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Announcement of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1949-1950
(University of Missouri, 1948)
This Bulletin describes the educational programs of the College of Arts and Science.--Page 2.
The Chinese scholar's garden in France : Moulin Joli in Claude-Henri Watelet's Essai sur les jardins
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
published Essai sur les jardins in which he discusses his philosophy about gardens and describes Moulin Joli. Included is a chapter on "The Chinese Garden," a description of a Scholar's garden. However, the style of Moulin Joli was not created based...
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...
Infinite Utilitarianism: More Is Always Better
(Cambridge University Press, 2004)
We address the question of how finitely additive moral value theories (such as utilitarianism) should rank worlds when there are an infinite number of locations of value (people, times, etc.). In a recent contribution, ...
Philosophical intuitions -- philosophical analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This work is a defense of philosophical intuitions and the use of them in philosophy. First, I survey the main forms of intuition-based philosophical methods - conceptual analysis, explication, and reflective equilibrium - and demonstrate how each...
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 ...
Institutional Effects of Term Limits In Missouri1
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2004)
Missouri adopted term limits in 1992 but the limits did not take full effect until 2003 in the House and will take full effect in the Senate in 2005. Missouri's limit is a lifetime limit of eight years in each chamber, for ...
The foundations and normative parameters of a political philosophy of education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
with the claims and aspirations of traditional educational philosophy. This dissertation develops a theory which shows normative reasoning to be a form of discourse which is completely public and objective and which is capable of reaching conclusions having...
Social media : an opportunity for fidelity in extension of the traditional physician-patient relationship
(University of Missouri, Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, 2023-01)
emerged as a major influence in public health, research communications, and even individual health.2 This technology increasingly reinforces and shapes the practice of medicine and the relationship between the physician and the patient. The view that SM...
Modern university problems : an address at a University of Missouri Convocation, September 11, 1930
(University of Missouri, 1930)
Conducting a pedagogy : the influence of Maria Irene Fornes's teaching and the Padua Hills Playwright Workshop and Festival on three contemporary women playwrights
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
." Many of these exercises were honed in various workshops including the legendary Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop and Festival under the direction of playwright Murray Mednick, whose pedagogical philosophy closely matched that of Fornes. In an effort...
Mysteries, philosophy, and self-representation in imperial Rome : Plutarch, Apuleius, and Vettius Agorius Praetextatus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
facets of their public iamges built around claims to erudition and the possession of a paideia that includes knowledge of Greek philosophy (often explicitly Platonic). Further, these constructed images are colored by traditionalism and antiquarianism. I...
Mizzou weekly, volume 01, number 02 (September 14, 1979)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Public Information., 1979)
South Korean parents' goals, knowledge, practices, and needs regarding music education for young children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
about a program's philosophy or history. Findings related to family music practices indicated that the primary activities were singing, listening to music, playing instruments, and dancing/movement. In describing their needs, parents expressed the desire...
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...
Dairy grazing : keys to building a profitable pasture-based dairy
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2020)
"Pasture-based dairy producers sometimes summarize their guiding philosophy simply as, "Grow all the pasture you can grow, and let the cows harvest every pound you grow." This statement captures their focus on operational efficiency, capital...
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...
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...