School of Humanities: Recent submissions
-
The International Criminal Court: Mapping the Politics of Myth Construction on the "Road to Rome"
Published 2013-01-01This thesis investigates the reasons why it took seventy-four years for the International Criminal Court to be officially established in Rome in 1998 after the idea for the Court was first mooted in 1924. It is argued that ...Open AccessThesis -
A New Approach to the Coherence Theory of Truth
Published 2013-01-01This paper does not argue that the coherence theory should be the accepted theory about what truth is. It aims, rather, to present the coherence theory of truth in a new light, in a way that sheds understanding on why the ...Open AccessThesis -
The Anchor of Life: Triumphs and crises in the Australian wheat- growing, flour milling and bread industries from 1880- 1939.
Published 2013-01-01The scope of this thesis is Australia from the late nineteenth century to 1939, viewed through the lens of three interrelated industries – wheat-growing, flour-milling and bread-baking. Authoritative literature on wheat-growing ...Open AccessThesis -
A 'metamorphosis of perspectives on the past': A Study of the Hyde Park Barracks, 1975-2012.
Published 2013-01-01This thesis is an investigation of the site history of the Hyde Park Barracks since 1975 when the decision was made to restore the historical fabric of the building for use as a museum. Paramount to this enquiry is the ...Open AccessThesis -
On the Compatibility of Presentism and our most fundamental Physics.
Published 2013-01-01It has been alleged that Presentism is incompatible with our most fundamental physics. More specifically, it is argued that this follows from the fact that Presentism and The Special Theory of Relativity are incompatible. ...Open AccessThesis