Sökning: "theories of truth"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 34 avhandlingar innehållade orden theories of truth.

  1. 1. Dissolving Dualism : A Tripartite Model of Cognition for Religious Truth

    Författare :Elena Kalmykova; Eberhard Herrmann; Jonsson Ulf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; truth; religious truth; embodied cognition; dualism; Merleau-Ponty; phenomenology; cognitive science; neurophilosophy; model of cognition; theories of truth; language; meaningfulness; meaning; subjective; objective; intersubjective; scientific realism; social constructivism; Wittgenstein; white spaces; agency; gaps in cognition; enacted cognition; extended cognition; embedded cognition; epistemology; philosophy and empirical investigation; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : This investigation can be described as a long journey to a final destination: a truth in religion. We start by considering dualism of the subjective and the objective, the classical model of cognition that underlies notions of truth. Dualistic notions of cognition lead to serious problems, especially for religious truth. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Deflationism : A Use-Theoretic Analysis of the Truth-Predicate

    Författare :Arvid Båve; Peter Pagin; Panu Raatikainen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; truth; deflationism; disquotationalism; proposition; use-theory; semantics; nominalism; inferentialism; assertibility; that-clause; singular term; Tarski; Horwich; Field; meaning; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : I here develop a specific version of the deflationary theory of truth. I adopt a terminology on which deflationism holds that an exhaustive account of truth is given by the equivalence between truth-ascriptions and de-nominalised (or disquoted) sentences. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The multifaceted role of imagination in science and religion : A critical examination of its epistemic, creative and meaning-making functions

    Författare :Ingrid Malm Lindberg; Mikael Stenmark; Ulf Zackariasson; Yiftach Fehige; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Imagination; science and religion; creativity; models; metaphors; analogies; thought experiments; aspect perception; rituals; doxasticism; non-doxasticism; fictionalism; interactivism; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to examine critically and discuss the role of imagination in science and religion, with particular emphasis on its possible epistemic, creative, and meaning-making functions. In order to answer my research questions, I apply theories and concepts from contemporary philosophy of mind on scientific and religious practices. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Utrikesjournalistikens antropologi : nationalitet, etnicitet och kön i svenska tidningar

    Författare :Anna Roosvall; Madeleine Kleberg; Tom Olsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign news; Swedish newspapers; nationality; ethnicity; gender; the Other; discourse theory; discourse analysis; discourse type; myth; truth aspects; world order; cold war; post communism; post September 11; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to identify, map and understand the anthropology – the science of man – that can be distinguished in foreign news pages in Swedish daily papers. Concepts of nationality, ethnicity and gender are crucial parameters in this anthropology. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Avoiding the subject : A critical inquiry into contemporary theories of subjectivity

    Författare :Sharon P. Rider; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; subject; subjectivity; objectivity; certainty; doubt; phenomenology; poststructuralism; deconstruction; neopragmatism; gender; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores certain recurrent problems in modern theories about the nature of thesubject. Taking examples from phenomenology, poststructuralism, neopragmatism and feminism, itargues that philosophical theorizing about subjectivity often assumes that the transition from thedescription of the models of meaning with which they work, to the description of the everyday practices of which they are models, can be achieved within the model. LÄS MER