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Start year: End year: Sort alphabetically Sort by last update Sort by contract start date 1 2 3 >> A Computational-Empirical Approach to Language Comprehension: Monotonicity, Complexity, and Compositionality Dr Jakub Szymanik Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/11 Den mänskliga förmågan att kommunicera språkligt är fascinerande. Trots många decenniers ansträngningar har vi ännu inte lyckats förstå hur det är möjligt för talare att språkligt förmedla så mycket information, och för mottagare att uppfatta den med sådan lätthet. Situationen blir än mer slående ... Against Truth-Theoretic Semantics Dr Arvid Båve Period: 1/1/10 - 12/31/11 The project is to result in a number of papers arguing against truth-theoretic semantics (TT) and will be conducted at Stockholms universitet, where Peter Pagin´s familiarity with the subject will be of great value. Although TT is by far the most popular approach to meaning and dominates the work ... Aristotle on Reason and Motivation Dr Gösta Grönroos Period: 1/1/11 - 12/31/13 The purpose of the project is to determine Aristotle´s stance on reason´s role in motivating actions. According to an influential non-Humean interpretation, Aristotle holds the view that basic, action motivating, desires can be brought about by an exercise of reason. One aim is to show the ... Being in time Prof Paul Needham Period: 1/1/08 - 12/31/10 There has been a marked revival of interest in metaphysics after the demise of positivism and the worst excesses of linguistic philosophy. Ontological issues about objects’ relation to time have been widely discussed recently. I propose to contribute to this area by arguing for (i) a conception of ... Doubting scepticism Dr Mikael Janvid Period: 1/1/03 - 12/31/04 The aim of the project is to investigate three modern ways of answering the sceptical challenge within epistemology. These three strategies are externalism, contextualism and transcendental arguments, all of which have aroused a great deal of interest within analytic philosophy. The first two ... Enhancing Human Capacities: Ethics, Regulation and European Policy Prof Gustaf Arrhenius Period: 10/1/05 - 3/31/08 Biotechnologies may be applied to make people think better, feel happier, live longer or to improve their functioning in sports. These enhancements of human capacities have their roots in the healing of illness and the relief of suffering, but have come to a second use in the efforts to improve ... Evaluation of Legislation and Related Guidelines on the Procurement, Storage and Transfer of Human Tissues and Cells in the European Union – an Evidence-Based Impact Analysis Dr Claudio Tamburrini Period: 4/1/08 - 3/31/11 The Tiss.EU project will analyse the impact of current EU legislation and guidelines on biomedical research which is based on the procurement, storage and transfer of human tissues and cells in and across the European Union. The importance of tissue derived from the human body for biomedical ... Explanations of repression by a minority of the majority - a research programme Prof Torbjörn Tännsjö Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/09 Varför gör inte slaven uppror? Wilhelm Reich har konstaterat: "Vad som kräver en förklaring är inte det faktum att den som är hungrig stjäl eller det faktum att den som är utsugen strejkar, utan det faktum att majoriteten bland dem som är hungriga inte stjäl och majoriteten bland dem som är utsugna ... Expressivist meaning-theory, functionalist content-theory, and their applications Dr Arvid Båve Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14 Externalism challenged? Internalism versus externalism today Prof Åsa Wikforss Period: 1/1/09 - 12/31/09 1 2 3 >>