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1. Moderate Nominalism and Moderate Realism
Sammanfattning : The subject matter of this thesis is analytic ontology. Chapters II and III deal with two versions of trope theory, or moderate nominalism; these are defined as ontologies which recognise properties and relations but no (real) universals. The key notion of both theories, trope, is characterised as an abstract particular. LÄS MER
2. Abstract interpretations and abstract machines : contributions to a methodology for the implementation of logic programs
Sammanfattning : Because of the conceptual gap between high-level logic programming languages and existing hardware, the problem of compilation is hard. This thesis addresses two ways of narrowing this gap – program analysis through abstract interpretation and the introduction of intermediate languages and abstract machines. LÄS MER
3. Towards Plane Hurwitz Numbers
Sammanfattning : The main objects of this thesis are branched coverings obtained as projection from a point in P^2. Our general goal is to understand how a given meromorphic function f: X -> P^1 can be induced from a composition X --> C -> P^1, where C is a plane curve in P^2 which is birationally equivalent to the smooth curve X. LÄS MER
4. Out of Minimalism
Sammanfattning : The dissertation involves a threefold investigation of sculpture. Firstly, the interpretations are focused on particular artworks by three British sculptors: Antony Gormley (b. 1950), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), and Rachel Whiteread (b. LÄS MER
5. Bad Guys, Good Life : An Ethnography of Morality and Change in Kisekka Market (Kampala, Uganda)
Sammanfattning : Based on ethnographic data gathered over a period of almost three years, this dissertation scrutinizes the everyday lives of informal workers selling auto parts in Kisekka Market, central Kampala. Its ambition is to understand how the workers navigated a highly moralized environment in today’s Uganda, where the supposed moral deterioration of society is passionately discussed in public and in private. LÄS MER