Search for dissertations about: "context-dependence"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word context-dependence.
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1. Cognition and Cultural Context : An Inquiry into Gadamer's Theory of Context-Dependence
Abstract : This study deals with the problem of the context-dependence of thought, as dealt with by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002). Gadamer stresses what he sees as the difficulty of bringing to awareness and criticising influences which preserve such dependence, and the role of traditions (Überlieferungen) in this regard. READ MORE
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2. Seven dimensions of consumption
Abstract : This thesis presents the development of the integrative, context-sensitive, and multi-dimensional Consumer Motivation Scale (CMS). The CMS is based on the three higher-order master goals of goal-framing theory: the gain goal (“to guard or improve one’s resources”), the hedonic goal (“to feel better right now”), and the normative goal (“to act appropriately”). READ MORE
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3. Disarming Context Dependence. A Formal Inquiry into Indexicalism and Truth-Conditional Pragmatics
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4. Reproduction in the “Virgin Lands” : Fertility Outcomes in Kazakhstan
Abstract : This dissertation studies patterns in childbearing and reproductive behaviour in Kazakhstan, a context that has undergone a process of re-traditionalization since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Study I focuses on ethnic differentials in progressions to first, second, third, and fourth births, and assesses differentials by socioeconomic status. READ MORE
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5. Swedish tribalism and Tanzanian agency : preconditions for trust and cooperation in a small-business context
Abstract : Small-business cooperation has increasingly been recognized as important for economic development, not only in Sweden but also in developing countries like Tanzania. This dissertation deals with preconditions for horizontal small-business cooperation, taking a point of departure in the literature on trust. READ MORE