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Sensory Perceptions and Meditations of Rene Descartes

In five pages this research paper discusses Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in terms of deductive reasoning and an eval...

Returning to the Past in the First and Second Discourses of Jean Jacques Rousseau

In five pages this paper considers the First and Second Discourses of Jean Jacques Rousseau in a consideration of social perceptio...

Cave Allegory in The Republic by Plato II

or so it might seem. But when they return; of course, they are blinded. They may know all and they may have seen all-- but perhaps...

The Soul According to Plato and Aristotle

inseparable from its body, or at any rate that certain parts of it are" (Aristotle "On the Soul" 21). Aristotles view of the soul...

Instruction Levels in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In ten pages this paper discusses the intellectual gender perceptions in the 18th century as presented in the novel with the contr...

Women as Perceived by Samuel Beckett

In eight pages this paper examines how Samuel Beckett presents his perceptions of women in the 1938 novel Murphy. Three sources a...

Chinese Culture and Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord

In five pages story is discussed in terms of the ways in which the protagonist's perceptions and actions reflect the author's own ...

Status and Change in The Family by Pa Chin

In five pages this paper examines how this text promotes the notion that change regarding gender role perceptions begins within th...

The Validity of Sexual Abuse Charges Made by Children

12 pages and 9 sources. This paper provides an overview of the issue of the validity of sexual abuse claims made by children. Th...

The Challenge, Denial, and Impact of Anita Hill's Allegations

In ten pages the 1991 sexual harassment case Anita Hill brought against then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas are examined in...

Women's Roles in Works by William Faulkner and Nathaniel Hawthorne

In four pages this paper examines these authors' perceptions of women as they are represented in characterizations of sin and good...

Comparative Analysis of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these texts in terms of changing social perceptions of women. There are no other...

Scout's Maturation in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In ten pages a character analysis of Scout and her process of maturity as revealed by her perceptions within the course of the nov...

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

In three pages Trumbo's novel protesting war is discussed with a consideration of the importance of the social perceptions he incl...

Icefields by Thomas Wharton, Time and Memory

In six pages this paper examines how the lyrical novel manipulates both time and memory as it alters reality perceptions. Five so...

The Red Badge of Courage, The Professor's House, and Individualism

In ten pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of individualism perceptions as reflected in these works by Stephen Crane ...

The Landmark Case Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

The perception of negative equal opportunity requirements is examined in the context of the U.S. case. Issues discussed include di...

Crime and Perceptions During the Victorian Age

The perceptions on crime during the Victorian Age are examined in this research paper consisting of six pages. Six sources are ci...

Difficulties Associated with Fighting the Vietnam War

Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon - worked to make the institutions of a "free society" available to that half of the nation to which ci...

A Review of White Man's Indian

This six page essay explores the book by Robert Berkhofer, Jr. The writer emphasizes the diversity that characterizes Native Ameri...

Perception and Philosopher George Berkeley

In five pages this paper discusses Berkeley's notion that beyond perception nothing exists. There is 1 source listed in the bibli...

HMOs and Health Care in the United States

In eight pages this paper discusses America's managed health care delivery systems in an overview of HMOs and their negative perce...

Overview of Mental Retardation

In ten pages this research paper presents a mental retardation overview that includes definition, its causes, negative perceptions...

Shaping Children's Gender Roles and the Impact of Parental Interaction

In sixteen pages this paper examines how early childhood perceptions of gender roles are developed through interaction with parent...

Adolescence Perspectives

In five pages the 1987 research by Enright et al discusses psychological theories as they pertain to the perceptions of adolescent...

Perception Context, Meaning, and Gestalt Theory

In three pages this paper considers the meaning and context of individual perception as it relates to Gestalt theory. Three source...

Richard III and Love

In five pages this paper discusses how love is presented through the perceptions of Richard III in William Shakespeare's historica...

Seeing, Believing, and Perception

In five pages this research paper discusses perception in terms of reality conceptions and whether or not seeing qualifies as beli...

Confirmation of the Existence of ESP

The girl left it at school the night before the second chance. A 27-month-old girls uncle died the day after Christmas after havi...

Have Public Perceptions Shifted on Major Issues?

are assumed to act in ways that enhance their personal well-being at the expense of shareholders (Fama and Jensen 1983). T...