Search for dissertations about: "Hume"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Hume.

  2. 1. David Hume on criticism

    Author : Teddy Brunius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art; Konstvetenskap; Aesthetics; Estetik;

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  4. 2. Groundless knowledge : a Humean solution to the problem of skepticism

    Author : Henrik Bohlin; Alastari Hannay; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; skepticism; Hume; Wittgenstein; externalism; Strawson; naturalistic epistemology; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi; Philosophy subjects;

    Abstract : The aim of the present study is to develop a solution to the problem of skepticism about the external world ("skepticism", for short), inspired primarily by Hume's "skeptical solution" to the problem of skepticism about induction, but also by epistemological externalism and Wittgenstein's discussion of skeptical doubts in On Certainty. The author accepts certain elements in P. READ MORE

  5. 3. Butler and Hume on religion : a comparative analysis

    Author : Anders Jeffner; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

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  6. 4. Synthesis, Properties and Bonding in Hume-Rothery Transition-metal Gallides and Indides

    Author : Per Viklund; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Material technology; Kemi; Chemistry; Bonding; Structural stability; Electronic-structure; Neutron diffraction; X-ray diffraction; Atomic Structure; Intermetallics; Hume--Rothery; Materiallära; materialteknik; Chemical technology and engineering; Kemiteknik och kemisk teknologi;

    Abstract : In this work the intermetallic systems formed by transition-metals from group 5 to 9 with Ga, In and Zn have been experimentally and theoretically studied in detail. Syntheses, compositional analyses, X-ray and neutron diffraction (single crystal as well as powder) and measurements of physical properties, e.g. READ MORE

  7. 5. Belief & Desire : The Standard Model of Intentional Action — Critique and Defence

    Author : Björn Petersson; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; Systematic philosophy; Michael Smith; David Hume; Donald Davidson; akrasia; 2nd order desires; reasons; understandings; intention; propositional content; tendency; desire; disposition; belief-desire model; motivation; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

    Abstract : The scheme of concepts we employ in daily life to explain intentional behaviour form a belief-desire model (BD model), in which motivating states are sorted into two suitably broad categories. The BD model embeds a philosophy of action, i.e. READ MORE