Search for dissertations about: "objectivity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the word objectivity.

2. 1. Objects and objectivity : Alternatives to mathematical realism

   Author : Ebba Gullberg; Sten Lindström; John Cantwell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy of mathematics; mathematical realism; ontological realism; semantic realism; platonism; the semantic argument; the indispensability argument; the non-uniqueness problem; Benacerraf s dilemma; the irrelevance challenge; Field; Carnap; Balaguer; Yablo; the internal external distinction; fictionalism; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is centered around a set of apparently conflicting intuitions that we may have about mathematics. On the one hand, we are inclined to believe that the theorems of mathematics are true. READ MORE

4. 2. The Queerness of Objective Values : An Essay on Mackiean Metaethics and the Arguments from Queerness

   Author : Victor Moberger; Jens Johansson; Erik Carlson; Russ Shafer-Landau; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J. L. Mackie; argument from queerness; objective values; moral realism; claim to objectivity; argument from relativity; non-naturalism; supervenience; normative explanation; authoritative prescriptivity; objectivity; categoricity; minimal realism; ardent realism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This book investigates the argument from queerness against moral realism, famously put forward by J. L. Mackie in Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977). The book can be divided into two parts. READ MORE

5. 3. The Objectivity Laboratory: Propositions on Documentary Photography

   Author : Kerstin Hamilton; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Documentary photography; situated objectivity; montage; truths; ethics; nearby; investigation; resistance;

   Abstract : At a moment in history when “post-truth” and “alternative facts” epitomize a political and media landscape that feeds on the circulation of doubt and distrust, The Objectivity Laboratory: Propositions on Documentary Photography addresses ethical dilemmas that emerge when artists’ approach the realities and experiences of others. Prominent photography criticism in the 1970s and 1980s brought a heightened awareness to the politics of representation, resulting in the emergence of a “documentary distrust. READ MORE

6. 4. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca

   Author : Sebastian Malinowski; Andrea C. Schalley; Erica Sandlund; Marie Tåqvist; Hans-Jörg Schmid; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; unconventional metaphors; creativity; conceptual metaphor theory; English as a lingua franca; objectivity; survey; FrameNet; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE

7. 5. The Signified World : The Problem of Occasionality in Husserl's Phenomenology of Meaning

   Author : Karl Weigelt; Staffan Carlshamre; Steven Crowell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Husserl; phenomenology; meaning; objectivity; ideality; intentionality; indexicality; situation-dependence; facticity; reference; content; subjectivity; internalism; constitution; individuation; horizon; world; noema; species; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This study offers the first comprehensive account of the problem of situation-dependence and facticity in Husserl's phenomenology of meaning. On the basis of a reconsideration of the central ideas of Husserl's phenomenological approach to meaning and intentionality, it presents a reconstruction and assessment of Husserl's revised conception of empirical meaning. READ MORE