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In this thesis, I argue for the viability of Wilhelm Dilthey’s theory of world-views as a form of meta-philosophy by defending its response to the challenge of history that arose in Germany in the second half of the nineteenth century. I show that Dilthey’s account of philosophy as a universal activity that is rooted in our psychological need for stability successfully integrates history’s insight into the contingency and plurality of philosophical systems without abandoning their truthfulness or tradition. To demonstrate and qualify the success of Dilthey’s theory, I apply it to Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus which I argue fails to sufficiently address its own historical contingency when it presents its account of and response to the problem of absurdity as a descriptive fact of critical consciousness. I show that Dilthey’s concept of reflective historical consciousness has the necessary resources to overcome Camus’ lack of reflection upon historical contingency. I argue further that Camus’ work reveals the inadequacy of Dilthey’s typology of philosophical world-views by resisting classification by its categories. My thesis therefore contributes to contemporary work on meta-philosophy by showing that Dilthey’s theory of world-views, while limited by its typologies, offers its history of philosophy as a viable form of meta-philosophy. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA) / In this thesis, I aim to clarify how philosophy should attune itself to historical knowledge by analyzing Wilhelm Dilthey’s theory of world-views. More specifically, I aim to investigate the utility of Dilthey’s theory as a response to history’s insight into the contingent nature of philosophy. I argue that Dilthey’s view of philosophy as a natural extension of our psychological need for stability is capable of accounting for the contingency and plurality of philosophical systems without sacrificing philosophy’s claim to a unique and universal essence. To support my argument, I use Albert Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus as a characteristic case of philosophy failing to incorporate historical knowledge and show that Dilthey’s theory can overcome this failure through its account of reflective historical consciousness.

<p> A sequence of metasedimentary rocks comprising the Prince Albert Group, within and to the southwest of the Ellice Hills, District of Keewatin, N.W.T., was studied. Petrographic examination of the four major facies present -- quartzites, greywacke-paragneisses, metaultrabasics and iron formation was carried out and geochemical whole rock data was obtained using X.R.F. methods. </p> <p> Metamorphism occurred during the Hudsonian orogeny and came in three distinct pulses. These pulses are evident in thin section. The first pulse is characterized by the fonnation of garnet poikiloblasts and a biotite foliation; the second by a stronger biotite and hornblende foliation accompanied by quartz and muscovite porphyroblasts, and the third pulse is characterized by the growth of fibrolite needles. The last pulse of metamorphism shows that fibrolite and orthoclase formed from the dehydration of muscovite in the presence of quartz. Thus, a pressure and temperature regime for this event can be inferred from published experimental studies. These indicate that PM2O ranged from 2.0 to 3.5 Kbars and that temperature ranged from 640° ± l0°C to 670° ± l0°C. Previous pulses may have had higher pressure ranges but certainly lower temperature ranges prevailed. The present metamorphic grade of the Prince Albert Group displays mineral assemblages indicative of the Sillimanite-orthoclase-almandine Subfacies of the Almandineamphibolite Facies as defined by Winkler (1967). </p> <p> Structural deformation is closely associated with metamorphism. At least three periods of deformation have occurred. The first is evident in thin section by the s1 foliation and parallel trains of sialic material in garnet poikiloblasts. The second period of deformation caused the rotation of the above garnets, plus formation of the F2 isoclinal folds, s2 biotite foliation, crenulation of the s1 foliation and the formation of muscovite-quartz porphyroblasts. The third period of deformation is responsible for the F3 folding, warping of the F2 axial trace and the antisotropic growth of fibrolite.</p> / Thesis / Bachelor of Science (BSc)

It shall be the purpose of this study to present an accounting of the career of public service of Gallatin as a legislator and as a diplomat, showing the great value of his service to the country of his adoption. The presentation shall be divided into several sections, namely those of Gallatin's early experiences in America, his activities while Secretary of the Treasury, while a commissioner at the Treaty of Ghent, and that part of his period of public service following Ghent.

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The purpose of this study was to identify, investigate, and analyze the life and contributions of Alexander Albert Liveright (1907-1969). It was limited to selected experiences that characterized him as an adult educator. The dissertation primarily examines Liveright's speeches, books, articles, reports, research papers and correspondence; government documents; and newspaper articles located in the Archives and Manuscripts of Continuing Education at Syracuse University. From these data a synthesis and interpretation were developed.

O exílio é um tema recorrente, embora pouco explorado, em Albert Camus. Sua obra é organizada em dois ciclos de criação: o absurdo e a revolta. Apesar de situado pelo autor no ciclo da revolta, propõe-se neste trabalho uma nova leitura de La Peste, obra que permite captar em um único texto a multiplicidade da temática do exílio em Camus, caracterizando-a como livro de transição entre esses dois conceitos, com a lucidez como elemento comum. O homem absurdo se percebe como tal pela consciência que tem de seu universo. Para o homem revoltado, a lucidez permite o combate. Em La Peste, o exílio, sob três aspectos, físico-social, psicológico e metafísico, integra a condição humana metafísica, em contraponto à condição histórica, tornando possível compreender tanto sua perspectiva como a do reino neste autor. / Exile is a recurring subject, though little explored, in Albert Camus. His work is organized in two creation phases: absurdity and rebellion. Even though situated by the author in the rebellion phase, this work proposes a new reading of La Peste, which allows seizing in only one text the thematic multiplicity of exile in Camus, characterizing it as a book of transition between these two concepts, with lucidity as their common feature. The absurd man thus perceives himself by means of the conscience he has of its universe. For the rebellious man, lucidity allows struggle. In La Peste, exile, under three aspects, physical-social, psychological and metaphysical, integrates the metaphysical human condition, in counterpoint to the historical condition, making it possible to understand its perspective, as well as the perspective of the kingdom, in this author.

L'objectif de ce travail est (1) d'étudier les relations existant entre déformation, érosion et sédimentation et (2) de quantifier les bilans érosion – sédimentation dans un rift continental en domaine tropical : le rift Albert, localisé au nord de la branche ouest du Rift est-africain. Cette étude consiste en une triple analyse de la déformation, du remplissage sédimentaire (biochronostratigraphie, sédimentologie et stratigraphie séquentielle) et des formes du relief (géomorphologie) basée sur l'interprétation de données de subsurface et d'affleurement. Un modèle d'âge des sédiments a été obtenu en combinant données biostratigraphiques, corrélations séquentielles et courbes de variations des paléoprécipitations. L'analyse sédimentologique a permis de caractériser (1) la source des sédiments et (2) le milieu de sédimentation qui consiste en un lac pérenne profond (<100 m) alimenté par des dépôts de crues, sans cônes alluviaux significatifs. Couplée à l'analyse des formes du relief, cette étude sédimentologique permet reconstituer l'évolution du bassin et de sa déformation: (1) 55-45 Ma : formation de latérites correspondant à la Surface africaine; (2) 45-22 Ma : dégradation de la Surface africaine à la faveur d'un début de surrection du dôme est-africain et formation d'une pédiplaine dont le niveau de base est l'Océan atlantique; (3) 17-2.5 Ma : initiation du bassin du Lac Albert aux alentours de 17 Ma et création de niveaux de base locaux auquel s'adaptent trois pédiplaines correspondant chacune aux trois dépocentres (Lacs Albert, George et Edward) – la surrection du dôme est-africain se poursuit; (i) 17 à 6.2 Ma : stade bassin « flexural » (vitesse de subsidence : 150-200 m/Ma ; vitesse de sédimentation : 1,3 km3/Ma entre 17 et 12 Ma et 0,6 km3/Ma entre 12 et 6 Ma) – les dépôcentres (localisés au sud) sont peu contrôlés par des failles; (ii) 6.2 à 2.5 Ma : stade rift 1 (vitesse de subsidence : > 500 m/Ma jusqu'à 600-800 m/Ma; vitesse de sédimentation : 2,4 km3/Ma) – paroxysme d'activité du rift; (4) 2.5-0.4 Ma : surrection de la Ruwenzori et changement de type de système alluvial à l'incision d'un réseau de drainage - stade rift 2 (vitesse de subsidence : 450 à 250 m/Ma; vitesse de sédimentation : 1,5 km3/Ma); (5) 0.4-0 Ma : flexuration initiation de la dépression du Lac Victoria, inversion du réseau de drainage et création de l'escarpement. La mesure du bilan-érosion sédimentation montre des ordres de grandeur identiques, avec, entre 17 et 2,5 Ma, un excès de matériel érodé (22 000 km3) par rapport aux sédiments déposés (19 000 à 18 000 km3). De 16%, cette différence de volume peut s'expliquer par la forte érosion chimique qui prévaut durant cette période, laquelle est péjorée par la différence de nature des argiles entre le bassin versant (kaolinites) et le bassin (smectites dominante), la néoformation de smectites à partir de kaolinites requérant des apports d'éléments disponibles dans les solutions issues de l'altération chimique des roches. / The aim of this work is (1) to study the relationships existing between deformation, erosion and sedimentation and (2) to quantify the erosion-sedimentation budget in a continental rift: the Rift Albert located in Uganda, in the north of the Western Branch of the East African Rifts. This study consists in a triple analysis of the deformation, the sedimentary infilling (biochonostratigraphy, sedimentology and sequence stratigraphy) and the landforms (geomorphology) based on the interpretation of subsurface and surface data. An age model of the sedimentary infilling has been obtained by combination of biotratigraphic data, sequential correlations and paleoprecipitation variation curves. The sedimentological analysis led to the characterization (1) of the sediments source – most of the quartz grains coming from the erosion of a lateritic profile (with low transportation) – and (2) of the depositional environment which consist of perennial deep (<100 m) feeding by flood deposits, without evidences of alluvial fan. This sedimentological study, along with the analysis of landforms allow to reconstitute the evolution of the basin and of its deformation: (1) 55-45 Ma: formation of laterites corresponding to the African Surface during the very humid period of the Lower-Middle Eocene; (2) 45-22 Ma: stripping of the African Surface in response of the beginning of the East-African Dome uplift and formation of a pediplain connected to the Atlantic Ocean; (3) 17-2.5 Ma: Initiation of the Lake Albert Basin around 17 Ma and creation of local base levels (Lake Albert, Edward and George) on which three pediplains tend to adapt; (i) 18—16 to 6.2 Ma: "Flexural" stage (subsidence rate: 150-200 m/Ma; sedimentation rate 1.3 km3/Ma between 17 and 12 Ma and 0.6 km3/Ma from 12 to 6 Ma) – depocenters location poorly controlled by fault; (ii) 6.2 Ma to 2.5 Ma: Rift stage 1 (subsidence rate: > 500m/Ma up to 600-800 m/Ma; sedimentation rate: 2.4 km3/Ma) – Rifting climax; (4) 2.5-0.4 Ma: uplift of the Ruwenzori Mountains and shifting from an alluvial system to a network of bedrock river incision – Rift Stage 2 (subsidence rate: 450 to 250 m/Ma; sedimentation rate: 1.5 km3/Ma); (5) 0.4-0 Ma: long wavelength downwarping, initiation of the Lake Victoria trough, drainage network inversion and uplift of the present-day escarpment.The measurement of the erosion-sedimentation budget show the same order of magnitude with, between 17 and 2.5 Ma, an excess of eroded material (22 000 km3) compared to the sediment volume deposited in the basin (19 000 to 18 000 km3). This difference of volume of 16% can be explained by the high chemical erosion occurring during this period, which one is depreciated by the difference of mineralogy of the clays between the catchment (kaolinites) and the sedimentary basin (dominantly smectites), the neoformation of smectites from kaolinites needing the input of element available in the solution resulting from the chemical weathering of the substratum.