Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Knowledge"
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EPISTEMIC RESPONSIBILITY: ON THE RELEVANCE OF FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGY TO MAINSTREAM EPISTEMOLOGY
(2020-12-15)The aim of this dissertation is to build a concept of epistemic responsibility that takes seriously insights from feminist epistemology, addiction studies, and disability theory. I use John Greco’s knowledge-as-achievement ... -
Ideal Rule in Shakespeare's Romances: Politics in "The Winter's Tale" and "The Tempest"
(2013-08-21)The Winter’s Tale (1611) and The Tempest (1611) are two of Shakespeare’s romances, written under the patronage of James I of England. While Shakespeare’s history plays have received extensive critical attention regarding ... -
KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD: VIRTUE IN THE MENO AND PROTAGORAS
(2013-12-13)In both the Meno and the Protagoras, Plato investigates the unity, acquisition and nature of virtue (ἀρετή). Although these dialogues appear to reach opposing conclusions—the Protagoras that virtue is knowledge and the ... -
Modeling, Structuring, Storing, Querying and Appraising the Process of User Knowledge Generation in Visual Analytics
(2024-03-27)Visual Analytics (VA) enable users to gain new knowledge through an iterative process of visualizing and interacting with data. VA's intrinsic complexity and flexibility can be used with many different goals in mind, such ...