Search for dissertations about: "David Hume"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words David Hume.

  2. 1. David Hume on criticism

    Author : Teddy Brunius; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art; Konstvetenskap; Aesthetics; Estetik;

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  4. 2. Belief & Desire : The Standard Model of Intentional Action — Critique and Defence

    Author : Björn Petersson; Praktisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; Systematic philosophy; Michael Smith; David Hume; Donald Davidson; akrasia; 2nd order desires; reasons; understandings; intention; propositional content; tendency; desire; disposition; belief-desire model; motivation; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Praktisk filosofi; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi;

    Abstract : The scheme of concepts we employ in daily life to explain intentional behaviour form a belief-desire model (BD model), in which motivating states are sorted into two suitably broad categories. The BD model embeds a philosophy of action, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sense and Sensibility : Four Essays on Evaluative Discourse

    Author : Nils Franzén; Matti Eklund; Andreas Stokke; Pekka Väyrynen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : aesthetics; aesthetic language; evaluative language; expressivism; Allan Gibbard; R.M. Hare; David Hume; John MacFarlane. metaethics; moral language; philosophy of language; predicates of personal taste; relativism; speech-acts; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The subject of this thesis is the nature of evaluative terms and concepts. It investigates various phenomena that distinguish evaluative discourse from other types of language use. READ MORE

  6. 4. Causal Facts

    Author : Johannes Persson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; trope; disposition; causal explanation; causal law; Philosophical logic; counterfactual conditional; causal mechanism; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

    Abstract : The thesis addresses the nature of causation. It is argued that causation exists and is as local as its causes and effects. As a consequence, the position advocated is contrary to the as yet prevailing view that no 'causal tie' between cause and effect exists. Moreover, it is suggested that this tie can be perceived. READ MORE