Search for dissertations about: "Presupposition"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word Presupposition.
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1. Why Grundnorm? A Treatise on the Implications of Kelsen's Doctrine
Abstract : The treatise is concerned with the source-—the “Grund”--of the bindingness of law. I contend, first, that the “presupposition” of the basic norm, on a certain reading of Kelsen’s doctrine, can be understood as constituting a normative source of positive law, and, secondly, that this reading of Kelsen admits of addressing the issue of the (formal) legitimacy of supra-national and “directly applicable” rules and other norms. READ MORE
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2. Studies on Factivity, Complementation, and Propositional Attitudes
Abstract : This dissertation is a collection of seven papers in which a number of questions are investigated regarding verbs that take a sentential complement as their direct object. These verbs are considered from different perspectives, namely from the perspective of the propositional attitude they express, or from the perspective of the syntactic construction they select, or from the point of view of the implications to which they might give rise. READ MORE
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3. Paraphrase and Rhetorical Adjustment: An Essay on Contextualism and Cohesion
Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to two distinct but convergent issues: the possibility of paraphrase and an account of context sensitivity on the basis of textual cohesion (or coherence). The possibility of explaining contextual specifications of meaning as a side effect of establishing textual cohesion is explored through an investigation into the nature of texts. READ MORE
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4. Cognition and Cultural Context : An Inquiry into Gadamer's Theory of Context-Dependence
Abstract : This study deals with the problem of the context-dependence of thought, as dealt with by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002). Gadamer stresses what he sees as the difficulty of bringing to awareness and criticising influences which preserve such dependence, and the role of traditions (Überlieferungen) in this regard. READ MORE
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5. The Book of Revelation : A vision of the ultimate liberation or the ultimate backlash? : a study in 20th century interpretations of Rev 14:1-5, with special emphasis on feminist exegesis
Abstract : The study takes exegetical interpretations of Rev 14: 1-5 as the point of departure for a discussion of how biblical scholars have understood their tasks and responsibilities. The study describes and participates in the discussion of the ethical and political dimensions of biblical scholarship. READ MORE
