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Authenticity: A Life Project
No full textIn Chapter I, I examine Socrates who I argue is an exemplar of early authenticity who offers an ethical dimension to authenticity that I elaborate on. I consider his life account, as well as his writings regarding the soul and other excerpts to make a case for what his account of authenticity would look like. I then put Socrates in conversation with Dostoevsky’s Underground Man who offers radically different accounts of authenticity and the internal organization of one’s psyche.
In Chapter II, I move to Sartre and outline his conception of bad faith, sincerity, the reflective consciousness and a brief look at virtue ethics. I consider the examples Sartre uses of the waiter and the student and offer my interpretation and insight into those examples. I am critical of some of the conclusions Sartre makes, but I ultimately affirm his conception of bad faith as a form of inauthenticity.
In Chapter III, I move to Charles Taylor who offers a complex account of how ethics and authenticity are intertwined. I further consider Kierkegaard and his steps of faith to contrast with Sartre’s account. I make the case that Kierkegaard sees further than Sartre and avoids the problem of bad faith and virtue with his steps of faith which I argue are steps to authenticity.
Finally I conclude with what I affirm authenticity to be in light of the work done in chapter I.-III
“And You May Ask Yourself, ‘Well, How Did I Get Here?’”: The Tension Between Authenticity and Commercial Value in Early American Punk and New Wave Music
No full textNew wave music in the United States originated from underground and punk subcultures in cities such as New York City during the late 1970s, where bands in intimate venues produced a wide range of sounds from abrasive to avant-garde. The conflation of punk and new wave is well documented in music history and scholarship, but these sources only touch on the role the recording industry played in shaping the genre through advertising. This I.S. casts light on the tension between art and commerce that shaped the emergence of “new wave” as a term that came to denote both authorship and marketability. I use archival documents from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Library and Archives to illustrate the mutual or destructive relationships created between record executives and punk/new wave artists like Talking Heads and Patti Smith Group. I also use trade papers, magazines, and oral histories to set context for the milieu that artists and club owners created in New York City to promote the fledging punk/new wave movement. A digital website companion based on exhibits found at the Rock Hall – available at https//howdidigethere.collegeofwooster.net – is also a part of this project. The project shows complexity in the relationship between these artists that got their start in the dingy clubs of New York City and the record companies that marketed them to a mass audience. This study reflects on the changes of alternative popular music in the recording industry
A Drosophila Model of Neurodegeneration: The Effects Of Nab2, An RNA-Binding Protein, On Tau Dependent Circadian Rhythm Phenotypes
No full textInvestigation into the Impact of R108M and R184K Variants of 6-Hydroxynicotinate-3-Monooxygenase on 6-HNA Binding and Flavin Mobility
No full textAssessing the Emotional Impact of User Interface Design and Virtual Reality Experiences Using Color-Emotion Associations
No full textThis paper examines the emotional impact of technology, specifically user interface (UI) design and virtual reality (VR) environments, using shades of colors as a metric. Building on research in color psychology, UI/UX design, and immersive VR experiences, this study explores how poorly designed digital interfaces influence emotional states and whether VR can mitigate negative effects. Participants (N = 64) completed a mood color survey before interacting with a journaling app, designed using Expo and React Native, with intentional frustrating design flaws. The mood color survey assessed seven emotions—happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, surprise, and stress—by having participants associate each emotion with a color and then rate their current emotions on a 1-5 scale. After this digital stressor, participants completed a second mood color survey measuring emotional changes. They were then immersed in either a stressful or peaceful VR environment before completing a final mood color survey. Results revealed that the bad UI significantly decreased happiness and increased anger, stress, and disgust. Exposure to VR helped regulate emotions, with the peaceful VR condition reducing stress and fear more effectively than the stressful VR condition. Color-emotion associations aligned with prior research, with lighter shades linked to positive emotions and darker shades associated with negative feelings. These findings highlight the psychological consequences of poor design and the potential of VR as a tool for emotional regulation and stress management. This study contributes to the growing field of digital well-being by emphasizing the importance of intuitive UI/UX design and the therapeutic applications of VR
The Benefits of Montessori: A Study on the Effects of Montessori Education and Psychological Well-Being on Age-Related Episodic Memory Loss
No full textPatron Deities and Ancestral Maya Ontologies: A Contextual Analysis of the Waka’ Burial 61 Akan Effigy, Petén, Guatemala
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Who Cares? The Relationship between Cardiovascular Surgery Recovery Times and Intrahousehold Gender Inequality
No full textThe gendered distribution of unpaid care, including care for those who are ill or recovering, is an issue that affects women’s bargaining power around the world. In cardiovascular surgeries, patients are sent home earlier or go through cheaper surgeries with longer recovery time to reduce hospital and family costs. For a patient to recover fully, someone has to take care of them at home. Chile already offers an alternative, TAVI or shorter recovery surgery (SRS). However, due to its high financial costs, families still undergo through SAVR or longer recovery surgery (LRS), leading to hidden costs that may negatively affect women. This article will answer two questions: (a) How do gender roles influence who is taking on responsibilities for the care of recovering patients in the household? (b) How does the increase in household un- paid care work associated with LRS affect gender inequality? A survey conducted in a Chilean hospital found that caregivers for an LRS patient had a mean caregiving time that was approximately 3 times longer than SRS, 71 percent of the caregivers were women, 62.5 percent of the respondents thought women were better at caregiving, and 80 percent of the respondents feel responsible for their parents’ care. Secondly, a econometrics study using the Chilean National Time Use Survey (ENUT) found that the probability of women making the consumption decisions within the household increases as their percent share of care responsibilities for the elderly increases. Later, the study uses other measurements of bargaining power such as if the women was able to meet with friends, have leisure time, and their satisfaction levels on how care and household work is distributed. Results show that an increase in the percent share of care responsibilities has a decrease in the probability of women meeting with friends, engage in leisure activities, and being on a higher satisfaction level. However, these results were only significant for the friends variable