Search for dissertations about: "possible individuals"

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  2. 1. Art of the Possible? : Feasibility and Compliance in Ideal and Nonideal Theory

    Author : Naima Chahboun; Ludvig Beckman; Alexandra Segerberg; Eva Erman; Anca Gheaus; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ideal theory; nonideal theory; feasibility; compliance; justice; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : In the past decade, the value of so-called ideal theory has become a major point of dispute among political theorists. While critics of ideal theory accuse this approach of “idle utopianism”, its advocates fault the critics for conceding to “cynical realism”.This dissertation examines two charges against ideal theory. READ MORE

  4. 2. Our Selves in the Future : New Angles on Possible Selves

    Author : Martin G. Erikson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Experience; Meaning; Social cognition; Possible selves; The Self; Conceptions of future; Psykologi;

    Abstract : Possible selves are conceptions or images of ourselves in future states or situations. The theory about possible selves used in the present thesis was developed in a social cognitive tradition of research on the self, where the self is seen as a knowledge structure (Markus & Nurius, 1986). READ MORE

  5. 3. Empty Names and Reference

    Author : Anna Bjurman; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; disquotational reference; pretense; possible individuals; fictional world; intensional fictional operator; rigidity; empty names; reference; Philosophical logic; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

    Abstract : The problem of empty names derives from the fact that empty names fail to refer. The reference failure of empty names implies that sentences containing empty names lack truth-conditions. As a consequence those sentences are meaningless, according to many theories of meaning. READ MORE

  6. 4. Affective responses to music in depressed individuals : Aesthetic judgments, emotions, and the impact of music-evoked autobiographical memories

    Author : Laura Stavroula Sakka; Patrik N Juslin; Urs Nater; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; depression; music listening; emotional reactions; emotion regulation; aesthetic judgment; cognitive bias; music-evoked autobiographical memories;

    Abstract : Music’s powerful influence on our affective states is often utilized in everyday life for emotion regulation and in music-therapeutic interventions against depression. Given this ability of music to influence emotions and symptoms in depressed people, it appears imperative to understand how these individuals affectively respond to music. READ MORE

  7. 5. Weight gain in children : possible relation to the development of diabetes

    Author : Karina Huus; Johnny Ludvigsson; Jonas Ludvigsson; Karin Enskär; Staffan Janson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Background: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children has increased the last decades and is now defined as a global epidemic disease by the World Health Organization. Also the incidence of type 1 diabetes has increased and there are some hypothesises that argue there is a connection between overweight/obesity and type 1 diabetes. READ MORE