Search for dissertations about: "merleau"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word merleau.

2. 1. Recasting Objective Thought : The Venture of Expression in Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy

   Author : Anna Petronella Foultier; Staffan Carlshamre; Hans Ruin; Leonard Lawlor; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Merleau-Ponty; Saussure; Butler; phenomenology; expression; language; perception; painting; Gestalt theory; linguistics; feminist phenomenology; dance; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This thesis is about meaning, expression and language in Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, and their role in the phenomenological project as a whole. For Merleau-Ponty, expression is the taking up of a meaning given either in perception or in already acquired forms of expression, thereby repeating, transforming or congealing meaning into gestures, utterances, artworks, ideas or theories. READ MORE

4. 2. Encountering Depression In-Depth : An existential-phenomenological approach to selfhood, depression, and psychiatric practice

   Author : Patrick Seniuk; Fredrik Svenaeus; Rolf Ahlzén; Jonna Hjertström Lappalainen; Kevin Aho; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phenomenology; existential philosophy; psychiatric practice; Merleau-Ponty; selfhood; depression; Fenomenologi; existentiell filosofi; psykiatrisk praktik; Merleau- Ponty; självet; depression; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

   Abstract : This dissertation in Theory of Practical Knowledge contends that depression is a disorder of the self. Using the existential-phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, I argue that if we want to disclose the basic structure of depressed experience, then we must likewise disclose how selfexperience is inseparable from depressed experience. READ MORE

5. 3. Intentionality and Intersubjectivity

   Author : Jan Almäng; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; analogical theories; body schema; embodiment; intentionality; intersubjectivity; other minds; simulation theory; theory theory; Dretske; Fodor; Gibson; Husserl; Meltzoff; Merleau-Ponty; Nichols; Stich; Strawson.;

   Abstract : This is a dissertation about the problem of other minds. Its point of departure is the modern philosophical and cognitive-scientific discussion of our attribution of mental states to others, in particular as it is conceived of within the so-called theory theory. READ MORE

6. 4. Spaces of appearance : Intergenerational and interspecies relations in the Anthropocene

   Author : Elisabeth Kring; Mats Börjesson; Cecilia Åsberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; generations; species; the environment; appearance; temporality; political action; the acting body-subject; school strike for the climate; Arendt; Merleau-Ponty; Child and Youth Science; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The thesis brings together childhood studies and the problems of environmental degradation and climate change. It focuses on intergenerational and interspecies relations and aspects connected to environmental sustainability. READ MORE

7. 5. From a uni-dimensional to a multi-dimensional health promotion perspective. Promoting a tobacco-free generation based on a motivational structure of behaviour

   Author : Margareta von Bothmer; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : adolescence; behaviour; gender differences; health habits; Merleau-Ponty; meaning; motivation; personality trait; self-rated health; sense of coherence; student; tobacco-use;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to expand the knowledge of decisive factors acting on health behaviour at an intrapersonal and interpersonal level, and to obtain a deeper understanding of smoking behaviour. A university student population (n= 332) was used in order to investigate self-rated health and health habits in relation to different personality traits and motivation for a healthy lifestyle (sub-studies I-II). READ MORE