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Pleasure reading: Playboy's literary fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
of consumerism, and this study reveals that these stories relied on an enduring emphasis on individualism to connect to emerging social impulses in the postwar period. After an introduction of the magazine's history and the Playboy philosophy of consumerism...
The division of moral labor : prospects, problems and progress in examining the moral status/social category relationship
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
related, and challenge literature that suggests ascriptions of moral responsibility are amplified by perceptions of intentional agency, broadly, and cognitive sophistication, in particular.--From public.pdf...
Songs of republic : envisioning democracy in the American long poem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
and Ammons for how they incorporate both history and philosophy into their works as tools for representing both what democracy was at the time of their works' publication as well as what it might develop into....
A new defense of the knowledge norm of assertion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Recent work in both the philosophy of language and epistemology has relied on the premise that there is a norm of assertion, that there are certain epistemic conditions that a...
Evaluation of swat-terrace performance for simulating the benefits of terraces on runoff and erosion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Terracing is a conservation practice to reduce erosion and intercept runoff from steep lands. Terraces control erosion and runoff by dividing long ...
An examination of the influence of Powerpoint lectures in higher education upon student assigned reading completion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
analysis to collect data. The study findings revealed several emerging themes: (a) an informational sifting generation, (b) differing faculty philosophies of teaching/learning theory, and (c) co-dependence of student motivation and teacher reflective...
The relationship of athletic director perceived leadership behaviors to student athlete academic and athletic performance at NCAA DII institutions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
significantly more transactional and transformational leadership behaviors supporting Bass and Avolio's (2004) Augmentation Model of Transactional and Transformational Leadership. The overall philosophy of balance between academic and athletic achievement...
Social critiques in three prose plays by Maxwell Anderson : Saturday's children, Both your houses, and The star-wagon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
to a distinctly American brand of philosophy from Jeffersonian agrarianism to American Transcendentalism to the frontierism of Frederick Jackson Turner. The plays offer a range of critiques, at times defending and at other times subverting the status...
How university public relations departments choose medical research to promote
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
help journalists better understand the nature and purpose of the information that institutions supply. Gatekeeping theory points to forces that might influence these choices--from the personal biases of public relations (PR) writers to the reputational...
Damaged
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
I have always been fascinated by the psychology [i.e. of] human and what motivates behaviors and choices made in life. This interest is more profound than merely my own inactive and proactive conduct, it also involves ...
A phenomenological case study of a graduate comprehensive deaf education teacher preparation program : implications for collaborative educational leadership in diverse contexts
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
strong connection between the program's espoused comprehensive philosophy and its practice. Embracing diversity of d/Deafness and differentiated instruction were the two strongest themes that resonated from the participants. Teacher candidates displayed...
Three studies in the philosophy of jazz
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation comprises three studies which in turn discuss jazz ontology, jazz improvisation, and the question of whether jazz has ended as an ...
Survey of Kansas and Missouri General Dentists Identifying Periodontal Referral Patterns
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This investigation surveyed general dentists from Kansas and Missouri to identify
factors which may impact how likely they are to refer to periodontists. The web-based
survey probed areas of clinician demographics, ...
Gao Brothers' Execution of Christ: visual lexicon transcending culture, time, and place
(2011)
overwhelmingly to Western contemporary arts and philosophies. With both exposure to new Western artistic concepts and a desire to diverge from traditional Chinese art, which was seen as outdated form of art, Chinese artists wanted to modernize the Chinese arts...
Rawlsian ethical act contractarianism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Assuming that contractarianism is appropriate for developing an ethical theory, which contractarian ethical theory is best? My dissertation provides an answer to this question. Drawing on the work of Rawls, I provide an ...
Skepticism, reason, and decision
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "This dissertation is a combination of three different projects. The first project investigates the history of philosophy: Kant's refutation of idealism. In this project I...
Clarifying relational egalitarianism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] I clarify the nature of relational egalitarianism, a theory in political philosophy that concerns equality. Relational egalitarians understand equality as a relationship between...
Absences as causes : a defense of negative causation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
In this dissertation, I confront the issue of negative causation, (i.e., causation by or of absences). I investigate the causal status of absences with regard to particular philosophical concerns and argue that absences ...
Competency based grading in students' achievement
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Competency-based grading models are trending in public schools all across the nation. The driving impetus of this study was to evaluate the impact of competency based grading in Missouri high school students' achievement. Much of the research...
The difference between secondary school principals' servant leadership in lower achieving and higher achieving secondary schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
on the principal's philosophy of leadership and impact on student achievement. The responses for the higher achieving schools revealed shared decision making and principal compassion and positive attitude as additional data to consider. The lower achieving schools...