Sökning: "Humanities Philosophy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6165 avhandlingar innehållade orden Humanities Philosophy.

1. 1. Varieties of Necessity in John Buridan : Logic and Natural Philosophy in the Late Middle Ages

   Författare :Guido Alt; Henrik Lagerlund; Jack Zupko; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of Philosophy; John Buridan; Medieval Philosophy; Medieval Logic; Natural Philosophy; Nominalism; Modality; Natural Necessity; History of Logic; Philosophy in the Fourteenth Century; Philosophy; filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of John Buridan's (c.1300-c.1361) conception of modalities. Modal concepts - concepts of necessity, possibility, impossibility, and contingency - describe the ways in which things could and could not be otherwise. LÄS MER

3. 2. Legal Interpretation and Standards of Proof : Essays in Philosophy of Law and Evidence Law Theory

   Författare :Sebastián Reyes Molina; Sebastian Lutz; Jens Johansson; Verónica Rodríguez-Blanco; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; law; legal interpretation; evidence; legal evidence; proof; philosophy of law; legal theory; general jurisprudence; standards of proof; philosophy; legal reasoning; evidential reasoning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation addresses the issues of the indeterminacy of law and judicial discretion in the decision of the quaestio facti. It is composed of four papers:In the first paper, I develop an account of legal indeterminacy called the ‘systemic indeterminacy’ thesis. LÄS MER

4. 3. Empathy and emotions : on the notion of empathy as emotional sharing

   Författare :Peter Nilsson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : The topic of this study is a notion of empathy that is common in philosophy and in the behavioral sciences. It is here referred to as ‘the notion of empathy as emotional sharing’, and it is characterized in terms of three ideas. LÄS MER

5. 4. Philosophy, Literature and the Inheritance of Language

   Författare :Niklas Forsberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Mats Rosengren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; Derrida; literature; philosophy; deconstruction; grammatology; structuralism; phenomenology; language; meaning; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates the extent to which philosophical assumptions are inherited when we learn language. The topic is approached through an investigation into the importance of literature in Jacques Derrida’s philosophy. LÄS MER

7. 5. Philosophy of Mathematics for the Masses : Extending the scope of the philosophy of mathematics

   Författare :Stefan Buijsman; Peter Pagin; Oystein Linnebo; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Benacerraf; Epistemology; Semantics; Mathematics; Mathematical practice; filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : One of the important discussions in the philosophy of mathematics, is that centered on Benacerraf’s Dilemma. Benacerraf’s dilemma challenges theorists to provide an epistemology and semantics for mathematics, based on their favourite ontology. LÄS MER