Search for dissertations about: "Theoretical Philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 273 swedish dissertations containing the words Theoretical Philosophy.

  2. 1. Philosophy, Literature and the Inheritance of Language

    Author : Niklas Forsberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Mats Rosengren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; Derrida; literature; philosophy; deconstruction; grammatology; structuralism; phenomenology; language; meaning; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the extent to which philosophical assumptions are inherited when we learn language. The topic is approached through an investigation into the importance of literature in Jacques Derrida’s philosophy. READ MORE

  4. 2. Empathy and emotions : on the notion of empathy as emotional sharing

    Author : Peter Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy;

    Abstract : The topic of this study is a notion of empathy that is common in philosophy and in the behavioral sciences. It is here referred to as ‘the notion of empathy as emotional sharing’, and it is characterized in terms of three ideas. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. An Inferentialist Interpretation of Classical Logic

    Author : Tor Sandqvist; Krister Segerberg; Neil Tennant; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Inferentialism; Excluded Middle; Classical logic; Justification of deduction; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Abstract : The aim of this work is to provide an account of the meanings of the standard logical operators meeting the following requirements:1) It should meet Dummettian standards of intelligibility; specifically, it should do without any notion of recognition-transcendent truth.2) It should validate Classical logic. READ MORE

  7. 5. Electronic Healthcare Ontologies : Philosophy, the real world and IT structures

    Author : Martin Berzell; Ingemar Nordin; Urban Forsum; Daniel Karlsson; Ingvar Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; medical informatics; ontology; terminology; critical realism; immanent realism; Filosofi; medicinsk informatik; ontologi; terminologi; kritisk realism; immanent realism; Theory of science; Vetenskapsteori; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates how the notion of ‘ontology’ has been used in the field of medical informatics and knowledge representation. Partly to investigate what an ‘ontology’ can be said to represent and what requirements we can have on a good ‘ontology’. READ MORE