Search for dissertations about: "philosophical orientation"

Showing result 6 - 9 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words philosophical orientation.

  2. 6. Icons of disease : A philosophical inquiry into the semantics, phenomenology and ontology of the clinical conceptions of disease

    Author : Per Sundström; Lennart Nordenfelt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Conceptions of disease; Clinical encounter; Life-world; Symbolic mediation; Philosophy of medicine; Medical ethics; Hermeneutics; Human organism; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The present study endeavers to answer the question: What are diseases in the clinical encounter between physician and patient? The answer supplied - actually, exposed and explicated throughout the study - is conceived in philosophical terms, engaging semantics, phenomenology, ethics and ontology.The methodological orientation of the study is humanistic and hermeneutical - besides the 'method' of philosophical discourse. READ MORE

  4. 7. Presence through actions : theories, concepts, and implementations

    Author : Muhammad Sikandar Lal Khan; Shafiq ur Réhman; Haibo Li; Jiebo Luo; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Presence; Immersion; Computer mediated communication; Strong concept; Phenomenology; Philosophy; Biologically inspired system; Neck robot; Head pose estimation; Embodied interaction; Virtual reality headset; Social presence; Spatial presence; Face reconstruction retrieval; Telepresence system; Quality of interaction; Embodied telepresence system; Mona-Lisa gaze effect; eye-contact; design; design; Computer Science; datalogi; Computer Systems; datorteknik; datoriserad bildanalys; Computerized Image Analysis;

    Abstract : During face-to-face meetings, humans use multimodal information, including verbal information, visual information, body language, facial expressions, and other non-verbal gestures. In contrast, during computer-mediated-communication (CMC), humans rely either on mono-modal information such as text-only, voice-only, or video-only or on bi-modal information by using audiovisual modalities such as video teleconferencing. READ MORE

  5. 8. Vackrare vardagsvara – design för alla? : Gregor Paulsson och Svenska Slöjdföreningen 1915–1925

    Author : Gunnela Ivanov; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; arts and crafts; art and technology; industrial art; arts décoratifs; industrial design; history of design; household wares; architecture and engineering; housing problem; home furniture; romanticism; Deutscher Werkbund; Slöjdföreningen; Svensk Form; Swedish grace; IKEA; social aesthetics; Sozial Ästhetik; functionalism; reformation of museums; exhibitions; fairs; department stores; artefact use; taste; adult education; theological aesthetics; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; History; historia;

    Abstract : This thesis is structured in six chapters. Chapter I contains an introduction and includes purpose, theory, method, and concepts. READ MORE

  6. 9. Organizational approaches to greening : technocentrism and beyond

    Author : Johan Sandström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organizational greening; organizational approach; technocentrism; ecocentrism; anthropocentrism; reflexivity; postmodernism; environmental management; sustainable development; symbolic agora satisfiers;

    Abstract : How and why do organizations approach greening? How can we conceptualize approaches and how can we encourage reflexive dialogues on them? These are the main questions addressed in this qualitative study on organizational greening. The study sets off by discussing matters of research philosophy, arguing that our trust in science ought to be revised and that a more postmodern and constructionist philosophy might be a way to go. READ MORE