The thesis is a critical evaluation of the work of J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986). Part One assesses his religious teaching and educational thought. It contains biographical details, a literature survey and a discussion of Krishnamurti's ideas. Some weaknesses in Krishnamurti's work are identified, notably a tendency towards assertiveness in argument and an over-emphasis on individual psychology as an explanation for social phenomena. It is also argued that Krishnamurti's educational discourse owes much to the New Education Movement which flourished in the 1920s and that he made few contributions to educational theory as such. On the other hand many positive features of his work emerge; in particular an outstanding ability to communicate, a concern with spirituality which is not bound to institutionalized religions, and practical suggestions for evolving forms of education which might develop a high level of awareness among staff and students. Part Two focuses on two schools founded by Krishnamurti. The first, Valley School near Bangalore, South India is a school for six to eighteen year olds. Educational innovations and efforts to encourage a sense of inquiry among its pupils are described and there are reports of interviews with staff and pupils. The other school, Brookwood Park in England, is an educational centre which includes a school for teenagers and a study centre for adults who wish to go on retreat. An account of school life and interviews with staff and students convey Brockwood's atmosphere, difficulties and achievements. The concluding chapter summarizes the observations from the schools and discusses the most significant contributions that Krishnamurti made as religious thinker. Finally some avenues for future research are proposed.

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The use of virtual crowds in visual eects has grown tremendously since the warring armies of virtual orcs and elves were seen in The Lord of the Rings. These crowds are generated by agent-based simulations, where each agent has the ability to reason and act for itself. This autonomy is eective at automatically producing realistic, complex group behaviour but leads to problems in controlling the crowds. Due to interaction between crowd members, the link between the behaviour of the individual and that of the whole crowd is not obvious. The control of a crowd's behaviour is, therefore, time consuming and frustrating, as manually editing the behaviour of individuals is often the only control approach available. This problem of control has not been widely addressed in crowd simulation research. We propose, implement and test a system in which a user may control the behaviour of a crowd by means of general constraints. This Constraint Satisfaction system automatically alters the behaviour of the individuals in the crowd such that the group behaviour meets the provided constraints. We test this system on a number of scenarios involving dierent types of agents and compare the effectiveness of this automatic system to an expert user manually changing the crowd. We find our method of control, in most cases, to be at least as effective as the expert user.

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J.M. Ntsime's short story "Khutsana" is the subject of a narratological analysis in this minidissertation. Using Bal's theory which distinguishes between elements and aspects of a story, this study focuses on the elements of a story, which include events, actors, time and place. Events in "Khutsana" have been identified, arranged in chronological order and organised into eight sequences. The actors have been classified according to the actantial model in order to highlight the relations which exist between the groups of actors. For instance, Segwana and Gabankitse are classified as subjects, and the object of their striving is to care for, and love Lesego. The receiver is often the same person as the subject, that is, Gabankitse and Segwana. More than one actant can occur with the same actor. The sender is in many cases not a person but an abstraction. The opponent-actant is classified as both abstractions and actors. All the helpers show a collective disposition regarding care for and love to Lesego. Two kinds of duration have been determined. namely a crisis period which indicates a short span of time, and a longer developmental period. The location where events happened - in a rural area - is given. In conclusion, this study has shown that Bal's theory can successhlly be applied in a narratological analysis of the Setswana short story "Khutsana". Strachan (1988:6) pointed out that one thing remains to be evident, viz. that the story is the "original" level of the narrative text before the particulars are viewed from a special viewpoint and before it is told by a narrative instance. Events, actors, time and place occur at this level. / Skripsie (MA (Tswana))--PU vir CHO, 1997

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In the examination of the concept of personal identity, this thesis concentrates upon the central" divide between complex and simple accounts. The opposing theories have been evaluated with respect to their ability to produce a concept of persons which will fulfil the role of a forensic being. Thus, the criticisms suggested are not made solely in consideration of the coherence of supportive arguments but also on the ability to provide accurate accounts of a person as a moral agent: whether value and responsibility are sufficiently met by the concept and whether the resulting person can be objectively and reliably identified. The thesis begins with an explanation of the historical roots of the debate, considering the originators of the simple view in their criticism of Locke's conception of personal identity. It then moves on to examine the modern version of the simple view, explaining its arguments and providing a critique. Finally, modifications to the modern simple view are suggested, pointing the way to a more satisfactory debate within personal identity theory, whilst showing the central epistemological role that such a debate has.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Calvin Theological Seminary, 1992. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-117).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Philosophy, 1976.

Thesis (M.A.)--Wheaton College Graduate School, 2002. / Bibliography: leaves 172-184.