Search for dissertations about: "presuppositions"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the word presuppositions.
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21. Complex causality : Bridging analytical sociology and social-ecological systems research
Abstract : Understanding the complexity of social-ecological phenomena like climate change, ocean acidification, and biodiversity loss requires interdisciplinary collaboration. However, scholars that engage in interdisciplinary work face the challenge of grasping other disciplines’ causal reasoning. READ MORE
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22. We Call upon the Author : Contemporary Biofiction and Fyodor Dostoevsky
Abstract : This thesis studies fictional representations of Fyodor Dostoevsky in contemporary biofiction. The aim of the study is to present an intermedial theoretical framework for biofiction, a genre defined as fictional biographical and often metafictional narratives in which a biographical subject serves as the focal point for the story or plays a role integral to the narrative. READ MORE
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23. Rationality in inquiry : on the revisability of cognitive standards
Abstract : The topic of this study is to what extent standards of rational inquiry can be rationally criticized and revised. It is argued that it is rational to treat all such standards as open to criticism and revision.Arguments to the effect that we are fallible with regard to all standards of rational inquiry are presented. READ MORE
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24. Utopology : A Re-Interrogation of the Utopian in Architecture
Abstract : Utopia – the word is simultaneously evocative of hope and dread. As a concept it is stupendously problematic, and yet despite its alleged passing into irrelevance, utopia still remains a household word. Why is this so?Utopia has been reduced to a category. We place a solution in the category of the utopian or, conversely, the not-utopian. READ MORE
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25. Critical paediatric bioethics and the treatment of short stature : an interdisciplinary study
Abstract : Several studies have argued that there is a correlation between short stature and negative experiences and characteristics, such as social discrimination, economic disadvantage, health problems (especially for men). The idea that short men have a disadvantage in social interactions and in partner choices is also widespread in popular culture and common knowledge. READ MORE