Search for dissertations about: "language philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 135 swedish dissertations containing the words language philosophy.

2. 1. Philosophy, Literature and the Inheritance of Language

   Author : Niklas Forsberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Mats Rosengren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; Derrida; literature; philosophy; deconstruction; grammatology; structuralism; phenomenology; language; meaning; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the extent to which philosophical assumptions are inherited when we learn language. The topic is approached through an investigation into the importance of literature in Jacques Derrida’s philosophy. READ MORE

4. 2. Legal Interpretation and Standards of Proof : Essays in Philosophy of Law and Evidence Law Theory

   Author : Sebastián Reyes Molina; Sebastian Lutz; Jens Johansson; Verónica Rodríguez-Blanco; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; law; legal interpretation; evidence; legal evidence; proof; philosophy of law; legal theory; general jurisprudence; standards of proof; philosophy; legal reasoning; evidential reasoning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This dissertation addresses the issues of the indeterminacy of law and judicial discretion in the decision of the quaestio facti. It is composed of four papers:In the first paper, I develop an account of legal indeterminacy called the ‘systemic indeterminacy’ thesis. READ MORE

5. 3. An Inferentialist Interpretation of Classical Logic

   Author : Tor Sandqvist; Krister Segerberg; Neil Tennant; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Inferentialism; Excluded Middle; Classical logic; Justification of deduction; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Abstract : The aim of this work is to provide an account of the meanings of the standard logical operators meeting the following requirements:1) It should meet Dummettian standards of intelligibility; specifically, it should do without any notion of recognition-transcendent truth.2) It should validate Classical logic. READ MORE

6. 4. Recasting Objective Thought : The Venture of Expression in Merleau-Ponty’s Philosophy

   Author : Anna Petronella Foultier; Staffan Carlshamre; Hans Ruin; Leonard Lawlor; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Merleau-Ponty; Saussure; Butler; phenomenology; expression; language; perception; painting; Gestalt theory; linguistics; feminist phenomenology; dance; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This thesis is about meaning, expression and language in Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, and their role in the phenomenological project as a whole. For Merleau-Ponty, expression is the taking up of a meaning given either in perception or in already acquired forms of expression, thereby repeating, transforming or congealing meaning into gestures, utterances, artworks, ideas or theories. READ MORE

7. 5. The Duality of Moral Language : On Hybrid Theories in Metaethics

   Author : Stina Björkholm; Anandi Hattiangadi; Anders J. Schoubye; Mark Schroeder; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Metaethics; Hybrid Expressivism; Hybrid Descriptivism; Dynamic Descriptivism; Moral Disagreement; The Frege-Geach problem; The Practicality Problem; Philosophy; filosofi;

   Abstract : Moral language displays a characteristic duality. On the one hand, moral claims seem to be similar to descriptive claims: To say that an act is right (or wrong) seems to be a matter of making an assertion, thus indicating that the speaker has a moral belief about which she can be correct or mistaken. READ MORE