Search for dissertations about: "dualism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the word dualism.

  2. 6. Watching women, falling women : Power and dialogue in three novels by Margaret Atwood

    Author : Katarina Gregersdotter; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Atwood; cyborg; dialogics; dualism; falling; femininity; feminism; friendship; gender studies; literature analysis; mobility; place; power; storytelling; watching; water; women;

    Abstract : 　This study examines the three novelsCat s Eye, The Robber Bride, and Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood. It focuses on the female characters and their relationships to each other: Their friendships are formed in a patriarchally structured environment and are therefore arenas for defending and controlling the norms of such a structure. READ MORE

  4. 7. Being-human in the world of digital artifacts: holistic rethinking of design practices

    Author : Nathan Lakew; Katarina L. Gidlund; Karin Hedström; Ojelanki Ngwenyama; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Aligned existentiality; the design role; belonginess; novelty; being-human; holism; dualism; digital technologies;

    Abstract : This  thesis  conducts  a  philosophical,  theoretical, and  practical  exploration  of digital technology design to examine how digital technologies can fulfill our two-facet of existentiality – identified in the thesis as belonginess and novelty. By belonginess, I identify human’s innate need for a feeling of connectedness and harmony with the self, others, and the natural world. READ MORE

  5. 8. Swedish Numerals in an International Perspective

    Author : Magnus Olsson; tolkning i offentlig sektor och översättning danska och isländska Avdelningen för svenska; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; synchrony; round numbers; base; vacillation; parallelism; affinity; inflection; derivation; dualism; affix; language change; language planning; dates; number; measurement; typology; homonymy; semantics; syntax; phonology; morphology; designation transition; Scandinavian languages and literature; Nordiska språk språk och litteratur ;

    Abstract : Swedish numerals are here treated from different points of view. The book is however not intended to be a textbook of Swedish numerals, though one may learn a great deal about the system herein - more than the general user of the language knows. Phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics all get their fair share of attention. READ MORE

  6. 9. Causal after all : a model of mental causation for dualists

    Author : Bram Vaassen; Pär Sundström; Torfinn Thomesen Huvenes; Gunnar Björnsson; David Papineau; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mental Causation; Dualism; Non-Reductionism; Causal Exclusion; Causation; Interventionism; Negative Causation; Omissions; Neo-Russellianism; Causation and Physics;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, I develop and defend a model of causation that allows for dualist mental causation in worlds where the physical domain is physically complete.In Part I, I present the dualist ontology that will be assumed throughout the thesis and identify two challenges for models of mental causation within such an ontology: the exclusion worry and the common cause worry. READ MORE

  7. 10. Lean Implementation : the significance of people and dualism

    Author : Halling Bengt; Lars Bengtsson; Jörgen Eklund; Lars Medbo; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lean; leadership; management; implementation; barriers; comparison; development; health care; manufacturing;

    Abstract : Lean, with its origins at the Toyota Motor Company, is a concept that is known to increase effectiveness in manufacturing. The Lean concept is now argued to be relevant not only in manufacturing but in service and health-care delivery as well. The reported results of Lean implementation efforts are divided. READ MORE