Search for dissertations about: "semantic realism"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words semantic realism.

2. 1. Objects and objectivity : Alternatives to mathematical realism

   Author : Ebba Gullberg; Sten Lindström; John Cantwell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy of mathematics; mathematical realism; ontological realism; semantic realism; platonism; the semantic argument; the indispensability argument; the non-uniqueness problem; Benacerraf s dilemma; the irrelevance challenge; Field; Carnap; Balaguer; Yablo; the internal external distinction; fictionalism; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   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

4. 2. Naturalising Intentionality : Inquiries into Realism & Relativism

   Author : Alexander Almér; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Anti-realism; context; faultless disareement; inner perception; intentionality; internal realism; knowledge by acquaintance; metaphysical realism; naturalism; pragmatic-semantic distinction; relativism;

   Abstract : Cognitive scientists, linguists and philosophers have expressed hope that mental and linguistic content (aboutness) eventually will be explained in broadly natural scientific terms. This dissertation investigates certain problems pertaining to attempts to naturalise mental aboutness and related semantic concepts like reference and truth. READ MORE

5. 3. Meta-metakognition : The regulation of confidence realism in episodic and semantic memory

   Author : Sandra Buratti; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; metacognition calibration confidence judgments memory;

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6. 4. Great men and charming creatures : on male and female terms in eighteenth century novels

   Author : Anna-Lena Wallin-Ashcroft; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eighteenth century; sociolinguistics; semantics; experiential realism; gender role; conceptual model; prototype; frame; domain; collocation; metaphor; male; female; epicene; spirit matter; power dependency; active passive; varied limited;

   Abstract : A corpus of terms for human beings collected from 18th century novels is studied from a broad sociolinguistic perspective. A summary of recent linguistic theories and a survey of 18th century culture and society are provided as background. READ MORE

7. 5. Polska socrealistyczna krytyka literacka jako narzedzie wladzy

   Author : Dorota Tubielewicz Mattsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Slavic and Baltic languages - general; Slaviska och baltiska språk - allmänt; Slavic languages; Slaviska språk; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

   Abstract : In the dissertation I analyze the relationship between Socialist Realism (SR) and literarycriticism in Poland during the years 1945-54. I suggest that literary criticism played akey role in promoting SR. SR was possible partly because of political pressure andpartly because it built on progressive ideas and values developed over the centuries. READ MORE