Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 375-406).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1976. / Vita. Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Ma, Chun Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 210-221). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.5 / 摘要 --- p.6 / Acknowledgements --- p.7 / Introduction A phenomenological study of Being and Nothingness --- p.8 / Chapter §1 --- Explanation of the title of thesis --- p.8 / Chapter §2 --- The historical background: Sartre the existentialist and phenomenologist --- p.9 / Chapter §3 --- Structure of the present research --- p.12 / Chapter (i) --- Scope of research: Being and Nothingness --- p.12 / Chapter (ii) --- Methodology --- p.14 / Chapter (iii) --- Themes and structure of the research --- p.15 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Sartre´ةs phenomenological method --- p.18 / Chapter §1.1 --- Sartre's project: a “phenomenological ontology'' --- p.18 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- The difficulties for a phenomenological re-interpretation of BN --- p.18 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Sartre´ةs concept of phenomenon --- p.21 / Chapter § 1.2 --- The Husserlian moment: intentional and eidetic analysis --- p.26 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Abschattung and essence --- p.27 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The percipere: consciousness as the directedness of intentions --- p.31 / Chapter § 1.3 --- The Heideggerian moment: the question of the meaning of Being --- p.34 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- The question of the meaning of Being: Heidegger´ةs ontological difference --- p.34 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Phenomenon of being and being of phenomenon --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- A phenomenological anthropology --- p.42 / Chapter §2.1 --- A new motive for phenomenological research --- p.42 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- A follower of the old path? --- p.42 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Husserl and his quest for foundational science --- p.44 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Heidegger and his pursuit of fundamental ontology --- p.47 / Chapter § 2.2 --- A project of phenomenological anthropology --- p.51 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Sartre and his anthropological concern --- p.51 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- The ontology of human reality and its ethical implication --- p.54 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Existential psychoanalysis as a moral description --- p.56 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Human reality versus Dasein? --- p.59 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Being-for-itself and being-in-itself --- p.66 / Chapter §3.1 --- A preliminary sketch of being-for-itself and being-in-itself --- p.66 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- The wrestling between the Husserlian and Heideggerian elements in BN --- p.66 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Two regions of being: their eidetic and ontological implications --- p.69 / Chapter §3.2 --- Being-for-itself as the origin of nothingness (I 'origine du neant) --- p.74 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- The meaning of nothingness (neant) --- p.74 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Consciousness as nihilation (neantis ation) --- p.81 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Consciousness (of) self and pre-reflective cogito --- p.84 / Chapter §3.3 --- Being-in-itself as transcendent object --- p.90 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The transcendent object and its transphenomenality --- p.91 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- World and instrumentality --- p.94 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- "Human ekstasis: Facticity, Transcendence and Temporality" --- p.100 / Chapter §4.1 --- From nihilation to human ekstasis --- p.100 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- The under-thematized aspects of the For-itself --- p.100 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- The inadequacy of our preceding analysis --- p.102 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- The phenomenological concept of human ekstasis --- p.104 / Chapter §4.2 --- The human ekstasis (1): Facticity --- p.106 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- The For-itself and its pre-destined situation --- p.106 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- "The engagement in projects, tasks and instruments" --- p.108 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Facticity and reality --- p.111 / Chapter §4.3 --- Human ekstasis (2): Transcendence --- p.114 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Transcendence as the ekstasis of the For-itself --- p.114 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Transcendence as projection and surpassing --- p.116 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- The self of For-itself --- p.119 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- The radical undeterminedness of the For-itself --- p.123 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Possibles and the possibility of being --- p.127 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Choice and reality: the Transcendence in Facticity --- p.130 / Chapter 4.3.7 --- Value as the being of For-itself --- p.133 / Chapter §4.4 --- Human ekstasis (3): Temporality --- p.138 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- "A naturalistic conception of time, and time as a holistic structure" --- p.138 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- The concreteness of time --- p.141 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Time as the mode of being of For-itself --- p.143 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- The presence of the For-itself: the temporal dimension of Present --- p.145 / Chapter 4.4.5 --- The possibilities of the For-itself: the temporal dimensions of Past and Future --- p.148 / Chapter 4.4.6 --- The primary structure of time --- p.157 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- The phenomenon of bad faith (mauvaise foi) --- p.160 / Chapter §5.1 --- The existential psychoanalysis --- p.160 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- The necessity of an existential psychoanalysis --- p.160 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- A lie to oneself and a lie to the other --- p.162 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- The “anti-ethical´ح character of bad faith --- p.166 / Chapter §5.2 --- The descriptive examination on concrete instances of bad faith --- p.168 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- The dating woman (1): the confinement of human Transcendence and Temporality --- p.169 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- The dating woman (2): the disintegration of human Transcendence and Facticity --- p.176 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- The homosexual: the manipulation and disintegration of human Temporality --- p.181 / Chapter §5.3 --- The “ideal´ح mode of being: on sincerity and authenticity --- p.188 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Sincerity as the opposite of bad faith? --- p.188 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Descriptive analysis on concrete instances of sincerity --- p.190 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- An examination unfinished: authenticity as the “ideal´ح mode of being --- p.196 / Conclusion --- p.202 / Chapter §1 --- The phenomenological and anthropological-ethical contribution of Being and Nothingness --- p.202 / Chapter §2 --- "The limitation of this thesis, and possible directions for further investigation" --- p.205 / Bibliography --- p.210 / Chapter 1 --- Works by Sartre --- p.210 / Chapter 2 --- English/ French materials --- p.210 / Chapter 3 --- Chinese materials --- p.221

The purpose of my research is to examine the philosophic influences on three literary works: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon, and Norman Mailer's An American Dream. Through an investigation of biographical, historical, cultural, and textual evidence, I will argue for the influence of several European philosophers---Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, and Martin Heidegger---on these authors and on the structures and messages of their works. I will discuss how the specific works I have selected not only reveal each author's apt understanding of the existential-philosophical crises facing the individual in the twentieth century, but also reveal these authors' attempt to disseminate philosophic instruction on the "art of living" to their post-war American readers. I will argue that Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Mailer address what they see as the universal philosophical crises of their generations in the form of literary art by appropriating and translating the existential concerns of existence to American interests and concerns. I will argue that Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Mailer's emphasis on the individual's personal responsibility to first become self-aware and then to strive to see the world more clearly and truly reflects their own sense of responsibility as authors and artists of their generations, a point of view that repositions these authors as prophets, seers, healers, so to speak, of their times. Finally, I will discuss how, in An American Dream, Mailer builds on the Americanized existential foundations laid by Fitzgerald and Hemingway through his explicit invocation of and subtle references to the art and ideas of his literary-philosophic predecessors---Fitzgerald and Hemingway.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2005.

Submitted, together with the author's Freud, Reich och den förtryckta sexualiteten, as thesis, Göteborgs universitet. / Extra t.p. with thesis statement inserted: En interaktionistisk tolkning av psykoanalysen. Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 61-62).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Duquesne University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Abstract included in electronic submission form. Includes bibliographical references (p.238-245) and index.

Few institutions for the elderly have counselors of any kind and the question was raised to whom the elderly could seek advice or counsel. A study of the literature confirmed that even though the number of elderly persons was increasing, few counselors, psychologists, or psychiatrists had persons over 65 as clients. The problems of elderly persons cover a wide range of concerns, (physical, psychological, social) and it is obvious that a holistic approach to assist this population is necessary. Existential psychology, one of the holistic psychological theories, begins with the existing experience of the individual and proceeds to consider anything within the experience which might cause anxiety or conflict. The problems of the elderly and the concepts of existential psychology reveal a complementarity. The problems facing aging individuals were the very conflicts faced by existential counselors, e.g. fear of death, of loneliness, of freedom and responsibility, of meaninglessness in life. A systematic analysis of the complementarity between the concerns of the aged and those of existential psychology provided the foundation on which to articulate existential psychology as an ontological groundwork for counseling elderly clients. Of the few gerontological counselors, there are many who employ methods and techniques designed for younger populations, often trying to isolate problems from the client's total experience. Existential psychology considers this compartmentalization to be unrealistic for each individual exists as a whole, and is affected by the whole of one's existence. To “treat" one part of an individual's existence without regard for the whole would be unprofitable and might cause further problems. An ontological groundwork for counseling is suggested from the existential psychological point of view, and recommendations are made for carrying out such a counseling regimen. Research suggestions are delineated for future studies. / Ed. D.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationships between, personal meaning, sense of coherence, organisational commitment and selected biographical variables, specifically age, tenure and occupational level. It was found that mostly significant positive relationships exist between personal meaning and sense of coherence. Personal meaning and sense of coherence exhibit predictive value for organisational commitment. It was established that self-transcendence plays a significant role in the development of affective and normative organisational commitment. Some significant differences were found between management and non-management employees in the manifestation of personal meaning. Management approximate more personal meaning to achievement, self-acceptance, and fair treatment. On sense of coherence and organisational commitment there were no significant differences between management and non-management employees. It was recommended that the relationship between personal meaning and other positive psychology variables be researched in order to determine the significance of such relationships so as to add to this relatively new body of research. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Comm.

The present study aimed to investigate the relationships between, personal meaning, sense of coherence, organisational commitment and selected biographical variables, specifically age, tenure and occupational level. It was found that mostly significant positive relationships exist between personal meaning and sense of coherence. Personal meaning and sense of coherence exhibit predictive value for organisational commitment. It was established that self-transcendence plays a significant role in the development of affective and normative organisational commitment. Some significant differences were found between management and non-management employees in the manifestation of personal meaning. Management approximate more personal meaning to achievement, self-acceptance, and fair treatment. On sense of coherence and organisational commitment there were no significant differences between management and non-management employees. It was recommended that the relationship between personal meaning and other positive psychology variables be researched in order to determine the significance of such relationships so as to add to this relatively new body of research. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M.Comm.