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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 301 avhandlingar innehållade orden philosophy and literature.

1. 11. Sergius of Reshaina, Introduction to Aristotle and his Categories, Addressed to Philotheos : Syriac Text, with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary

   Författare :Sami Aydin; Mats Eskhult; Witold Witakowski; Daniel King; Sebastian P. Brock; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sergius of Reshaina; Sargīs of Rēšʿaynā; Aristotle; Categories; Physics; Syriac.;

   Sammanfattning : There are two related texts extant in Syriac written by the physician and commentator Sergius of Reshaina (d. 536) about the philosophy of Aristotle. This book provides a critical edition and a facing English translation of the shorter of these texts. The edition is based on the single preserved manuscript of the text (Berlin, Petermann I 9). LÄS MER

3. 12. Content and Composition : An essay on tense, content, and semantic value

   Författare :Sara Packalén; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Jeffrey King; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Semantic value; assertoric content; compositionality; tense; Kaplan; Lewis; communication; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : A remarkable thing about natural language is that we can use it to share our beliefs and thoughts about the world with other speakers of our language. In cases of successful communication, beliefs seem to be transferred from speakers to hearers by means of the hearer recovering the contents of the speaker’s utterances. LÄS MER

4. 13. Trust, risk and vulnerability : towards a philosophy of risk communication

   Författare :Madeleine Hayenhjelm; Sven Ove Hansson; Ingar Brinck; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Risk communication; two-way communication; democratic approach; equality; asymmetry; vulnerability; trust; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a philosophical contribution to the theories on risk communication. The topic of risk communication is approached from several different angles, but with a normative focus on equality and vulnerability. Essay I is a comment on risk perception theory and the psychometric model in particular. LÄS MER

5. 14. A Socio-Material Study of User Involvement : Interrogating the practices of technology development for older people in a digitalised world

   Författare :Björn Fischer; Britt Östlund; Alexander Peine; Steve Woolgar; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; User involvement; Older People; Participation; Socio-material Conditions; Enactment; Ontology; Configuring; Ageing and Technology; Ethnography; Method and Design Practice; Användarinvolvering; Äldre Människor; Delaktighet; Sociomateriella förhållanden; Enactment; Ontologi; Konfigurering; Åldrande och Teknik; Etnografi; Metod och Designpraktik; Technology and Health; Teknik och hälsa;

   Sammanfattning : Population ageing and increased digitalization each constitute an ongoing and profound transformation within contemporary modes of living, as growing advances in technological development mix and intermingle with the lived realities of older people as the final recipients. It is against the backdrop of this interplay that user involvement has enjoyed ever-rising advocacy to an almost normative degree. LÄS MER

7. 15. Suriashi as Experimental Pilgrimage in Urban and Other Spaces

   Författare :Ami Skånberg Dahlstedt; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Suriashi; Slow Walking; Gendered Walking; Japanese dance; Nihon Buyō; Postmodern dance; Japanese theatre; Nō theatre; Practice-led research; Artistic research; Intercultural dance; pilgrimage; critical heritage; screendance;

   Sammanfattning : This practice-led PhD-thesis draws on an existing Japanese movement practice called suriashi, which translates as sliding foot. Suriashi is a specific gender codified walking technique in classical Japanese dance and theatre, and an important method for acting on stage. LÄS MER