Search for dissertations about: "Theoretical philosophy"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 273 swedish dissertations containing the words Theoretical philosophy.

2. 6. 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. 7. Avoiding the subject : A critical inquiry into contemporary theories of subjectivity

   Author : Sharon P. Rider; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; subject; subjectivity; objectivity; certainty; doubt; phenomenology; poststructuralism; deconstruction; neopragmatism; gender; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores certain recurrent problems in modern theories about the nature of thesubject. Taking examples from phenomenology, poststructuralism, neopragmatism and feminism, itargues that philosophical theorizing about subjectivity often assumes that the transition from thedescription of the models of meaning with which they work, to the description of the everyday practices of which they are models, can be achieved within the model. READ MORE

5. 8. Falling Freely : Anselm of Canterbury on the Will

   Author : Tomas Ekenberg; Lilli Alanen; Mikko Yrjönsuuri; Calvin Normore; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Anselm of Canterbury; will; choice; action; free will; determinism; metaphysics; ethics; evil; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis clarifies the concept of will in Anselm of Canterbury in the context of his overall theologico-philosophical project. The will is central to Anselm's understanding of freedom of choice (libertas arbitrii), which he defines as “the power to keep rightness of will”. READ MORE

6. 9. The Notion of That Which Depends On Us in Plotinus and Its Background

   Author : Erik Eliasson; Lilli Alanen; Cristina D'Ancona; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; ancient philosophy; Plotinus; that which depends on us; freedom; fate; Middle Platonism; Stoicism; Aristotle; Aristotle Commentators; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Abstract : The study analyzes Plotinus’ notion of eph' hēmin, that which depends on us. It surveys previous Plotinian scholarship and identifies a number of confusions due to a lack of systematic treatment of this notion as such. READ MORE

7. 10. Authority-based argumentative strategies : Three models for their evaluation

   Author : Taeda Jovičić [Tomic]; Krister Segerberg; Frederick Stoutland; Douglas Walton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; argumentative strategies; reasoning and social aspects of argumentative activities; argumentative groups; audience groups; acceptability; effectiveness; challenge; evaluation; authority; dialectic; rhetoric; pragma-dialectics; logic of dialogue; profiles of dialogue; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is on argumentative strategies based on authority. In its first half, three of the most elaborate and influential approaches in argumentation theory, related to the models developed in this work, are analyzed: Douglas Walton's dialectical frame for analysis of arguments from expert opinion; Frans van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser's pragma-dialectical approach to strategic maneuvering in argumentation; the concept of strategy used in Else Barth and Erik Krabbe's formal dialectics. READ MORE