Edwin Sherbon Hills, 31 August 1906 - 2 May 1986

1987 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 289-323 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Attack ◽  
80Th Birthday ◽  
Average Height ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
High Sense ◽  
Very High ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

On the morning of 2 May 1986 Edwin Sherbon Hills set off from his home in Kew, Melbourne, farewelled at the gate by his wife, for the University of Melbourne. He died on the way, minutes later, alone, of a heart attack. On the previous day he had written helpful replies to letters from several geologists in connection with papers they were preparing for a symposium to honour him on his 80th birthday. Australia lost one of its most eminent scientists and most accomplished geologists, and his family their devoted husband and father. The manner of his passing seems to me to be characteristic, for he had a most independent spirit. He was of average height with an erect carriage, quick and deft and always neatly dressed; his hair was short and sandy, and he had a fresh complexion. Extremely independent and highly competent, he was bent on leading in his various chosen fields. He had the remarkable gift of proceeding straight to the heart of any problem, discarding irrelevancies and thinking in a well-organized way. As a geologist he was eclectic; he gave each branch of the science equal attention, saw how each was essential to the others, and invariably supported his arguments with evidence drawn from careful observations made in other branches. He strove relentlessly for perfection in his logical analyses of observations, then adhered to his formed opinion until he could convince himself that a different view was closer to the truth. He had a very high sense of duty. Born in 1906, his generation had tacit acceptance of Britain as the world leader; it was only in 1968 that he paid his first short visit to the U.S.A.

scholarly journals Sexualidade de portadoras de estoma intestinal definitivo: percepção de mulheres

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio Ribeiro Dos Santos ◽  
Ana Lúcia De Medeiros ◽  
Rômulo Wanderley De Lima Cabral ◽  
Maria das Neves Silva Anselmo ◽  
Márcia Cristina De Jesus Souza
Keyword(s):  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Intestinal Stoma ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Resumo: O estudo tem o objetivo de investigar as alterações ocorridas no modo de vida de mulheres portadoras de estoma intestinal definitivo e as repercussões na sexualidade. Pesquisa descritiva com abordagem qualitativa, realizada no Hospital Universitário de João Pessoa/PB, com dez mulheres estomizadas. Utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúdo de Bardin para interpretação dos dados. Os resultados demonstraram que as mulheres enfrentaram, além das mudanças no trânsito intestinal, alterações no modo de vida, afetando a autoimagem e a sexualidade. Portanto, a reflexão sobre a condição de ser estomizada é um passo inicial na busca da sensibilização e redução do preconceito. Palavras-chave: sexualidade; estomia; percepção; mulheres.Sexuality of Patients with Intestinal Stoma Final: Perception of WomenAbstrat: The study has the aim to investigate the changes that happen in women´s life when they suffer definitive intestinal stomas and their implications in their sexuality. It´s about a research made in field, at the University´s Hospital of João Pessoa/PB, where ten women took place at this work. The data interpretation, was adopted the technique of analysis of contents of Bardin. The results have showed that women had to face, besides the change of intestinal traffic, change in the way of life, affecting their image and sexuality. So, acording to the importance of the point dicussed, the reflection and it´s effects, need extremely attention trying to reduce the prejudice.Keywords: Sexuality; ostomy; perception; women.La Sexualidad de los Pacientes con Estoma Intestinal Final: Percepción de las MujeresResumen: El estudio tiene el objetivo de investigar las alteraciones que se pasan en la vida de mujeres portadoras de estoma intestinal definitivo y las repercusiones en la sexualidad. Pesquisa descritiva con abordaje cualitativa, realizada en el Hospital Universitario de João Pessoa/PB, con diez mujeres estomizadas. Fue utilizado la técnica de análisis de contenido de Bardin para interpretación de datos. Los resultados demostraron que las mujeres enfrentaron, además del cambio en el tránsito intestinal, alteraciones en el modo de vida, afectando la autoimagen y la sexualidad. Por eso, la reflección sobre la condición de ser estomizada es un primer paso en la búsqueda de la sensibilizar y reducir el prejuicio.Palabras clave: sexualidad; estomía; percepción; mujeres.

scholarly journals Truthmaking and the world-time parallel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gareth Leniston-Lee
Keyword(s):  
Possible Worlds ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Parallel Argument ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
To Come ◽  
Structural Parallel ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

<p>There is a close structural parallel between the way we talk about time and the way we talk about modality (i.e. matters of possibility, necessity, actuality etc.). A consequence of this is that whenever we construct a metaphysical argument within one of these domains, there is a parallel argument to be made in the other. On the face of it, this parallel between possible worlds and moments in time seems to commit us to holding corresponding attitudes to the ontological status of non-present and non-actual entities.  In this thesis I assess a claim made by Sider (2001: 41-42) that truthmaking – the idea that truth is grounded in existence – provides a way to avoid the commitment to ontological symmetry that this world-time parallel seems to foist upon us. Truthmaking challenges presentists, who deny the existence of past entities and actualists, who deny the existence of merely possible entities, to come up with a way of grounding truths that are ostensively about the events and entities that they deny exist. Sider’s claim can be broken down into three propositions:  1. Truthmaking provides reason to reject presentism. 2. Truthmaking does not provide reason to reject actualism. 3. Truthmaking breaks the ontological symmetry between time and modality.  In this thesis I argue that while 1 is false, 3 remains true. While I am not a presentist myself I do not think that truthmaking provides a sound basis for rejecting the position. Much of this thesis is dedicated to defending presentism against the challenge truthmaking poses. I also don’t believe that truthmaking undermines actualism, but do not commit myself to any particular actualist response to the truthmaking challenge in this thesis. My central aim is to show that the presentist has a viable response to the truthmaking challenge and that this response does not have a viable parallel in the modal case. So while I think that both presentists and actualists can provide adequate responses to the challenge truthmaking poses, truthmaking still breaks the symmetry because the arguments made in defence of each position are very different. So one might rationally accept one argument but not the other.</p>

scholarly journals Bodies, Bollywood and Bond. The evolving image of secret agents in Hindi spy thrillers inspired by the 007 franchise

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-46
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Lipka-Chudzik
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Gradual Change ◽  
James Bond ◽  
Commercial Success ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Independent researcherIn the 1960s, after the international commercial success of the James Bond films, many imitations and parodies of the original were made in different parts of the world. In India popular Hindi films were also inspired by the 007 franchise, beginning with the action thriller Farz in 1967. From then on a new genre was formed in the Bombay cinema: Hindi Bond films. These derivative productions were deliberately created to replicate the plot formula and narrative structure of the original Bond series. They underwent considerable development from cheap, amateurish B-movies to big budget commercial hits such as Ek Tha Tiger in 2012. Also the leading characters in Hindi Bond films, the secret agents of the Indian police and intelligence, evolved from the innocent, happy-go-lucky youngsters in the 1960s into the tough, world-weary men of action in the 2010s. One of the most important factors of this gradual change is the way the heroes’ bodies were shown on screen. The focus on the esthetics, the musculature, the physical abilities and sex appeal of the Bombay Bonds was different in every decade. This article concentrates on the evolution of Hindi Bond films: the genre as well as the leading characters.

scholarly journals The Narrator's Search for Her Own Identity in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (124) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
امجد لطيف جبار ◽  
رنا مظهر دخيل
Keyword(s):  
Master's Degree ◽  
Bodily Harm ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Radcliffe College ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
The Way

       Margaret Eleanor Atwood is born on November 18, 1939, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.        Atwood is a Canadian writer best known for her novels, which include: The Edible Woman (1969), Surfacing (1972), Lady Oracle (1976), Life Before Man (1979), Bodily Harm (1981), The Handmaid's Tale (1985), Cat's Eye (1988), The Robber Bride (1993), Alias Grace (1996) and The Blind Assassin (1998).        Atwood is a famous writer, and her novels are best sold all over the world. She has been labelled as a Canadian nationalist, feminist, and even a gothic writer. She is well known internationally in the USA, Europe, and Australia.  This research aims at showing throughout Surfacing, the way Atwood portraits the narrator as a woman searching for her own identity.

scholarly journals Acquiring a doctoral degree: was it worth it?

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. FSO443
Author(s):  
Olumide A Odeyemi
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
Doctoral Study ◽  
The University ◽  
Very High ◽  
The Way

When I started my doctoral degree a couple of years ago at the University of Tasmania in Australia, my enthusiasm for starting a doctoral degree with a scholarship was very high; however, along the way, due to various challenges, I began to ask myself: is acquiring a doctoral degree worth it? In this article, I provide a detailed account of how I started and completed my doctoral study and highlight the inherent lessons I learned.

Representation and Reference

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Ankersmit
Keyword(s):  
True Statement ◽  
Historical Representation ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Text ◽  
True Description ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

AbstractThis essay focuses on the historical text as a whole. It does so by conceiving of the historical text as representation ‐ in the way the we may say of a photo or a painting that it represents the person depicted on it. It is argued that representation cannot be properly understood by modelling it on true description. So all the central questions asked since the days of Frege with regard to how the true statement relates to the world must be asked anew, if we wish to understand how a historical representation relates to what it is about. Three claims are made. In the first place, representation is not a two-place but a three-place operator: apart from a representation (say, a book on Napoleon) and what the representation represents (Napoleon himself), a representation also indicates an aspect of represented reality (an aspect of Napoleon). The second claim is that this notion of the aspect is crucial for a proper understanding of (historical) representation. Thirdly, it is argued that traditional theories of reference cannot account for the relationship between a representation and the aspect indicated by it.

scholarly journals Anders Sørensen Vedels Marsk Stig-håndskrift. To kommentarer til Svend Clausens afhandling i Fund og Forskning 55, 2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 281
Author(s):  
Ivan Boserup ◽  
Karsten Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Folk Songs ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Strong Focus ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of The University ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Ivan Boserup & Karsten Christensen: Anders Sørensen Vedel’s manuscript about Marshal Stig. Two comments on Svend Clausen’s thesis in Fund og Forskning 55, 2016 Svend Clausen has in vol. 55 of Fund og Forskning called attention to a lost and “forgotten” parchment manuscript described by Anders Sørensen Vedel in 1595 as “The History of Marshal Stig” containing key documents related to the trial which followed the assassination in Finderup Grange of King Eric V ‘Glipping’ of Denmark (1259–1286). Clausen’s evidence consists of registrations of manuscripts known only through their titles, which had been available to the Danish historians Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), Niels Krag (1550–1602), and Jon Jakobsen ‘Venusinus’ (1563–1608), but appear ultimately to have burned in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728. The sources referred to by Clausen were published in one case by H. F. Rørdam in 1874, in all other cases in the appendix to S. Birket Smith’s History of the University Library of Copenhagen, 1882, reprinted 1982. Apparently inspired by a casual remark made in 1891 by the then very young historian Mouritz Mackeprang, Svend Clausen argues that despite the lack of extant copies and quotations etc., the manuscript’s supposedly exclusively judicial contents and allegedly very considerable volume reveal the “existence” of such an important source that future research on the background and consequences of the royal assassination must take much more account of this lost source than has been the case until now. Reviewing Svend Clausen’s arguments, Ivan Boserup corrects Rørdam’s and Clausen’s incomplete reading of the source on which the latter builds his identification of Vedel’s manuscript with descriptions of a lost manuscript “Concerning King Eric [Glipping],” and rejects Clausen’s interpretation of “… cum adversariis ac diversis” (Clausen seems unaware of the literary concept of adversaria), on which all his further arguments are based. From his professional standpoint as a historian, Karsten Christensen refers to Vedel’s strong focus on Marshal Stig in his collection of One Hundred Danish Folk Songs (publ. 1591), to Vedel’s idiosyncratic manner of describing his manuscripts from the point of view of his own main interests, and to the fact that in contrast to the Jens Grand trial held before the Pope in Rome in 1296, one should not expect written actiones to have been delivered at the meeting of the Danish grandees in Nyborg Castle in 1286 subsequent to the murder of Eric Glipping. Christensen therefore suggests that it is much more probable that the manuscript referred to in Vedel’s registration refers to a lost manuscript that, contrary to the one associated by Svend Clausen with Vedel’s lost manuscript, can be followed closely all the way up to 1728, and the contents of which have been detailed by the historian Stephanus Stephanius (1599–1650).

scholarly journals Editorial

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basheer Nafi
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Human History ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
Islamic View ◽  
The Way

This issue of AJISS provides a multidimensional perspective of today’sIslamic intellectual experience. What seems to contribute markedly to theshaping of this experience is the ongoing creative process of integrating thecontemporary with the historical and the particular with the universal. TheMuslims’ commitment to humanity’s persistent struggle for meaning andharmony is, in essence, deeply linked to their belonging to the social anddiscursive manifestations of the Islamic historical epoch.Similarly evident is that neither studying Islam nor seeking the constructionof an Islamic view of our times can be conducted coherently withoutinvoking human history and intellectual achievements located outsideof the traditionally defined boundaries of the Islamic intellectual venture.Examples abound. Western epistemological tools and concepts are nowused widely, with little hesitation, by an increasing number of Muslimsocial scientists. On another level, the emergence of world global systemshas left its imprint on the Muslims’ perceptions of universal justice. Theinfluences of non-Muslim suffering and struggle are becoming part of theMuslim consciousness. In a startling reflection of this development, thetragic history of Native Americans has recently been sought as an allegoricalwell-spring by Arab anti-imperialist poets. For Islam and the world,despite many pitfalls and dangers, this process of integration is ultimatelybound to transfer the Muslims’ worldview to an era that is fundamentallydisctinctive from the preceding “centuries of the Islamic experience.”Charles Hirschkind’s “Heresy or Hermeneutics: The Case of NasrHamid Abu Zayd” provides a lucid example of how modem Islamic intellectualismand its image, the discipline of Islamic studies, are predicated ona wide variety of sources, whether historical or contingent, traditional orotherwise. The case of Abu Zayd and his prolonged conflict with Islamiccircles in Egypt has been of particular interest to the western and Arab secularmedia alike. Emerging from the halls of the University of Cairo, thecontentious debate surrounding his ideas has marched all the way to theEgyptian judiciary. But Hirschkind is not a judge, and AJISS is not a courtroom.The focus here is on “the contrastive notions of reason and history,” ...

scholarly journals Truthmaking and the world-time parallel

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gareth Leniston-Lee
Keyword(s):  
Possible Worlds ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ontological Status ◽  
Parallel Argument ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
To Come ◽  
Structural Parallel ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

<p>There is a close structural parallel between the way we talk about time and the way we talk about modality (i.e. matters of possibility, necessity, actuality etc.). A consequence of this is that whenever we construct a metaphysical argument within one of these domains, there is a parallel argument to be made in the other. On the face of it, this parallel between possible worlds and moments in time seems to commit us to holding corresponding attitudes to the ontological status of non-present and non-actual entities.  In this thesis I assess a claim made by Sider (2001: 41-42) that truthmaking – the idea that truth is grounded in existence – provides a way to avoid the commitment to ontological symmetry that this world-time parallel seems to foist upon us. Truthmaking challenges presentists, who deny the existence of past entities and actualists, who deny the existence of merely possible entities, to come up with a way of grounding truths that are ostensively about the events and entities that they deny exist. Sider’s claim can be broken down into three propositions:  1. Truthmaking provides reason to reject presentism. 2. Truthmaking does not provide reason to reject actualism. 3. Truthmaking breaks the ontological symmetry between time and modality.  In this thesis I argue that while 1 is false, 3 remains true. While I am not a presentist myself I do not think that truthmaking provides a sound basis for rejecting the position. Much of this thesis is dedicated to defending presentism against the challenge truthmaking poses. I also don’t believe that truthmaking undermines actualism, but do not commit myself to any particular actualist response to the truthmaking challenge in this thesis. My central aim is to show that the presentist has a viable response to the truthmaking challenge and that this response does not have a viable parallel in the modal case. So while I think that both presentists and actualists can provide adequate responses to the challenge truthmaking poses, truthmaking still breaks the symmetry because the arguments made in defence of each position are very different. So one might rationally accept one argument but not the other.</p>

Spatialising university reform

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-33
Author(s):  
Sonja Trifuljesko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Global Competition ◽  
University Reform ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Empirical Material ◽  
Made In

This article investigates contemporary attempts to reform the institution of the university according to neoliberal ideological influences and oppositions to them. It employs Doreen Massey’s concept of space to focus on relations and separations made in the process. My ethnography of the University of Helsinki’s 375th anniversary celebration, which turned into a public spectacle of various visions of higher education, constitutes the main empirical material. Finland’s ambivalent position in the world renders the spatial work of forging connections and disconnections particularly conspicuous. It enables specific neoliberal aspirations (such as to be among ‘the world’s best universities’ amidst global competition) to become very strong but also allows additional trajectories, like the one about higher education as public goods, to present themselves as legitimate alternatives. The centre-periphery relations are therefore critical sites for analysing the contemporary university transformation, since they appear to be key drivers of the reform but also the primary source of resistance to it.

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