Search for dissertations about: "Trope"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word Trope.

2. 1. Ovarian cancer : Treatment results, prognostic factors, and tumor marker surveillance

   Author : Thomas Högberg; Claes Tropé; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

   Abstract : The total population-based material of 426 ovarian malignancies in the Southeast Health Care Region of Sweden during 1984-1987 was surveyed. It seems that with a program of cytoreductive surgery followed by a cisplatinum chemotherapy combination in the metastasizing cases the overall survival figures have improved. READ MORE

4. 2. Spectral Inheritance : Unlearning the Maturity-trope

   Author : Ruben Hordijk; Madina Tlostanova; Edyta Just; Sophie Withaeckx; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spectral inheritance; Developmental man; Vulnerability; Childhood; Family abolition; Unlearning; Hauntology; Sociogeny; Genealogy; Figurations; Feminist theory; Decoloniality; Continental philosophy; Spektralt arv; Utvecklingsmänniska; Sårbarhet; Avlärning; Hemsökologi; Sociogenes; Genealogi; Figurationer; Feministisk teori; Dekolonialitet; Kontinental filosofi;

   Abstract : Drawing on continental and decolonial feminist philosophy, Spectral Inheritance: Unlearning the Maturity-trope addresses the centrality of the notions of “maturity” and “development” in discussions of human subjectivity, temporality and ethics. Building on Sylvia Wynter’s framework, the dissertation proposes to read the Euromodern genres of Man in developmental terms. READ MORE

5. 3. Moderate Nominalism and Moderate Realism

   Author : Christer Svennerlind; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; analytic ontology; moderate nominalism; moderate realism; particular; universal; abstract; concrete; abstract particular; abstract universal; concrete particular; concrete universal; trope; moment; complex unity; collection; instance; unit attribute; intensional aspect; predicational aspect; continuous composite; articulated composite;

   Abstract : The subject matter of this thesis is analytic ontology. Chapters II and III deal with two versions of trope theory, or moderate nominalism; these are defined as ontologies which recognise properties and relations but no (real) universals. The key notion of both theories, trope, is characterised as an abstract particular. READ MORE

6. 4. The Architectural Metaphor : Textual Models in Spatial Construction

   Author : Anders Johansson; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Architecture; Architectural theory; Model; Metaphor; Narrative; Representation; Trope; Paul Ricoeur; Max Black; Nelson Goodman; Michel de Certeau;

   Abstract : The dissertation concerns the concept of model withinarchitecture, and elaborates particular uses in this field,where modelling is a heuristic process aiming at invention anddiscovery. Methodologically, this is made by introducing thecomparative concepts of metaphor and narrative. READ MORE

7. 5. 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