Nous étudions la récurrence et la postérité dans la métaphysique analytique contemporaine d’un certain nombre d’arguments élaborés par Bertrand Russell afin de répondre à une question d’ontologie fondamentale : comment les éléments de l’être sont-ils reliés ? Comment peut-on répondre à cette question sans tomber sous le coup d’une régression bradleyenne ? Interroger le statut des régressions bradleyennes (régressions vicieuses ou régressions inoffensives ?), déterminer la nature des relations (particuliers ou universels ? ; relations internes ou relations externes ?), ou bien encore adopter une perspective plus épistémologique, celle des vérifacteurs, sont ici les voies explorées. Nous étudions plus particulièrement le réalisme immanent de D. Armstrong, la théorie des tropes de K. Campbell, le nominalisme de la ressemblance de G. Rodriguez-Pereyra et le réalisme modéré de D. W. Mertz. / The broad objective of this study is to examine the recurrence and the posterity of some arguments drawn up by Bertrand Russell to answer one of the main ontological question: How the elements of the being are related ? How can we answer this question without raising a bradleyan endless regress? Several strategies are assessed here: answering these questions by questioning the status of the bradleyan regresses (vicious or harmless regresses?), defining the nature of the relations (particulars or universals?, internal or external relations?) or using the epistemological perspective of the truthmakers. This study is focused on D. Armstrong’s Immanent Realism, K. Campbell’s Theory of Tropes, G. Rodriguez-Pereyra’s Resemblance Nominalism, and D. W. Mertz’s Moderate Realism.

In the summer of 1964 a study was carried out on the impounded Buttle and Lower Campbell Lakes located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. An attempt was made to determine the effects of increased water level fluctuation on the limnology, particularly the bottom fauna, in areas with different substrate types. All data from two pre-impoundment studies were examined, and additional sampling carried out to provide a basis for comparison. In addition, several stations were chosen in each lake according to specific substrate types. These different bottom conditions were formed from the combined effects of erosion by water level fluctuation and wave action, over areas where different methods of pre-impoundment clearing of vegetation had been employed. The stations chosen were the shallow onshore areas which were exposed to the air during the winter months of minimum water level, the unexposed area immediately below the minimum drawdown level, and the pre-impoundment littoral zones in each study lake. A single pre-impoundment river channel station was located in Buttle Lake. In addition to bottom dredgings, funnel traps and nocturnal surface tows were used to sample the emerging insect fauna from each station. The total seasonal chironomid catch indicated significantly different total emergence between the several stations sampled. The pre-impoundment river station in Buttle Lake produced the highest total chironomid catch. Among the other stations the unexposed area immediately below the drawdown level was most productive. In Buttle Lake where the greatest seasonal fluctuation occurred and where the completely cleared littoral area was least protected from wave action, the total seasonal emergence over the exposed littoral area was very low. But in Lower Campbell Lake which received a much smaller seasonal water level fluctuation, total emergence was much higher over the exposed littoral. This area was cleared completely in this lake and the irregular shoreline afforded considerable protection from wind action. An inverted bathymetric distribution of the fauna was apparent with the greatest concentration occurring immediately below the drawdown limit in the unexposed littoral zone. The effects of water level changes were therefore considered the most important single factors influencing the bottom fauna distribution in each lake. / Science, Faculty of / Zoology, Department of / Graduate

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The purpose of this study was to develop and field test an audiovisual interest inventory suitable for use in group testing situations where known or suspected reading disabilities are extant in testees. The Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory was selected for use as a model in developing the audiovisual development.

Various groups of Mexican culture have assigned to el narco archetypical characteristics of a heroic figure in the literary, visual, and auditory arts. As a result, today’s narcocultura has expanded its tentacles to a vast array of prominent industries, such as publishing companies, the silver screen, and recording studios. El narco is no longer seen by some sectors as the outlaw that stalks our society but, instead, as a hero who fights against a hegemonic faction to reclaim his sovereignty. This thesis unites interdisciplinary observations of the narco phenomena that Mexican culture has assigned to the iconic figure of el narco. The purpose of this work is to recreate the evolutionary development through a theoretical-literary analysis of this prototype in order to better understand Mexican society’s stance on this phenomenon. Octavio Paz’s theory of the Mexican psyche, Joseph Campbell’s theory of the hero’s journey, and an interdisciplinary focus will be employed to analyze this iconic figure. In this thesis, my aim is to investigate how an ultra-conservative Mexican society evolved into a consortium that upholds the narco’s indistinct behaviors and actions. What roles do first world governments and the Mexican state play to fortify, eradicate, or control the narco phenomenon? Finally, which is the most prudent strategy to coexist in a world alongside the narco?

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This document explores the relationships between science fiction and mythology, utilizing the theories of Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung in particular. Conclusions are then drawn that argue that science fiction performs the same functions as mythology in the modern world. The author provides examples of these functions being performed in science fiction by analyzing two novels: The Forest of Hands and Teeth, and Stranger in a Strange Land. Finally, the document explores the narratives' uses of time in historical and ahistorical modes as a vehicle for its functions, and argues that the various uses of time are key to science fiction acting as modern mythology. / Master of Arts

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-106).

Thesis (M.A.)--Cincinnati Christian University, 2007. / Includes abstract and vita. Description based on Print version record. Bibliography: leaves 103-106.