espace confucéen et l’espace taoïste, le service et la retraite, les affaires mondaines et la recherche de l’idéal par-delà la société. Autour de shanshui se cristallisent les idées-valeurs comme l’authenticité, la dévotion, la vertu, la liberté, le naturalisme, le mysticisme, la créativité et la transcendance immanente, en cela, nous supposons la co-naissance des montagnes-eaux et d’un idéal-type de l’humanisme classique chinoisGenerally regarded as the object of art, the subject of literature and Chinese aesthetic category, Shanshui (mountains-waters) is believed to be relevant to aesthetical feelings as well as the philosophical concept of nature that is different from that of the West. However, the modern construction of Shanshui through the prism of nature does not integrate the multiple landscape practices historically founded in the gentry's tradition, which had contributed to the invention of mountains-waters: eremitism, immortality seeking, excursion, gathering of literary circles, and the creation of poetry, paintings and gardens. Focusing on the history of Wei-Jin (220-420) after the fall of the Han dynasty, exposing the particular contexts, analyzing the notion of 'Ziran' in the Xuanxue school, gathering and translating the writings and thematic poems showing the extra-mundane movements and tendencies in literate milieus under this time, this thesis aims to show that Shanshui, rather than being constituted by the duality of nature and art, has been invented as a cultural paradigm to confront, in a bipolarization of the reality of ruling gentry class, the Confucian space and the Taoist space, service and disengagement, mundane concerns and pursuit of the Ideal beyond society. Around Shanshui the ideas and values such as authenticity, deep affection, virtue, liberty, naturalism, mysticism, creativity and immanent transcendence are crystallized, in this way, we may assume the co-birth of mountains-waters and an ideal type of Chinese classical humanism
山水研究以往側重于詩歌，繪畫與哲學分析，并普遍將山水視為自然再現，自然情感與某種不同於西方自然觀的審美表達。然而，“相對不同”的判定卻是建立在自然／文化兩分的現代二元范式的“普世應用”上的。因為僅僅強調山水源於“發現自然”並不能整合與山水緊密相關且貫穿於士傳統中的文化實踐：如隱逸，遊仙，遊覽，雅集，以及對世外理想之境的不懈書寫，描畫與營造。本論文考察了魏晉時期(220-420)的社會，政治與文化背景：名教自然的對立，隱逸遊仙的結合，魏晉風度，衣冠南渡，僑立，宗教興起，道釋義理在文化士族內部經由玄學促生的思想轉向等；通過分析魏晉玄學中的自然概念，整理翻譯相關的歷史文本與詩歌，試圖說明，與其說山水是自然／藝術的二元構建，毋寧說山水是士階層在仕與隱，經世與玄遠，世表與塵外的現實兩極化中所創建的一種文化範式。圍繞山水，凝聚了一系列具有重要文化特徵的理念与價值——保真，養身，自足，逍遙，自然主義，暢神玄覽，內在超越與審美理想。這意味著與山水共生的是一種中國古典人文主義的理想型。
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Hýl, Petr. "Slovinské národní divadlo v Lublani." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta architektury, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-215582.
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Handby, Edmund. "The Vocabulary of Realism: A Contextual Critique of the Epistemology of Classical Realism in International Relations Theory." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/111769.
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The way which the classical realist tradition of
International Relations Theory has come to characterise the
mechanics of world politics is predicated on the classics of
political theory. As an explanatory theory of International
Relations, realism seeks to account for international relations
on the basis of political reality, irrespective of normative and
ethical issues. Despite the explanatory basis of classical
realism, it nonetheless relies on the themes and theorists of
political theory in a ‘softly normative’ fashion – evidence
of the influence of norms in explanatory theory. However, the
inclusion of classics of political theory in the realist
tradition is without regard to the context of the occurrence of
those classics and their illocutionary dimensions of meaning. As
such, if classical realism is to be revived in a way that is
suggested by theorists of both International Relations and
political theory, then it must be able to survive the rigours of
more contemporary interpretive methods. This thesis will
therefore apply the interpretive lens of the Cambridge approach
to how classical realism relies on classical of political theory
to determine whether the classification of texts of political
theory in the realist tradition is defensible. By determining
that the realist tradition does not account for the context of
classics of political theory and their illocutionary dimensions,
this thesis will suggest an alternative approach in which realism
can engage with political theory. This approach will be a
reassessment of the epistemology of classical realism.
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Wen-Li, Liao, and 廖文麗. "Studies on Fiction versus Realism of Classical Novel Example: "San-Kuo-Yen-I"." Thesis, 1995. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47485886443187482796.
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Burkowski, Jane Marie Christine. "An Examination of the Creation and Limitation of Realism in the Elegies of Propertius." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1234.
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This thesis is an examination of realism in the love elegies of Propertius: of how it is created, how it is limited, and how its limitations increase its effectiveness rather than diminishing it. The first half analyzes the variety and subtlety of the creation of realism in elegies 1.3, 2.29b, and 4.7, three poems that, because of shared features that link them to each other and set them apart from the rest of Propertius's elegies, represent a case study of realism. The second half begins by describing how the realism in these poems is limited, and how these limitations intensify the effect of their realism by drawing attention to the poet's agency in creating it. This effect is then related to larger trends in the creation and limitation of realism in Propertius's remaining love elegies, in which the same pattern is observed, by means of the analysis of recurring techniques. This examination of aspects of realism in Propertius's poetry provides insight not only into his poetic method, but into his attitude to his genre and its potential.Thesis (Master, Classics) -- Queen's University, 2008-06-09 15:40:16.227
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Liu, Chen-Teng, and 劉鎮燈. "Study of the Impact of Strategic Competition and Cooperation between U.S. and China on Taiwan’s National Security Strategy: A Perspective of Neo-Classical Realism." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8p875y.
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Abstract This dissertation is a study on the influences of strategic competition and cooperation between the US and China on Taiwan’s national security strategy that seeks to understand the policy implications of US-China strategic interactions on Taiwan. The triangular relationship between the US, China and Taiwan currently stands at the heart of regional security in the Asia Pacific. Changes to any set of relations in the triangle – US-China, US-Taiwan or China-Taiwan – is directly linked with adjustments and transformations in regional relations. Although the strategic triangle model is useful in explaining changes in the relationship between actors, its negligence of domestic level variables leaves open questions regarding the driving force of change. Accordingly, adopting neo-classical realism and approaching the key problem from the systemic and domestic levels, this study attempts to understand the implications of US-China strategic competition on Taiwan by placing its focus on how external pressures influence domestic variables such as the political process, leadership style and public opinion. This study concludes that in the foreseeable future, the US and China will continue to maintain a situation of competition and cooperation. In particular, under foreign policy traditions of “benevolent governance” and “domestic problems first,” China seeks to dispel doubts and suspicions on its peaceful rise. Such development provides an opportunity for Taiwan to cooperate with China on national security and international trade. Based on the insights of neo-classical realism, if Taiwan can exploit its advantages and bargaining power effectively, the island nation stands the chance of realizing its interests amidst great power politics.
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Laššuth, Juraj. "Pojatie politiky v realistickej tradícii teórie medzinárodných vzťahov." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-349657.
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The Concept of Politics in the Realist Tradition of the Theory of International Relations. Juraj Laššuth Abstract: Aim of this thesis is a reconstruction of the notion of politics in the school of classical realism in Theory of International Relations, using the texts of Hans Morgenthau primarily. This aim is followed in four steps - four chapters. First chapter describes relation between antropological/moral background of Morgenthau's political thinking and political sphere. Four images of the relations between anthropology and the evaluation of political sphere are identified and compared ("emacipation", "gay politics", "katechon" and "circles and antinomies") - the final one will be shown as connected with the notion of Hans Morgenthau's realism. Morgenthau's work, built up on tradition of the Pauline epistles, treats evil (defined by lust for power) as inherently present, indispensable from any human acts. Political sphere, defined according "the second principle of realism" by interest defined in terms of power, is a place, where morally ambivalent logic of power stands as the reason of acting. Second chapter addresses Morgenthau's notion of political science by comparing it with the project of Weberian social science, analyses its reason, ethos, complicated relations with its subject, dilemmas which...
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Teixeira, Micael Martins. "Em defesa do realismo jurídico clássico e do método dialético-prudencial." Doctoral thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/132849.
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Dissertação com vista à obtenção do grau de Doutor em Direito, na especialidade de Teoria e Filosofia do DireitoA presente tese apresenta uma defesa argumentada de uma particular conceção da noção de direito de matriz aristotélico-tomista, o realismo jurídico clássico, bem como das respetivas implicações metodológicas, traduzidas no método dialético-prudencial. Procura-se mostrar como o primeiro assenta no reconhecimento da finalidade própria da função jurisdicional, identificando-a com a descrição daquilo que, segundo os contornos do caso sub judice, constitui o justo particular, ou seja, um equilíbrio objetivamente comprovável nas operações de distribuição (do todo para os membros da sociedade) ou de comutação (entre os membros) de vantagens, desvantagens ou encargos. É também justificada, à luz dessa finalidade, e desenvolvida, uma metodologia adequada à execução de tal finalidade, assente, por um lado, na matriz dialética da disputa jurisdicional e, por outro, na relevância da virtude da prudência, a qual permite conferir a habilidade necessária ao julgador para decidir o caso de forma ajustada à realidade do mesmo.
This thesis presents an argued defense of a particular understanding of the notion of law grounded on the aristotelian-thomistic heritage, known as classical legal realism, as well as its respective methodological implications, translated in the dialectical-prudential method. It is intended to reveal how the former is based on the recognition of the specific purpose of the jurisdictional function, identifying it with the description of what constitutes, according to the contours of the particular sub judice case, the particular just, i.e., an objectively verifiable balance in distribution (from the whole to the members of society) or in exchange (between members) operations of advantages, disadvantages or charges. A suitable legal methodology to such purpose is also presented, justified and developed, which is based, on one hand, on the dialectical core of the jurisdictional dispute and, on the other, on the relevance of the virtue of prudence which bestows Em Defesa do Realismo Jurídico Clássico e do Método Dialético-Prudencial on the judge the necessary skill to decide the case in the way that best fits the reality sub judice.
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Ly, Hieu-Thong. "Le plan-séquence chez Kenji Mizoguchi." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/9151.
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Cette recherche porte sur le langage cinématographique (ou mode de représentation) adopté par Mizoguchi en contraste avec le style classique hollywoodien. Notre hypothèse est que le refus de Mizoguchi de recourir au découpage classique et au gros-plan procurerait au spectateur une expérience de perception qui tendrait à se rapprocher de celle vécue par un spectateur de théâtre ou le témoin d’une action se déroulant dans notre monde physique.
Mizoguchi a débuté son métier au début des années 1920. Le cinéma japonais venait tout juste de prendre la voie d’un art nouveau en quittant son statut de simple captation de spectacles théâtraux. L’industrie cinématographique japonaise était alors en incubation marquée par diverses influences occidentales. Nous nous pencherons plus particulièrement sur les questions stylistiques à partir du moment où le cinéma japonais s’engageait dans le parlant en imitant le style classique hollywoodien. Ce cinéma dominant devenait une norme que Mizoguchi décida de ne pas suivre pour préférer un style caractérisé par des plans-séquences. Ce style plus « neutre » et «objectif » allait être encensé par Bazin après la guerre au moment où ce dernier découvrit notamment Welles et Wyler.
À partir de plusieurs extraits filmiques, nous analysons le plan-séquence mizoguchien comme substitution à une série de plans rapprochés qui se serait imposé normalement avec le style classique hollywoodien. Et ce, afin de discuter des enjeux de réalisme et de théâtralité soulevés par Bazin.This research focuses on the film language (or mode of representation) chosen by Mizoguchi in contrast to the Hollywood classical style. Our hypothesis is that Mizoguchi’s refusal to resort to traditional cutting and close-up would give the viewer an experience of perception that would tend to be get closer to the one experienced by a stage audience or viewers witnessing an action taking place in our physical world. Mizoguchi made his entry into the profession in the early 20s. At that time, Japanese cinema just recently became a new art by leaving its status of a mere capture of theatrical performances. The Japanese film industry was being incubated with various Western influences. We will focus specifically on stylistic issues from the moment the Japanese cinema engages in talkies by imitating the Hollywood classical style. This dominant style became a standard practice which Mizoguchi decided not to follow to prefer sequence-shots. The long takes style was to be later praised by Bazin for its neutrality and objectivity when he discovered Welles and Wyler after the Second World War. Through analysis of film excerpts, we compare Mizoguchi’s sequence-shots with cutting that would usually take place with the Hollywood classical style. This is to discuss the issues of realism and theatrics raised by Bazin.
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Ďurža, Karel. "Klasicismus v české architektuře 19. a 20. století." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-370794.
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The thesis is aimed at the subject of classicism in a broader sense of this term and is based on the classicism period architecture in the Czech Republic. The introductory chapter intends to briefly and independently define and clarify the terms classical, classicism and neoclassicism, deal with the shaping of the classical canon in Europe and outline the evolution of classical features in the history of the Czech architecture in the European context. In separate chapters the thesis systematically follows the matters of classicism in the first half of the 19th century, in the periods of pure and late historicism and early and paramount modernism. Special attention has been paid to the matters of classicism in the Czech thoughts on art in the interwar period and during the German occupation. Having analysed the classicism-style tendencies in the socialist realism architecture the thesis identifies basic classicism-style aspirations in the 2nd half of the 20th century and in the beginning of the 21st century. The final chapter is dedicated to the identification of the main overall specifics of classicism in the Czech architecture based on a list of examples.
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Fowler, Michael Anthony. "Human Sacrifice in Greek Antiquity: Between Myth, Image, and Reality." Thesis, 2019. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-y3vy-5j71.
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This dissertation offers an archaeologically and art historically grounded inquiry into the actuality, form, and meaning of human sacrifice from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. It opens with a critical, up-to-date review of the corpus of proposed archaeological evidence for human sacrifice in the Minoan, Mycenaean, and Greek civilizations, wherein it is argued that rituals of this kind were rare but nevertheless a historical reality, performed in special or extraordinary circumstances at least until the Late Archaic period. The rarity of human sacrifice in the archaeological record is a direct expression of its exceptional nature; the unmatched potency of sacrificing a human being was necessitated only in the most unusual or extreme situations: to quell the unyielding wrath of the gods or to honor a deceased person who was imagined as possessing superhuman stature. The evidence of individual cases of human sacrifice indicates that the ritual could take a variety of forms, some involving heightened degrees of violence. After arguing for the historicity of human sacrifice, the dissertation shifts to a comprehensive analysis of artistic representations of human sacrifice, with a particular interest in their ritual aspect. These images, it is argued, should be interpreted in several, mutually inclusive ways – not only as metaphors or conceptual foils to sacrificial norms, but also as ritually plausible representations of a phenomenon that seems to have existed at least into the later sixth century BCE. Apart from a small group of Bronze Age seals decorated with motifs possibly associated with human sacrifice, the first secure evidence of human sacrificial representations date to the seventh century BCE and continue through to the end of the Hellenistic period. Like the archaeological cases, the visual sources form a comparatively small corpus. The subject matter is exclusively mythical and almost entirely drawn from myths of Polyxena and Iphigeneia; only rarely do artists explicitly represent the bloody violence of sacrifice. Images of the death blow are almost exclusively produced in the Archaic era – a time during which there is contemporary archaeological evidence for human sacrifices in funereal contexts – and involve only Polyxena. Interestingly, the cessation of material evidence is contemporaneous with a shift in the iconography toward the emotionally pregnant moments leading up to the sacrifice. The roughly 100-year overlap between the archaeological and visual evidence presents the possibility that artists drew upon elements of known instances of human sacrifice, or at the very least the two forms of evidence are indirectly related, in that both are inspired by myth. While human sacrifice does not seem to have persisted into the Classical period and beyond, artists continued, as they had in the Archaic period, to construct ritually plausible images with compositional analogues in other, highly codified iconographies, most notably those of animal sacrifice and the wedding. In this way, even as artists began to explore ever more the conceptual and symbolic dimensions of these sacrificial myths, they continued to invest them with a reality and an immediacy that far outlived the ritual’s practical existence.
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Jilek, Vaclav, and 季方雷. "A Classical Realist Account of China’s Policy in the South China Sea." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60328266124482138392.
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碩士國立政治大學
亞太研究英語碩士學位學程(IMAS)
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The primordial causal relationship within politics lies in the condition of our human nature, as classical realists argue. The constant exchange in power defines the relative relationships within the anarchical world, and shapes our pursuit of interests thereof. Such a change in power is occurring within China, and this is being reflected on its shifting policy and conduct in the South China Sea. Classical realism ought to shed light on and put forth a new perspective on the situation in the maritime sphere of international politics. The thesis scrutinizes, through interpretive analysis within a geopolitical approach, China’s policy and how it sees the world. The outcome of China’s increasing power, strategy and subsequent policy results in a China-led regional order starting in the waters of the South China Sea. The importance of this method in seeing China’s rise is the relativity of power and how the balance of power, including US, may prove to be inconclusive in trying to contain China’s unprecedented rise.
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Liao, Ci-hong, and 廖啟宏. "The Realism Concept in Chinese Classic Poetry: Based on the Modern Interpretation Approach." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60150794180673836073.
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博士國立中央大學
中國文學研究所
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For Literature research, literary theory, literary criticism and literary history are its core research topics. When these three categories all mention realistic poetry, their existences were proved; as a ‘model’ reader/researcher, we should dedicate ourselves into the atmosphere of the topic and come up with explanations for its importance and existing form. Although Chinese art has possessed the element of realism for a long time, it’s a little different from Western ‘realism’. Therefore in this paper, ‘realism’ was separate into ‘(Western) realism tradition’ and ‘realistic concept tradition/conceptual system’ for further analysis precisely. Besides, although scholars claimed lyric poetry can be on behalf of the flourishing Chinese literature, oppressive narrative tradition is still worthy to pay attention. Under the Western literature context, epic, drama and novels are inseparable; feature-length narrative is also regarded as a requisition of realism. Chinese realistic poetry certainly has fine pieces; however, they’re nothing to do with epics- no matter it is called epic, story poetry or feature-length narrative- and usually pile up words to build the realism effect. This thinking also reflects on relevant modern criticism. Therefore, according to this feature, the paper (Chapter 2 and 3) used ‘mimicking-realism’ and ‘satirizing-realism’ to integrate the criticism documents and proceeded research respectively. As for ‘the thinking of Tsu-Wei’ (the attempt to jump out the artistic position) mentioned in realism topic in the poetry, - ‘mimicking’ indicates painting rather ‘satirizing’ indicate novels- they’ll be clarified in Chapter 4. Moreover, we will review the misreading and erroneous judgments added on Chinese literary criticism. As for the question such as interpretation efficiency, potential research limitation and possibility of development, they will be reviewed in the final chapter. This paper aims to come up with a rigid interpretation for ‘The Realism Concept in Chinese Classic Poetry.’
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Huang, Chin-Yu, and 黃晉育. "A Study on Learning Motivation and Achievement of Augmented Reality in Classical Chinese Literature." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22107NCHU5396015%22.&searchmode=basic.
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資訊管理學系所
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Over the years, with the progress of science and technology, the functions and performance of Mobile Devices have been enhanced and the volume is more sophisticated. At the same time, its applications have been more innovative. More importantly, through the influence of the Internet and the help of artificial intelligence, the combination of diversified content, information and action vehicles has made the application more extensive. On the other hand, in order to cope with the new syllabus, high school students are bound to adopt more effective ways to enhance their competitive advantages. Therefore, this study intends to explore whether there are differences in learning styles between high school students and different learning styles. The purpose of this study is to know the different learning styles of high school students to learn the Classical Chinese Literature about learning effectiveness and learning, motivation, The researcher build an augmented reality learning system, and try to combine Classical Chinese Literature and augmented reality. In the study, the researcher also want to find out the following questions: 1. Can augmented reality technology be used to improve learning motivation in high school Classical Chinese Literature ? 2. Can augmented reality technology be used to improve learning effectiveness in high school Classical Chinese Literature ? 3. Do different genders have different satisfaction of learning materials after students use Augmented Reality APP ? 4. Do different genders have different learning motivation ? 5. Do different genders have different learning effectiveness ? This experimental study used a quasi-experimental method and a questionnaire survey method for a high school student in Taichung City. The quasi-experimental method and the questionnaire survey method were used to design an experiment to augment the reality method as a learning system, through pre-test and post-test. Test rolls, learning, motivation scales, and user operation satisfaction scales are analyzed and explored. Through the experimental results, it is found that the use of augmented reality technology for teaching can improve the learning outcomes of students. Compared with the general teaching methods, it also has a higher performance improvement effect, but there is no significant difference in gender causes. Teaching with augmented reality technology can improve students'' learning motivation. Compared with general teaching methods, it also has a higher improvement effect. At the same time, it also has a higher improvement effect of gender causes, and female students. The motivation for learning is higher than that for male students. As for the satisfaction of learning materials, there is no significant difference between male students and female students, but satisfactory results are obtained for the systematic learning materials.
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Leahy, David. "Classic realist ethnic, gender and class fictions in Québec, 1939-1945." Thesis, 1995. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/2715/1/NN18463.pdf.
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Allenet-Moulin, Tiffany. "Sécurité et stabilité : quelles sont les conditions qui ont poussé l’Égypte, la Syrie et Israël à entrer en guerre en 1967?" Thèse, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/10245.
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Ce mémoire s’intéresse aux conditions qui ont mené à la guerre de six jours de 1967 au Moyen-Orient. Tout particulièrement, mon mémoire investiguera les dynamiques domestiques qui influent sur la prise de décision politique. L’hypothèse principale suppose que le mode de gestion de la société, choisi par le gouvernement au pouvoir, influe et contraint les options de politique étrangère disponibles à celui-ci. . Un régime peut recourir à deux modes de gestion de la société : l’exclusion et l’inclusion, à plusieurs degrés. En fonction du mode de gestion choisi, le gouvernement aura besoin de plus ou moins de ressources pour le mettre en place et pour le préserver. La quantité et la nature des ressources utilisées au niveau domestique contraindront les options de politique étrangère disponibles au régime
Les guerres du Moyen-Orient, et la politique étrangère des pays de la région sont souvent interprétées selon des principes réalistes : la recherche du pouvoir et de sécurité guide la politique étrangère. Ce mémoire cherche à souligner l’importance de dynamiques domestiques sur le processus de prise de décision politique, mais également l’influence qu’a le conflit israélo-arabe sur la structure, le fonctionnement et la société des pays concernés.This thesis looks at the conditions that led to the outbreak of the 1967 Six Day War in the Middle East. Specifically, my thesis investigates the domestic dynamics that influence the political decision-making process. The main hypothesis suggests that the type of societal management chosen by the government in power will influence and determine the foreign policy options available. A regime may choose between two types of societal management: exclusion and inclusion, which can be applied to greater or lesser degrees. Depending on the type of societal management chosen, the government will need more or less resources to implement and maintain it. The quantity and nature of resources used domestically will determine the foreign policy options available to the regime. In the Middle East, wars and foreign policy are often interpreted according to realist principles: the quest for power and safety are said to be the main determinants of foreign policy. This thesis seeks to highlight the importance of domestic dynamics in the process of political decision-making, but also the influence of the Arab-Israeli conflict on the structure, development and society in the countries involved.
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Urbaszewski, Laura Shear. "Creating the first classic poet of socialist realism : Mayakovsky as a subject of 'celebration culture' 1935-1940 /." 2002. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3048429.
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Chiou, Mei-Ting, and 邱美婷. "The Study of Magic Realism Illustration With Image- The Biological Variation of “Classic of Mountain and Sea” as an Example." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/e668r6.
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碩士銘傳大學
商業設計學系碩士班
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There are many fantasy stories in western and eastern countries. They are many different works derives from these stories. Magic Realism art works are not only raise a burst of upsurge in the early modern, but also make viewers full of imagination. “Classic of Mountain and Sea” is celled as the representative work of Magic Realism in ancient Chinese culture. It keeps a record of the initial environment and many roles have special power . Therefore this research choose these roles integrate with Magic Realism to do my art works. The objects of this research are: (I) To discuss the Magic Realism meaning, to analyse these images mediums. (II) To discuss the symbol of Biological Variation in “Classic of Mountain and Sea”, to analyse their outlook style and Variation mediums. (III) To do my art works in accordance with these conclusion. This research was concluded through Documentary Analysis and Case Study data analysis. The conclusion of this research are: (I) The biggest characteristic of Magic Realism work is a metaphor for social enviroment or something at that time. (II) The roles of “Classic of Mountain and Sea” have several variation mediums. (III) According as aforementioned concludion, I use hand painting, computer graphics, digital photography and image synthesis to design the roles that integrate with the Magic Realism to show some social issues can make viewers have some reflections.
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LIN, CHIA-HSIN, and 林佳欣. "A Study on the Application of Augmented Reality Applied on the Classical Music-An Example Study of a Erik Satie Piano Work "Sports et Divertissements"." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/hm7k56.
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碩士嶺東科技大學
數位媒體設計系碩士班
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The popularity of smart mobile devices is highly growing in the modern society, just like the growth of time usage. The activities on the phone are very diverse nowadays. And the convenience of mobile applications motivates the rise of usage as well. The frequent usage of mobile devices has becoming the focus of everyday life. On the other hand, music is also indispensable in our life as the soul mate. Here we try to combine augmented reality with music in order to present different performance form. It combines the visual arts and aural experience into a convenient way so that people can experience it anytime, and anywhere. This study explores the literature, creative ideas, and technology practice, the combination of technology and interactive installations. The use of augmented reality in a dynamic way to apply on a Erik Satie piano work "Sports et Divertissements" is to show the way of combination of the technology and music. Through the interaction of mobile devices, the musicality is added to the visual sense, and the way of interacting with the users is relatively increased which resulting in different aspects of the music as well.
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Kissner, Michael Jason Katkin Daniel. "If reason is not sovereign the function of reason in Hume and consequences for the classical/positivist divide, rational choice theory, low self-control theory, and the criminal propensity construct." 2004. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11122004-121605.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004.Advisor: Dr. Daniel Maier-Katkin, Florida State University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 18, 2005). Includes bibliographical references.