Essays about: "Nicholas Lawrence"
Found 3 essays containing the words Nicholas Lawrence.
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1. A Brief Introduction to Transcendental Phenomenology and Conceptual Mathematics
University essay from Södertörns högskola/FilosofiAbstract : 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. READ MORE
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2. In the Shadow of Illusion : Kant and Fink on the problem of philosophical reflection
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : 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. READ MORE
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3. Music vs Words : Exploring the Problematic State of Semantic Meaning in Music
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för musikvetenskapAbstract : 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. READ MORE
