Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The Transcendental Turn: Kant's Critical Philosophy, Contemporary Theory, And Popular Culture

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mitchell, Kevin Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): O'Connor, Alan, Degree committee member (dgc): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This dissertation traces the concept of transcendentalism from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) to Michel Foucault's historical a priori and Pierre Bourdieu's field and habitus, with implicit reference to Deleuze's `transcendental empiricism,' and the influence this trajectory has had on contemporary theory and culture. This general conceptual framework is… more

THE ETHICS OF BEING-WITH: EXPLORING ETHICS IN HEIDEGGER'S BEING AND TIME

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Rejak, Adam, Thesis advisor (ths): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Norlock, Kathryn, Degree committee member (dgc): Angelova, Emilia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>ABSTRACT</p><p>The Ethics of Being-With: Exploring Ethics in Heidegger's Being and Time</p><p>Adam Rejak</p><p> Martin Heidegger is perhaps best known for his work Being and Time, in which he tries to re-discover what he deems to be a forgotten question; the meaning of being. However, what many have missed in this work is the ethical potential it… more

The Scientificity of Psychology and the Categorical Paradigm of Mental Illness: A Critique of the History of Clinical Depression and Antidepressants

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Gilbert, Shaun Justin, Thesis advisor (ths): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Coughlan, Rory, Degree committee member (dgc): Bleasdale, Fraser, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>There is little research devoted to exploring psychology's historical and discursive development. Psychological knowledge is generally presented as the contributions of individuals, but without context. The social, political, and economic aspects of psychology's development are scarcely discussed, including how the discipline came to be considered a science. This thesis project… more

Motivating Policy Responses to Climate Change: A Case Study of The City of Vancouver's Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Fralin, Sara, Thesis advisor (ths): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Holdsworth, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This research investigates urban climate governance through a case study of climate change adaptation policy making in the Canadian municipality of Vancouver, British Columbia (BC). It investigates the context in which the City of Vancouver was motivated to develop its climate change adaptation strategy (CCAS) by exploring the motivating factors and drivers behind the formulation of this… more