Sökning: "directedness"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade ordet directedness.
1. The Constitution of Movement in Rudy Wiebe's Fiction : A Phenomenological Study of Three Mennonite Novels
Sammanfattning : This study investigates movement as a phenomenon of constituting directedness in the Canadian writer Rudy Wiebe’s Mennonite novels. In Peace Shall Destroy Many (1962), in The Blue Mountains of China (1970), and in Sweeter Than All the World (2001), the phenomenon of movement is complexly at work as a decisive factor on numerous levels of constitution. LÄS MER
2. The Notion of That Which Depends On Us in Plotinus and Its Background
Sammanfattning : The study analyzes Plotinus’ notion of eph' hēmin, that which depends on us. It surveys previous Plotinian scholarship and identifies a number of confusions due to a lack of systematic treatment of this notion as such. LÄS MER
3. Patterns of Care : Relating Altruism in Sociobiology and the Christian Tradition of Agape
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to relate sociobiological theories of altruism to theories within the Christian tradition of agape. Firstly, it discusses the relation between scientific, ethical and theological understandings of altruism, and argues that it is possible to compare discussions of benevolent acts towards others or other-directedness. LÄS MER
4. Respondent-driven sampling : theory, limitations and improvements
Sammanfattning : Background: The key purpose of sampling is to gain knowledge about a population using a small, affordable subset of selected individuals. This goal is often approached by choosing a representative sample with each individual’s selection probability determined by a full list of individuals from the target population. LÄS MER
5. Innerlighetens tid : En sociologisk undersökning av intimitet och senmodernitet
Sammanfattning : Due to a recent increase in usage of the concept of intimacy within social scientific research, the overarching aim of this work is to investigate its meaning and significance in contemporary social life. The first part of the thesis reviews research on intimacy. LÄS MER