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Program Review Philosophy, 2009-2010
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2009-2010.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2009-2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007630
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2010-2011
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2010-2011.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2010-2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007631
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2014-2015
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2014-2015.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2014-2015
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007634
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2012-2013
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2012-2013.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2012-2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007632
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2013-2014
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2013-2014.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2013-2014
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007633
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2015-2016
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2015-2016.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2015-2016
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007635
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Program Review Philosophy, 2016-2017
Title
Program Review Philosophy, 2016-2017.
Creator
Florida Atlantic University, Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Florida Atlantic University Departmental Dashboard Indicators. Department program reviews for Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Florida Atlantic University.
Date Issued
2016-2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007636
Subject Headings
Florida Atlantic University -- History
Format
Document (PDF)
Authenticity of space
Title
Authenticity of space: an interdisciplinary convergence of the tradition of sacred music and twenty-first century sacred architecture.
Creator
Copher, Daniel., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
The twenty-first century has already seen some aesthetically exciting sacred architectural spaces. Much liturgical music, however, is centuries old. With regard to performing old music, philosophers such as Steven Davies, etc., have debated the aesthetic merits of striving for authenticity of performance. If authenticity is a valid performance aesthetic principle, as I contend it is, the following paradox arises: Some contemporary sacred spaces are the sites of moving, aesthetically valid...
Show moreThe twenty-first century has already seen some aesthetically exciting sacred architectural spaces. Much liturgical music, however, is centuries old. With regard to performing old music, philosophers such as Steven Davies, etc., have debated the aesthetic merits of striving for authenticity of performance. If authenticity is a valid performance aesthetic principle, as I contend it is, the following paradox arises: Some contemporary sacred spaces are the sites of moving, aesthetically valid performances of sacred music. But how is it possible to have aesthetically valid authentic performances of sacred music in twenty-first century sacred spaces?... The question of authenticity in this unique musical genre focuses on performance space, liturgical function, musical instruments, performer/listener interaction, and cultural conditions. ...Using architectural examples constructed in the twenty-first century, this thesis will propose a set of aesthetic criteria for achieving an authentic setting for sacred music from all periods.
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Date Issued
2012
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3358555
Subject Headings
Liturgy and architecture, Christianity and the arts, Symbolism in architecture, Church architecture, Design, Organ (Musical instrument), Social aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Beyond sustainability
Title
Beyond sustainability: justice and complex systems thinking for just sustainable viability.
Creator
Best, Andrea Leigh., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
The dominant definitions of sustainability are too various and neglect essential elements necessary for effective sustainability discourse. This project considers what current understandings of sustainable development mean to those who subscribe to them and how those understandings affect public policy for sustainable development. I begin by presenting a timeline on the evolution of the term 'sustainability'. Then, I offer narrative policy analysis as a methodological tool for investigating...
Show moreThe dominant definitions of sustainability are too various and neglect essential elements necessary for effective sustainability discourse. This project considers what current understandings of sustainable development mean to those who subscribe to them and how those understandings affect public policy for sustainable development. I begin by presenting a timeline on the evolution of the term 'sustainability'. Then, I offer narrative policy analysis as a methodological tool for investigating communities of meaning with contending views on sustainability. This provides a foundation for the analysis of case studies using Harrisonian Sustainability Narratives-efficiency, equity, and ethics-as lenses through which three corresponding U.S. case studies are explored, each representing different levels of analysis-corporate, state, and individual. First, the Business Roundtable, a lobbying organization comprised of the CEOs of top U.S. companies exemplifying the efficiency narrative, claims that the problem of sustainable development can be addressed through free markets, which continually increase eco-efficiency and encourage technological advancement. Next, the Environmental Protection Agency, a state organization mandated to protect water and air and to manage toxic and solid wastes and representing the equity narrative, sees the problem of sustainable development as ensuring the just distribution of natural limits so as to reduce the impact of those limits on individuals within communities. Lastly, the ethical anthropology of Anna Peterson, philosopher of religion, points to the power of ethical narratives in creating wide-scale changes to our ideas about humanness and human nature as they relate to our relationship with our environment for sustainability., What I found in common with both the efficiency and equity narratives, representing both the political and corporate perspective and having significant influence on policy formation, is that they are pro market-based solutions of ecoefficiency and technological advancement. What they blatantly lack is guidance on what we ought to do, ought to value. I conclude that a humanist ethic is missing from both these narratives. Neither narrative sees matters of justice as co-equal partners with sustainability for sustainable development. Policy resulting from these narratives may offer efficiency and process but fails to include a robust humanist ethics necessary for a true sustainability. The way we think about our relationship to the environment shapes our behavior towards it. Just Sustainable Viability combines a complex systems approach that views human societies as complex adaptive systems and aims at optimizing social adaptive capacity with notions of distributive and procedural justice. With the inception of this new vision for sustainability, a new narrative must follow that firmly places humanity within the context of complex social and environmental systems.
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Date Issued
2010
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2684310
Subject Headings
System analysis, Policy sciences, Sustainable development, Social structure, Urban ecology (Sociology)
Format
Document (PDF)
Empathy as a factor of the sublime and beautiful in a wilderness environment
Title
Empathy as a factor of the sublime and beautiful in a wilderness environment.
Creator
Axberg, Robert L.J., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
Contemporary views on the aesthetics of nature fall into two opposing schools of thought; the cognitive school where philosophers such as Allen Carlson believe that science can explain everything about the aesthetics of nature, and the non-cognitive where, for example, Arnold Berleant maintains that science is a sufficient though not a necessary condition for the aesthetic appreciation of nature. Berleant and others of his kind contend that an engaged multi-sensuous relationship with nature...
Show moreContemporary views on the aesthetics of nature fall into two opposing schools of thought; the cognitive school where philosophers such as Allen Carlson believe that science can explain everything about the aesthetics of nature, and the non-cognitive where, for example, Arnold Berleant maintains that science is a sufficient though not a necessary condition for the aesthetic appreciation of nature. Berleant and others of his kind contend that an engaged multi-sensuous relationship with nature will manifest the required experience. Empathy with nature, specifically primal empathy is the focus of this research, but empathy can only be experienced from a phenomenological perspective. I have walked over two hundred miles in over 70 Florida state parks, including an autumn trip to Vermont and back. During this journey I came to experience a personal connection (empathy) with nature that I now believe is grounded in holism and a methodology of the sublime leading to the beautiful. The main conclusions derived from this research are: self-realized individuals will experience the connection I speak of more quickly than those who are not, and the genius nature artist through a creative act grounded in primal empathy can reveal the Ideas or Forms of nature to those who would otherwise never experience them. This research also concludes that empathy with nature, specifically primal empathy, is a new element that can reduce the cleft and help unify the two opposing views.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3166837
Subject Headings
Complexity (Philosophy), Whole and parts (Philosophy), Holism, Environment (Aesthetics)
Format
Document (PDF)
influence of Plotinus on Marsilio Ficino's doctrine of the hierarchy of being
Title
The influence of Plotinus on Marsilio Ficino's doctrine of the hierarchy of being.
Creator
Ayala, Nora I., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
Marsilio Ficino provides the ground to consider Renaissance Platonism as a distinctive movement within the vast context of Renaissance philosophy. Ficino's Platonism includes traces of earlier humanistic thought and ideas from Neoplatonic philosophers such as Plotinus, Proclus, and Dionysius the Areopagite. Ficino was able to rebuild a traditional philosophy that, from the ancient Greeks to Plotinus, had established the harmony between paganism and Christianity. Neoplatonism, characterized by...
Show moreMarsilio Ficino provides the ground to consider Renaissance Platonism as a distinctive movement within the vast context of Renaissance philosophy. Ficino's Platonism includes traces of earlier humanistic thought and ideas from Neoplatonic philosophers such as Plotinus, Proclus, and Dionysius the Areopagite. Ficino was able to rebuild a traditional philosophy that, from the ancient Greeks to Plotinus, had established the harmony between paganism and Christianity. Neoplatonism, characterized by complex metaphysical, ethical, and psychological canons, provided the grounds for Ficino's cosmological challenge to merge the cyclical aspect of the universe with the religious notion of the soul, in order to secure its cosmic position. Ficino adopted Plotinus hierarchy of being as a dominant component of his own thought. His formulations on the three hypostases and the movements of the soul allow him to develop his own hierarchy of the universe, in which soul anchors the metaphysics of the structure and reaffirms its ontological nature as immortal.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3166834
Subject Headings
Criticism and interpretation, Criticism and interpretation, Philosophy, Renaissance, Neoplatonism, Chain of being (Philosophy)
Format
Document (PDF)
philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care
Title
A philosophical analysis of America's transformation to universal health care: implications for responsibility and justice.
Creator
Mantoni, Jennifer Lynn., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
Human beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just...
Show moreHuman beings have two apparently conflicting fundamental rights. On the one hand, individuals have a right to health care as the United Nations declared in 1948. On the other hand, individuals have a right to liberty; that is, the freedom to make one's own health related choices, even poor ones. One goal of this essay is to show how to reconcile these two apparently conflicting core American values. This reconciliation is important, because a universal health care system that is fair and just must account for individual rights in tandem with attempts to address matters of social justice. In order for this reconciliation to occur, matters of individual responsibility, social responsibility, and social justice must be central to health care reform.
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Date Issued
2011
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3171680
Subject Headings
Health care reform, Health services accessibility, Insurance, Health, Government policy, Political science, Philosophy, Health care rationing, Moral and ethical aspects, Social justice, Responsibility
Format
Document (PDF)
Rethinking Affect Through Social Justice: Teresa Brennan, Energetics, and Living Attention
Title
Rethinking Affect Through Social Justice: Teresa Brennan, Energetics, and Living Attention.
Creator
Nelson, Erica J., Guilmette, Lauren, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy
Abstract/Description
This work seeks to explore the possibilities of applying affect theory to practices of social justice, specifically, through the affect theories based on energetics described by Teresa Brennan. The first section gives an overview on Brennan’s main arguments and how I interpret her through a Spinozistic lens. This project then explores the positive and negative roles that happiness, anger, grief, and humor have had in various social movements and how they have often been mis- or underused in...
Show moreThis work seeks to explore the possibilities of applying affect theory to practices of social justice, specifically, through the affect theories based on energetics described by Teresa Brennan. The first section gives an overview on Brennan’s main arguments and how I interpret her through a Spinozistic lens. This project then explores the positive and negative roles that happiness, anger, grief, and humor have had in various social movements and how they have often been mis- or underused in these moments. The final section offers Brennan’s theory of “Living Attention” as a means of understanding our own affects and the affects of others and how to use them effectively and healthily.
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Date Issued
2019
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013247
Subject Headings
Brennan, Teresa, 1952-2003, Affect (Psychology), Social justice
Format
Document (PDF)
A SPIRITUAL FRAMEWORK OF ORGANIC ONENESS: THE ECO-THEOLOGICAL SHIFT TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Title
A SPIRITUAL FRAMEWORK OF ORGANIC ONENESS: THE ECO-THEOLOGICAL SHIFT TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
Creator
Durand, Kjirsten, Banchetti, Marina P., Department of Philosophy, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
Earth’s environment has been undergoing unprecedented rates of degradation during the Anthropocene paradigm. Current projections for the near future show climate change producing grim outcomes for most habitable parts of the world. This thesis defends the argument that in order to adequately address the state of the environment, humanity must experience a shift in collective consciousness away from the current philosophical paradigm, and instead adopt a paradigm that enables a common mindset...
Show moreEarth’s environment has been undergoing unprecedented rates of degradation during the Anthropocene paradigm. Current projections for the near future show climate change producing grim outcomes for most habitable parts of the world. This thesis defends the argument that in order to adequately address the state of the environment, humanity must experience a shift in collective consciousness away from the current philosophical paradigm, and instead adopt a paradigm that enables a common mindset regarding the place of humans within the natural environment. Various forms of spiritual ecology are explored: deep ecology, biblical eco-theology, and eco-feminist theology. These positions are explored in order to introduce a framework necessary to achieve the collective shift in consciousness required to address environmental issues: a Spiritual Framework of Organic Oneness, which includes components of spiritual ecology and earth-centered religious traditions.
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Date Issued
2017
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000229
Format
Document (PDF)