Sökning: "Theoretical Philosophy"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 443 avhandlingar innehållade orden Theoretical Philosophy.

  1. 6. Electronic Healthcare Ontologies : Philosophy, the real world and IT structures

    Författare :Martin Berzell; Ingemar Nordin; Urban Forsum; Daniel Karlsson; Ingvar Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; medical informatics; ontology; terminology; critical realism; immanent realism; Filosofi; medicinsk informatik; ontologi; terminologi; kritisk realism; immanent realism; Theory of science; Vetenskapsteori; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis investigates how the notion of ‘ontology’ has been used in the field of medical informatics and knowledge representation. Partly to investigate what an ‘ontology’ can be said to represent and what requirements we can have on a good ‘ontology’. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Objects and objectivity : Alternatives to mathematical realism

    Författare :Ebba Gullberg; Sten Lindström; John Cantwell; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :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;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Den enskilde : En studie av trons profana möjlighet i Sören Kierkegaards tidiga författarskap

    Författare :Jonna Hjertström Lappalainen; Hans Ruin; Arne Grøn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kierkegaard; single individual; freedom; faith; suffering; guilt; the moment; category; existence; the unknown; the new; receptivity; repetition; projection; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi; Philosophy subjects;

    Sammanfattning : In his attempt to explore philosophically human existence, Kierkegaard frequently refers to the term "the single individual" (den Enkelte), and he explicitly states that this notion plays a prominent part in his authorship. Even if he ascribes such a significant role to the single individual he never gives a comprehensive account of how to understand this notion. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Frege och idén om det givna : En undersökning av logisk form och idén om ett begreppsligt givet innehåll i språket

    Författare :Thorsten Johansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; sense; reference; Sinn; Bedeutung; representations; logical form; intuitions; conceptual content; idealism; realism; a priori; judgements; truth; existence; objectivity; justification; assertion; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an investigation of some main problems of the philosophy of language initiated by Gottlob Frege. Frege wanted to show that there is a conceptual content in expressions that is not the same as the psychological associations given in intuitions. He also wanted to show that such a content is objective and independent of thesubject. LÄS MER

  7. 10. 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