Sökning: "context-dependence"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet context-dependence.

  1. 1. Cognition and Cultural Context : An Inquiry into Gadamer's Theory of Context-Dependence

    Författare :Anders Odenstedt; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Context-dependence; presupposition; tradition; historicism; hermeneutics; Gadamer; Dilthey; Heidegger; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with the problem of the context-dependence of thought, as dealt with by the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002). Gadamer stresses what he sees as the difficulty of bringing to awareness and criticising influences which preserve such dependence, and the role of traditions (Überlieferungen) in this regard. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Seven dimensions of consumption

    Författare :Isak Barbopoulos; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Consumer Motivation Scale; consumption goals; multi-dimensionality; context-dependence; scale development;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the development of the integrative, context-sensitive, and multi-dimensional Consumer Motivation Scale (CMS). The CMS is based on the three higher-order master goals of goal-framing theory: the gain goal (“to guard or improve one’s resources”), the hedonic goal (“to feel better right now”), and the normative goal (“to act appropriately”). LÄS MER

  4. 3. Disarming Context Dependence. A Formal Inquiry into Indexicalism and Truth-Conditional Pragmatics

    Författare :Stellan Petersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; indexicalism; truth-conditional pragmatics; the present perfect; compositional event semantics; radical contextualism; semantic minimalism; relevance theory;

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  5. 4. Reproduction in the “Virgin Lands” : Fertility Outcomes in Kazakhstan

    Författare :Maxim Kan; Sunnee Billingsley; Gunnar Andersson; Thomas Spoorenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Kazakhstan; reproductive behaviour and outcomes; ethnicity; religion; gender equality; sociologisk demografi; Sociological Demography;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies patterns in childbearing and reproductive behaviour in Kazakhstan, a context that has undergone a process of re-traditionalization since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Study I focuses on ethnic differentials in progressions to first, second, third, and fourth births, and assesses differentials by socioeconomic status. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Swedish tribalism and Tanzanian agency : preconditions for trust and cooperation in a small-business context

    Författare :Malin Tillmar; Lars Lindkvist; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Trust; cooperation; small business; Tanzania; business development; indigenous institutions; the rules of the game; Samarbete; Sverige; Tanzania; Småföretag; Företagssamarbete; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Sammanfattning : Small-business cooperation has increasingly been recognized as important for economic development, not only in Sweden but also in developing countries like Tanzania. This dissertation deals with preconditions for horizontal small-business cooperation, taking a point of departure in the literature on trust. LÄS MER