Search for dissertations about: "thought"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 1291 swedish dissertations containing the word thought.

  2. 21. Herodotus and the Origins of Political Philosophy : The Beginnings of Western Thought from the Viewpoint of its Impending End

    Author : Otto H. Linderborg; Johan Tralau; Eric Cullhed; Elton Barker; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Herodotus; Herodotean studies; origins of political philosophy; origins of political theory; early history of political thought; beginnings of Western civilization; contemporary social analysis; Sino-Hellenic studies; Grekiska; Greek;

    Abstract : This investigation proposes a historical theory of the origins of political philosophy. It is assumed that political philosophy was made possible by a new form of political thinking commencing with the inauguration of the first direct democracies in Ancient Greece. READ MORE

  4. 22. Communities of Judgment : Towards a Teleosemantic Theory of Moral Thought and Discourse

    Author : Karl Bergman; Sharon Rider; Andrew Reisner; Marc Artiga; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ruth Millikan; teleosemantics; biosemantics; content; descriptive content; meta-semantics; meta-ethics; cognitivism; non-cognitivism; moral objectivity; moral relativism; moral disagreement; moral psychology; evolution of morality; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis offers a teleosemantic account of moral discourse and judgment. It develops a number of views about the function and content of moral judgments and the nature of moral discourse based on Ruth Millikan’s theory of intentional content and the functions of intentional attitudes. READ MORE

  5. 23. Natural Vision for Artificial Systems, Active Vision and Thought

    Author : Lars Kopp; Kognitiv semiotik; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; visual alphabet; representations; robotics; language; artificial vision; cognition; Artificial intelligens; Artificiell intelligens;

    Abstract : The visual system in animals and humans consists of a number of information processing units that are here called visual routines. These routines are specialized in handling different cognitive tasks, for example, object recognition, motion, stereo, color, texture, and optic flow. READ MORE

  6. 24. The inevitable equation : the antithetic pattern of Theodore Dreiser's thought and art

    Author : Rolf Lundén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket;

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  7. 25. The 2014 scottish independence referendum in text, image and thought

    Author : Robin Engström; Diane Pecorari; Charlotte Hommerberg; Atsuko Ichijo; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cognitive linguistics; ideological morphology; legitimation; metaphor; metonymy; nationalism; political discourse; political theory; unionism; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Lingvistik; Linguistics;

    Abstract : In 2014, a referendum was held in Scotland in order to decide the country’s constitutional future. The referendum was the climax of years of campaigning that gave rise to a rich body of political discourse. READ MORE