Search for dissertations about: "transcendental"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word transcendental.
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1. The transcendental how : Kant's transcendental deduction of objective cognition
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2. Transcendental idealism and the organism : essays on Kant
Abstract : The notion of the organism has a somewhat ambiguous status in Kant’s philosophy. On the one hand it belongs to natural science, on the other hand it is based on an analogy with the structure of reason. Biology therefore has a peculiar place among the sciences according to Kant: it is a natural science constituted by the use of a regulative maxim. 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. "Unity pervades all activity as water every wave" : principal teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Abstract : The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate some essential aspects of the teachings and philosophy of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917-2008) expressed during different periods of time. There is a primary focus on the teachings expressed in Maharishi’s translation and commentary on the didactic poem, Bhagavadgītā, with extensive references to Maharishi’s metaphorical language. READ MORE
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5. Foundations for knowing God : Bernard Lonergan's foundations for knowledge of God and the challenge from antifoundationalism
Abstract : This study deals with the theory of knowledge of God elaborated by the Canadian theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984). Lonergan's theory of knowledge of God, or his "philosophy of God", has already been the subject-matter of a number of doctoral dissertations. READ MORE