Browsing by Author "MacKinnon, John E."

Browsing by Author "MacKinnon, John E."

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    Advocacy, therapy, and pedagogy 
    MacKinnon, John E. (John Hopkins University Press, 1996)
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    Aristotle on happiness : the communal versus the contemplative life 
    Tisseverasinghe, Therese (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2008)
    In this thesis, I propose a solution to the apparent incompatibility between Aristotle's account of virtuous friendship and his idea of the contemplative life in the Nicomachean Ethics. In the first chapter, I outline the ...

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    A light in the darkness : horror as catharsis 
    Baker, Alexander Scott (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-07-11)
    Horror – despite the disapproval pervading its commonplace use, there is a clear asymmetry between humanity’s general aversion to, and negative characterization of, horror in its “natural” sense, and our attraction to ...

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    Living metaphors : exploring freedom and heuristic insight in aesthetic appreciation, character development, and learning 
    Mackenzie, Dylan Boyd (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2019)
    I open this thesis by arguing that complex metaphor is neglected by prominent theorists in the theory of metaphor. Specifically, Max Black’s and Donald Davidson’s accounts of metaphor not only leave complex metaphor aside, ...

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    The resurrection of the author 
    Trainor-McKinnon, Joseph Daniel (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)
    In The Resurrection of the Author, Daniel Trainor-McKinnon supports a form of intentionalism by arguing that intentions and meaning are metaphysically separate from artworks. This form of intentionalism is what he calls ...