Theoretical Philosophy (Department of Philosophy)
Head of unit:  Prof Staffan Carlshamre
Phone: +468162000
Fax: +468152226
Website: http://www.philosophy.su.se
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Universitetsvägen 10 D, plan 7

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Contracts (19)
Researchers (21)
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A Computational-Empirical Approach to Language Comprehension: Monotonicity, Complexity, and Compositionality
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
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
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
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
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 ...
Expressivist meaning-theory, functionalist content-theory, and their applications
Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14
Externalism challenged? Internalism versus externalism today
Period: 1/1/09 - 12/31/09
In foreign words: describing actions by means of concepts unknown to the agent
Interpretational Complexity
Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14
The Principle of Compositionality says: (CP) The meaning of a complex expression is a function of the meanings of its parts and its mode of composition. It is often assumed by philosophers and linguists that (CP) is true of natural languages. The principle is natural, and has deep historical roots. ...
Kant's Philosophy in Swedish
Period: 1/1/03 - 12/31/03
The aim of this project is to make Immanuel Kant's philosophy more available in the Swedish language. Kant (1724-1804) is generally recognized as the greatest philosopher in Germany and still exerts a great influence on Western philosophy. Few of his works are available in Swedish though, and ...
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