Analogy arguments from religious experience attempt to establish a direct analogy between sense perception and certain kinds of religious experience construed in terms of a perceptual model. C. B. Martin challenges traditional analogy arguments from religious experience by contending that there is a disanalogy between both kinds of experience due to the fact that there is a society of testing and checkup procedures available to sense perception that is not available to religious experience. William P. Alston presents his own analogy argument from religious experience in Perceiving God. Alston establishes an analogy between sense perception and religious experience by arguing that certain kinds of religious experience can be construed in terms of a perceptual model. In doing so, Alston maintains that sense perception and certain kinds of religious experience that count as perception?mystical perception?produce justified beliefs in very similar ways. Thus, Alston defuses Martin's objection by arguing that both kinds of perception have testing and checkup procedures available to them, procedures which are necessary to defeat the prima facie justification of perceptual beliefs. However, I argue that because there are apparently inconsistent core beliefs in the practice of forming beliefs on the basis of Christian mystical perception, the analogy between sense perception and mystical perception is threatened. In order for Alston's analogy argument to be successful, he must address this problem.

This thesis explores the field of light, space and human perception. Human perception is an active, information-seeking process, but when this information is not clear our mind tries to fool us by filling the emptiness. This unclear structure is also called the Ganzfeld effect. When being exposed to the Ganzfeld effect hallucinations may occur. The experiment set up for this thesis was to see if a stimulus of light could be used to prevent the mind drifting off into hallucinations and keeping a clear understanding of the space. Based on previous literature research two experiments were set up. In the first experiment I expored myself how the Ganzfeld in nature affected me. In the second experiment six participants including myself experienced the Ganzfeld effect combined with a low light stimulus.  This thesis concludes that an exposure to the Ganzfeld effect in combination with a low light stimulus prevents from complete hallucinations. When using a light stimulus an inbetween world is created. A clear description of this reality in spatial terms was attempted. Without the light stimulus the mind was able to drift off and went into an unreal world. When a light stimulus was given, the mind went back to the real and the space could be clearly understood.

The study investigated how distinctions in perception might affect emotional responding to a change in an affordance. There is evidence that Europeans tend to perceive salient objects in the foreground, while East Asians tend to perceive holistically. Due to sensitivity to focal objects, European Americans (EA) were hypothesized to respond negatively with increased HR variance on perceiving loss of connection when playing Cyberball. EA would also feel sadness more intensely, in terms of decreased heart rate and increased RSA, at an earlier time during a sad clip. Chinese Americans (CA) were predicted to show no difference in affect from controls. ECG, fEMG, respiration and self-report data were acquired from 51 subjects (38 EA, 13 CA, 25 male, mean age 21.1) in a between-subjects design. 26 subjects (19 EA, 6 CA) received 2 out of 48 balls tossed and the controls received 10. 88% in the experimental condition reported a negative emotion (e.g. anger). Control subjects reported mainly neutral affect. ANOVA analyses revealed HR variance had an interaction effect (time x condition, p=0.009) and RSA had a main effect (condition, p=0.033). Both experimental groups had increased heart rate variance and increased RSA. Facial coding revealed EA expressed more negative emotion. CA in the experimental condition showed correlation across measures: HR variance, RSA and respiration, suggesting automatic regulation to perceiving loss contained its expression. Most subjects reported feeling sad during the clip. fEMG of the corrugator muscle revealed EA activated higher peak intensity 5.5 seconds earlier than CA (increased 1.571 vs 0.844). EA also had decreased HR and increased RSA, a sign of withdrawal in sadness, earlier. Evidence suggests exposure to loss had stronger effect on EA to increase their arousal and sensitivity thereafter. / M.S. / The study investigated how differences in perceiving a change in social connection might affect emotional responses. There is evidence that Europeans tend to perceive salient objects in the foreground, while East Asians tend to perceive holistically. Due to sensitivity to focal objects, European Americans (EA) were hypothesized to respond negatively with increased heart rate variance on perceiving loss of connection when playing Cyberball, a ball-tossing video game. EA would also feel sadness more intensely, in terms of decreased heart rate and increased vagal activation, at an earlier time during a sad clip. Chinese Americans (CA) were predicted to show no difference in affect from controls. ECG, fEMG, respiration and self-report data were acquired from 51 subjects (38 EA, 13 CA, 25 male, mean age 21.1) in a between-subjects design. 26 subjects (19 EA, 6 CA) received 2 out of 48 balls tossed and the controls received 10. 88% in the experimental condition reported a negative emotion (e.g. anger). Control subjects reported mainly neutral affect. Unexpectedly, both experimental groups had increased heart rate variance. CA in the experimental condition showed correlation across physiological measures: heart rate variance, vagal activation and respiration, suggesting automatic regulation to perceiving loss during Cyberball. These correlations were not observed in the EA, but as predicted, EA in the experimental condition had decreased heart rate and increased vagal activation, a sign of withdrawal in sadness, earlier during a sad clip. Evidence suggests exposure to loss had stronger effect on EA to increase their arousal and sensitivity thereafter.

Denna uppsats tar sitt avstamp i en enkel fundering; varför är det så många platser som ser ut att vara planerade på ett sätt men används på ett annat? För att smalna ner funderingen till ett konkret syfte med konkreta frågeställningar har vi tagit lärdom av olika teorier, bland annat Tuan (1997) som beskriver platser och hur de kan förstås. Vi har också läst Cattell et al. (2008) som gjort en studie inom ett snarlikt område som vårt, fast undersökt hur personer med olika kulturell bakgrund och etnicitet använder offentliga platser av olika typer och hur det påverkar hälsan. Teori och tidigare forskning likt dessa mynnar ner i syftet med arbetet som är att undersöka hur personer uppfattar offentliga platser och hur deras platskännedom, känslor och erfarenheter påverkar hur de använder platserna. Frågeställningarna som följer syftet är Hur påverkar uppfattningen av offentliga platser personers sätt att förhålla sig till dem? samt Vilka lärdomar kan dras av uppfattningen kring platser kopplat till samhällsplanering? För att kunna besvara dessa frågeställningar har vi valt att göra kvalitativa intervjuer eftersom känslor och erfarenheter bör få beskrivas snarare än värderas i ett kvantitativt formulär. Intervjuerna har resulterat i en förståelse för vad uppfattningen är, hur det påverkar personers förhållande till offentliga platser och hur det kan komma till nytta inom samhällsplanering. Av studien framkommer att det finns skillnader mellan kvinnor och män i hur de använder olika platser, kvinnor är bland annat mer säkerhetsorienterade och eftertänksamma. Ålder är också en aspekt som visat sig spela roll då erfarenheten av platser och platskännedomen oftast är större hos de som är äldre, vilket kan väcka känslor som nostalgi, vilket yngre personer i studien inte kopplar till de platser vi undersökt. Slutligen konstateras att uppfattningen av platser kan bidra i planeringen av offentliga platser eftersom de ger viktiga infallsvinklar på hur platser används. / This Bachelors Thesis was formulated from a simple question, why is it that so many places seem to be planned a certain way but are used differently? To narrow down the research questions and to make concrete problem statements, we have reviewed some of the literature in the field. For example, Tuan (1997) on place and the understanding of place and Cattell et al. (2008). The literature and previous research amounts to the purpose of researching how the place knowledge and sense of place affect people’s usage of a different variety of public places. The experience of place is based on the person’s knowledge, feelings and experiences linked to place and is of value for planers to learn as to why and how places are used. The statement of the problem is as follows: How do place knowledge and sense of place affect different people’s relations to public places? and What can be learned from how people experience place to benefit urban planning as a profession? To answer these questions, we chose a qualitative research with interviews, since feelings and experiences is better described than checked in boxes. The interviews have resulted in an understanding of how place is perceived and lived, how it affects the usage of public places and how it can be used in planning. This thesis finds that there is a difference between women and men in how they use different places, women are for example more thoughtful and oriented towards security. Age is also a factor that matters in experience and knowledge gathering, which also leads to nostalgia in some cases. Finally, it can be concluded that an understanding of peoples usage and experience of place can, and according to us should, affect planning as it gives new perspective on how places are used.

With the hectic time of today, the number of people with cardio-vascular disorder increases continuously. A whole range of factors are the cause of this disorder. Among others, it is stress which people are mostly exposed to, due to the modern bustling style of life. Further, it is improper food, obesity, diabetes mellitus, smoking and many other reasons increasing the risk of this illness. In connection with cardio {--} vascular disorder, the patients may be confronted with the decision, whether to undergo a cardiac {--} surgery operation or not. The patients quite understandably go a whole range of emotions, anxiety and feelings in connection with the cardio-surgery operation. In our thesis, we determined 3 aims. In the first aim, we concentrated our attention on the cardio-surgery patient´s perceiving him himself, his family and his future in connection with the cardio-surgery operation. The aim was carried out. Four hypotheses refer to this aim. Hypothesis number 1: The cardio-surgery patient perceives the cardio-surgery operation as the result of his life style. Hypothesis number 2: After the heart operation, the cardio-surgery patient feels to have failed in the eye of his family. Hypothesis number 3: The psychic wellbeing of the cardio-surgery patient depends on the help and assistance of his family (background) during the time of his convalescence. Hypothesis number 4: The cardio-surgery patient believes to be able to join in a normal life, the same as before his health problem leading to the cardio-surgery operation has started. The second aim has to do with the most frequent anxieties the cardio-surgery patient must cope with in connection with the heart operation. The aim was carried out. To this aim, the hypothesis number 5 related: Highly specialized nursing care of a cardio-surgery patient is concentrated on the most frequent anxieties of these patients. The third aim was directed at non-saturated needs of the cardio-surgery patient during the time of his hospitalization after the operation. To this aim, the hypothesis number 6 applied: In the nursing care of a cardio-surgery patient, the problems arising from dissatisfying the psychic needs prevail over dissatisfying the basic needs. The dates for the purpose of the research examination were collected in the form of an anonymous questionnaire consisting of 32 questions. The question used here were both opened and closed. The questionnaires were given to hospitalized patients before and after the heart operation in 6 cardio-centers. The research complex was produced by 185 respondents. The results were graphically worked into column graphs and tables. In the research examination, 4 of 6 hypotheses were confirmed. The results of this work will be applicable with the work of the nurses at the cardio-surgery for the purpose of improving the nursing care of cardio-surgery patients.

<p>Tema istraživanja je proučavanje dijagrama kao alata i njegove epistemolo&scaron;ke uloge u procesu arhitektonskog projektovanja. U savremenoj se arhitektonskoj teoriji i praksi, kao jedan od najzastupljenijih alata u procesu projektovanja, koristi dijagram. Dijagramom je kao analitičkim i stvaralačkim alatom poslednjih dvadesetak godina dat značajan doprinos razvoju istraživačkog projektovanja. Iz tog razloga, ovaj rad predstavlja prilog metodologiji projektovanja dijagramima kao obliku istraživanja kojim se dolazi do novih saznanja u kreativnom činu.</p> / <p>The main topic of the research is the analysis of a diagram as a tool, and its epistemological role in the process of architectural design. In contemporary architectural theory and practice diagram is one of the most frequently used tools in a design process. As an analytical and designing tool, diagram has significantly contributed to the development of exploratory design in the past twenty years. For this reason, this paper is a contribution to the methodology of a diagram-based design as a form of a research that leads to new findings in an act of creation.</p>

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O presente trabalho tem por objeto a análise da influência do psiquismo do juiz no modo como preside o processo estilo de colheita de dados e relacionamento com os demais sujeitos (partes e advogados, principalmente) e produz suas decisões. Há, portanto, uma interface entre Direito e Psicologia, tomando-se como paradigma a teoria dos tipos psicológicos de Carl Gustav Jung e seguidores, com os acréscimos que lhe foram feitos por Isabel Briggs Myers e Katharine Cook Briggs. Para fins de contraste, a teoria de Jung é confrontada com a tipologia psicanalítica de Freud. No âmbito jurídico, especial atenção é dada à relação das funções pensamento e sentimento com o senso de justiça, sugerindo se que a teoria tridimensional do Direito, de Miguel Reale, seja a expressão jurídica do uso equilibrado das funções perceptivas e judicativas. Esta a primeira parte do trabalho. Na segunda, são analisados tipologicamente seis magistrados do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, tomando-se por base sua atuação profissional, conforme por eles expressa em entrevista. A entrevista foi feita a partir de um questionário padrão, de modo a estabelecer paralelos discursivos e daí colher semelhanças e diferenças, analisadas à luz do tipo psicológico aferido. Para aferição do tipo psicológico de cada entrevistado, além da análise do conteúdo de sua fala, foi aplicado um segundo questionário, de natureza específica. A título de conclusão, verificou-se haver grande consistência no postulado de que existe correlação entre o tipo de personalidade do magistrado e o resultado de seu trabalho. Isso abre grandes perspectivas seja de estudo-aprendizado na área, seja de aperfeiçoamento profissional e pessoal destes agentes, cuja atividade é tão vital para o processo de produção de justiça no caso concreto. / This paper is aimed at analyzing the influence of the judges psyche as s/he presides over the process the way s/he collects data and relates with the other parties (to the lawsuit and attorneys, mainly) and makes his/her decisions. There is therefore an interface between Law and Psychology, since we have selected as a paradigm the theory of psychological types of Carl Gustav Jung and his followers, with the additions made by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. For contrasting purposes, Jung\'s theory is compared with Freud\'s psychoanalytical typology. From a legal perspective, special attention is given to the correlation between thought and feeling functions and the «sense of fairness», and it is suggested that Miguel Reales three-dimensional theory of Law be the legal expression of the balanced use of perceptive and judicative functions. This is the first part of the paper. In the second, six judges of the São Paulo State Court are typologically analyzed, based on their professional activities, as stated by them during an interview. The interview was based on a standard questionnaire so as to draw discursive parallels and be able to collect similarities and differences in the light of the psychological type assessed. To assess the psychological type of each interviewee, in addition to analyzing their speech content, a second questionnaire, of a specific nature, was applied. In conclusion, the assumption that there is a correlation between a judges type of personality and the result of his/her work has proven to be greatly consistent. This could bring great prospects, both in area studies and learning and the personal and professional improvement of these agents, whose activity is so vital to the actual process of administering justice.

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

O presente trabalho tem por objeto a análise da influência do psiquismo do juiz no modo como preside o processo estilo de colheita de dados e relacionamento com os demais sujeitos (partes e advogados, principalmente) e produz suas decisões. Há, portanto, uma interface entre Direito e Psicologia, tomando-se como paradigma a teoria dos tipos psicológicos de Carl Gustav Jung e seguidores, com os acréscimos que lhe foram feitos por Isabel Briggs Myers e Katharine Cook Briggs. Para fins de contraste, a teoria de Jung é confrontada com a tipologia psicanalítica de Freud. No âmbito jurídico, especial atenção é dada à relação das funções pensamento e sentimento com o senso de justiça, sugerindo se que a teoria tridimensional do Direito, de Miguel Reale, seja a expressão jurídica do uso equilibrado das funções perceptivas e judicativas. Esta a primeira parte do trabalho. Na segunda, são analisados tipologicamente seis magistrados do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, tomando-se por base sua atuação profissional, conforme por eles expressa em entrevista. A entrevista foi feita a partir de um questionário padrão, de modo a estabelecer paralelos discursivos e daí colher semelhanças e diferenças, analisadas à luz do tipo psicológico aferido. Para aferição do tipo psicológico de cada entrevistado, além da análise do conteúdo de sua fala, foi aplicado um segundo questionário, de natureza específica. A título de conclusão, verificou-se haver grande consistência no postulado de que existe correlação entre o tipo de personalidade do magistrado e o resultado de seu trabalho. Isso abre grandes perspectivas seja de estudo-aprendizado na área, seja de aperfeiçoamento profissional e pessoal destes agentes, cuja atividade é tão vital para o processo de produção de justiça no caso concreto. / This paper is aimed at analyzing the influence of the judges psyche as s/he presides over the process the way s/he collects data and relates with the other parties (to the lawsuit and attorneys, mainly) and makes his/her decisions. There is therefore an interface between Law and Psychology, since we have selected as a paradigm the theory of psychological types of Carl Gustav Jung and his followers, with the additions made by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs. For contrasting purposes, Jung\'s theory is compared with Freud\'s psychoanalytical typology. From a legal perspective, special attention is given to the correlation between thought and feeling functions and the «sense of fairness», and it is suggested that Miguel Reales three-dimensional theory of Law be the legal expression of the balanced use of perceptive and judicative functions. This is the first part of the paper. In the second, six judges of the São Paulo State Court are typologically analyzed, based on their professional activities, as stated by them during an interview. The interview was based on a standard questionnaire so as to draw discursive parallels and be able to collect similarities and differences in the light of the psychological type assessed. To assess the psychological type of each interviewee, in addition to analyzing their speech content, a second questionnaire, of a specific nature, was applied. In conclusion, the assumption that there is a correlation between a judges type of personality and the result of his/her work has proven to be greatly consistent. This could bring great prospects, both in area studies and learning and the personal and professional improvement of these agents, whose activity is so vital to the actual process of administering justice.