Search for dissertations about: "objectivity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 swedish dissertations containing the word objectivity.
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1. Objects and objectivity : Alternatives to mathematical realism
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
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2. The Queerness of Objective Values : An Essay on Mackiean Metaethics and the Arguments from Queerness
Abstract : This book investigates the argument from queerness against moral realism, famously put forward by J. L. Mackie in Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977). The book can be divided into two parts. READ MORE
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3. The Objectivity Laboratory: Propositions on Documentary Photography
Abstract : At a moment in history when “post-truth” and “alternative facts” epitomize a political and media landscape that feeds on the circulation of doubt and distrust, The Objectivity Laboratory: Propositions on Documentary Photography addresses ethical dilemmas that emerge when artists’ approach the realities and experiences of others. Prominent photography criticism in the 1970s and 1980s brought a heightened awareness to the politics of representation, resulting in the emergence of a “documentary distrust. READ MORE
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4. "English Philology is just a Bubble" : Unconventional Metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca
Abstract : The present thesis investigates unconventional metaphors in English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Empirical approaches in metaphor research have gained prominence, yet methodologies could benefit from more transparent procedural descriptions and efforts to decrease researcher intuition in the data analysis. READ MORE
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5. The Signified World : The Problem of Occasionality in Husserl's Phenomenology of Meaning
Abstract : This study offers the first comprehensive account of the problem of situation-dependence and facticity in Husserl's phenomenology of meaning. On the basis of a reconsideration of the central ideas of Husserl's phenomenological approach to meaning and intentionality, it presents a reconstruction and assessment of Husserl's revised conception of empirical meaning. READ MORE