Ştefan Afloroaei / Descartes and the “metaphysical dualism” Descartes and the “metaphysical dualism”: Excesses in interpreting a classic* Al.I. Cuza University of Iasi Abstract The article focuses on one of the most serious accusations brought against Descartes and modern philosophy‚ namely “the dualism of substance”. The accusers claim that the human body and soul were viewed as completely separate; consequently‚ their relationship as such and the united being of man become incomprehensible. As
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Journal of Consumer Research Inc. Subcultures of Consumption: An Ethnography of the New Bikers Author(s): John W. Schouten and James H. McAlexander Source: The Journal of Consumer Research‚ Vol. 22‚ No. 1 (Jun.‚ 1995)‚ pp. 43-61 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2489699 . Accessed: 17/05/2011 19:33 By purchasing content from the publisher through the Service you agree to abide by the Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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myers52027_ch04_4P.qxd 2/27/06 3:52 PM Page 109 CHAPTER 4 Behaviour and Attitudes Do attitudes determine behaviour? Are we all hypocrites? When do attitudes predict behaviour? Does behaviour determine attitudes? Role playing Saying becomes believing The foot-in-the-door phenomenon Evil acts and attitudes Good acts and attitudes Social movements Why do actions affect attitudes? Self-presentation: Impression management Self-justification: Cognitive dissonance Self-perception Comparing the theories
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CLASS – XII ENGLISH CORE [Time : 3.0 hrs.] [M. M.: 100] __________________________________________________________________________________________________ General Instructions : (i) This paper is divided into three sections: A‚ B‚ and C. All the sections are compulsory. (ii) Separate instructions are given with each section
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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Policy Development and Research Faith-Based Organizations In Community Development Visit PD&R’s Web Site www.huduser.org to find this report and others sponsored by HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). Other services of HUD USER‚ PD&R’s Research Information Service‚ include listservs; special interest‚ bimonthly publications (best practices‚ significant studies from other sources); access to public use databases;
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The disillusionment of American dream in the Great Gatsby and Tender is the night Chapter I Introduction F. Scott Fitzgerald is the spokesman of the Jazz Age and is also one of the greatest novelists in the 20th century. His novels mainly deal with the theme of the disillusionment of the American dream of the self-made young men in the 20th century. In this thesis‚ Fitzgerald’s two most important novels The Great Gatsby(2003) and Tender is the Night(2005) are analyzed. Both these two novels
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ABSTRACT SHETYE‚ TARA. Differences in Attitudes Towards Time at Work: Validation of the Time Preferences at Work Scale. (Under the direction of Frank J. Smith.) The purpose of this research was to develop an instrument to measure differences in workers’ preferences related to the passage of time at work. Previous research indicates that this construct may have implications for the effectiveness of work teams‚ as well as other work outcomes such as person-organization fit. However‚ current methods
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EBSCOhost 12/10/11 6:12 PM Record: 1 Title: Authors: Other Publishers: A contrarian view of the five-factor approach to personality description. Block‚ Jack‚ U California‚ Dept of Psychology‚ Berkeley‚ US US: Psychological Review Company US: The Macmillan Company US: The Review Publishing Company PsycARTICLES Database: A Contrarian View of the Five-Factor Approach to Personality Description By: Jack Block Department of Psychology‚ University of California‚ Berkeley Acknowledgement: This
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PART I: INTRODUCTION: THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK MAN IN THE WORLD A. The Social Nature of Man Man is “social by nature”: he relates himself to other men with the same naturalness as a fish takes to water Man is entirely dependent on others for everything Aristotle said‚ “every man feels naturally like a friend to other men. “ The natural feeling of man towards other men is friendliness Being unfriendly is like an afterthought‚ not something spontaneous Only when he starts thinking
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Purchasing Luxury Goods: consumer behaviour of international students in the UK By SRICHAN SRIVIROJ 2007 A Dissertation presented in part consideration for the degree of MSc in International Business. i Acknowledgement I would like to express my deepest sense to my supervisor Dr. Nick Ellis for his patience‚ time‚ and guidance. I am also in debt for his valuable time in scrutinizing through this study‚ which could have never been accomplished without his excellence advice
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