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Hittade 3 uppsatser innehållade orden Nicholas Lawrence.

  1. 1. A Brief Introduction to Transcendental Phenomenology and Conceptual Mathematics

    Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

    Författare :Nicholas Lawrence; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Edmund Husserl; category theory; definite manifold; transcendental phenomenology; mathesis universalis; mathematics; formal ontology; formal logic; categorification; de-formalisation;

    Sammanfattning : By extending Husserl’s own historico-critical study to include the conceptual mathematics of more contemporary times – specifically category theory and its emphatic development since the second half of the 20th century – this paper claims that the delineation between mathematics and philosophy must be completely revisited. It will be contended that Husserl’s phenomenological work was very much influenced by the discoveries and limitations of the formal mathematics being developed at Göttingen during his tenure there and that, subsequently, the rôle he envisaged for his material a priori science is heavily dependent upon his conception of the definite manifold. LÄS MER

  3. 2. In the Shadow of Illusion : Kant and Fink on the problem of philosophical reflection

    Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

    Författare :Nicholas Lawrence; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Immanuel Kant; Eugen Fink; reflection; illusion; transcendental;

    Sammanfattning : With the help of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason this paper aims to investigate the very possibility of philosophical reflection. Starting from a reading of two Eugen Fink texts, a phenomenologically discovered question is posed and a critical response attempted. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Music vs Words : Exploring the Problematic State of Semantic Meaning in Music

    Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskap

    Författare :Berk Sirman; [2009]
    Nyckelord :music; meaning; semantic;

    Sammanfattning : Musical language does not carry obvious semantic meaning. The question of whether music has semantic meaning, or how it does, has been an age old question in musicology. LÄS MER