When Fredrik Reinfeldt during the TV4 broadcasting of the Ice hockey World Cup final in 2013 was titled Prime Minister instead of State minister it caused a twitter storm. Denominantions are important to us because they are so closely tied to our identity. We may even get upset on behalf of others. A language reform concerning personal pronouns therefore affect many. The gender- neutral pronoun hen received much media attention in 2012. Emotions ran high among both proponents and opponents who shared their opinions on various forums. In this study, seven debate articles that appeared in Swedish metropolitan press in 2012 are being analyzed from a rhetorical perspective. The intention is to investigate whether the debate is being conducted around the same topos, if misleading arguments occur, and to understand if proponents and opponents are trying to persuade each other and readers of their opinion. The result shows that the arguments often revolve around the same topos, but rests on such different values ​​that a comprehension between the parties does not seem likely in the current situation.

Thesis by publication. / Thesis (PhD)--Macquarie University (Division of Information & Communication Sciences, Dept. of Mathematics), 2007. / Bibliography: p. 119-123. / Introduction -- Mackey functors on compact closed categories -- Lax braidings and the lax centre -- On centres and lax centres for promonoidal catagories -- Pullback and finite coproduct preserving functors between categories of permutation representations -- Conclusion. / This thesis studies the theory of Mackey functors as an application of enriched category theory and highlights the notions of lax braiding and lax centre for monoidal categories and more generally promonoidal categories ... The third contribution of this thesis is the study of functors between categories of permutation representations. / x,123 p. ill

Bremen, Univ., Diss., 2004

Universiẗat, Diss., 2004--Bremen.

Este trabalho propõe o estudo dos espaços coerentes do ponto de vista da teoria dos topos, ou seja, consiste em uma análise, em termos de topos, das principais categorias de espaços coerentes. Os espaços coerentes constituem um tipo de domínio que apresenta algumas particularidades que o distinguem dos demais, por exemplo, considera admissíveis no conjunto de funções somente aquelas que, além de contínuas no sentido de Scott - preservam supremos de conjuntos dirigidos, também são estáveis e lineares. Um topos e uma categoria Cartesiana fechada com classificador de subobjetos. Isso faz com que todo topos se comporte como Set (conjuntos como objetos e funções como morfismos), ou seja, uma categoria na qual as interpretações de suas construções básicas seguem a Teoria dos Conjuntos. Entre as categorias de Espaços Coerentes, tem-se a categoria STAB, cujos objetos são os espaços coerentes e os morfismos são funções estáveis entre esses espaços, que é uma categoria cartesiana fechada. Isto significa que STAB é uma categoria especial no sentido computacional: além de possuir o produto binário para todos os seus objetos, STAB apresenta objeto exponencial e morfismo de avaliação, garantindo significado para processos computacionais. A subcategoria LIN da categoria STAB, cujos morfismos são as funções lineares, não é uma categoria cartesiana fechada. Entretanto, LIN é uma categoria monoidal simétrica que e fechada. Este, condição e suficiente para que em LIN também se tenha a garantia de se obter significado para processos computacionais. Apresenta-se então, uma interpretação computacional da estrutura destas categorias e uma análise das mesmas do ponto de vista de topos, isto é, da existência ou não de classificador de subobjetos. / This work proposes the study of coherent spaces from the point of view of the Topos Theory, that is, it consists of an analysis of the main categories of coherent spaces in terms of topos. The coherent spaces make up a kind of domain which presents some peculiarities that separate it from the rest, for example, in the complex whole of the functions it only considers permissible, those which, apart from being continuous in the sense of Scott - preserving supremo of directed sets, it is also stable and linear. A topos is a Cartesian closed with subobject classifier. This makes topos behaves like Set (sets as objects and functions as morphisms), that is, a category in which the interpretations of its basic constructions follow the Theory of Sets. Among the categories of Coherent Spaces, there is the STAB category, a closed Cartesian category, the objects of which are the coherent spaces, having morphisms as stable functions among these spaces. This means that STAB is a special category in the computational sense: apart from having a binary product for all its objects, STAB presents an exponential object and a morphism of evaluation, ensuring meaning for computational processes. The subcategory LIN of the STAB category, the morphisms of which are linear functions, is not a closed Cartesian category. However, LIN is a symmetrical monoidal category which is closed. This condition is sufficient to also have in LIN the guarantee of obtaining meaning for computational processes. Thus, a computational interpretation of the structure of these categories will be presented, as well as an analysis of them from the point of view of the Topos Theory, that is, if subobject classifier exists or not.

Este trabalho propõe o estudo dos espaços coerentes do ponto de vista da teoria dos topos, ou seja, consiste em uma análise, em termos de topos, das principais categorias de espaços coerentes. Os espaços coerentes constituem um tipo de domínio que apresenta algumas particularidades que o distinguem dos demais, por exemplo, considera admissíveis no conjunto de funções somente aquelas que, além de contínuas no sentido de Scott - preservam supremos de conjuntos dirigidos, também são estáveis e lineares. Um topos e uma categoria Cartesiana fechada com classificador de subobjetos. Isso faz com que todo topos se comporte como Set (conjuntos como objetos e funções como morfismos), ou seja, uma categoria na qual as interpretações de suas construções básicas seguem a Teoria dos Conjuntos. Entre as categorias de Espaços Coerentes, tem-se a categoria STAB, cujos objetos são os espaços coerentes e os morfismos são funções estáveis entre esses espaços, que é uma categoria cartesiana fechada. Isto significa que STAB é uma categoria especial no sentido computacional: além de possuir o produto binário para todos os seus objetos, STAB apresenta objeto exponencial e morfismo de avaliação, garantindo significado para processos computacionais. A subcategoria LIN da categoria STAB, cujos morfismos são as funções lineares, não é uma categoria cartesiana fechada. Entretanto, LIN é uma categoria monoidal simétrica que e fechada. Este, condição e suficiente para que em LIN também se tenha a garantia de se obter significado para processos computacionais. Apresenta-se então, uma interpretação computacional da estrutura destas categorias e uma análise das mesmas do ponto de vista de topos, isto é, da existência ou não de classificador de subobjetos. / This work proposes the study of coherent spaces from the point of view of the Topos Theory, that is, it consists of an analysis of the main categories of coherent spaces in terms of topos. The coherent spaces make up a kind of domain which presents some peculiarities that separate it from the rest, for example, in the complex whole of the functions it only considers permissible, those which, apart from being continuous in the sense of Scott - preserving supremo of directed sets, it is also stable and linear. A topos is a Cartesian closed with subobject classifier. This makes topos behaves like Set (sets as objects and functions as morphisms), that is, a category in which the interpretations of its basic constructions follow the Theory of Sets. Among the categories of Coherent Spaces, there is the STAB category, a closed Cartesian category, the objects of which are the coherent spaces, having morphisms as stable functions among these spaces. This means that STAB is a special category in the computational sense: apart from having a binary product for all its objects, STAB presents an exponential object and a morphism of evaluation, ensuring meaning for computational processes. The subcategory LIN of the STAB category, the morphisms of which are linear functions, is not a closed Cartesian category. However, LIN is a symmetrical monoidal category which is closed. This condition is sufficient to also have in LIN the guarantee of obtaining meaning for computational processes. Thus, a computational interpretation of the structure of these categories will be presented, as well as an analysis of them from the point of view of the Topos Theory, that is, if subobject classifier exists or not.

This thesis provides evidence that a particular "topos" from the high Baroque's exalted style, the so-called chaconne bass, made a profound impact on a considerable body of Mozart's compositions from the last ten years of his life in Vienna. After identifying the topos in the first chapter, a detailed study in chapter two shows how Mozart's faith in the extraordinary emotional power carried by this topos was enough for him to work it into all of the completed keyboard fantasias. Chapter three illustrates that an understanding of the chaconne bass and its unmistakable association with the fantasia style can shed new light on three of Mozart's most enigmatic compositions from his final period, K. 465, K. 491, and K. 527.

Prenant appui sur une analyse des œuvres artistiques et littéraires dont Utopie de T. MORE, le Samurai Virtuel de N. STEPHENSON ainsi que Le Corps utopique, suivi de Les hétérotopies de Michel FOUCAULT, la thèse examine trois hypothèses de l’espace territorialisé par les artistes : Le Topos, l’Hétérotopos et l’Utopos. Trois genres d’espaces ont été étudiés : Les MUVEs (Second Life et les Open Sims), les Machinimas et le cinéma (le film Avatar de J. CAMERON).Ces nouveaux espaces artistiques favorisent une communication entre les territoires réels et concrets avec ceux virtuels et actuels se trouvant dans le cyberespace comme le mentionne P. LEVY. Selon lui, les créations et les textes de Fred FOREST ont mis en évidence la notion du cyberterritoire.Ces territoires numériques en émergence sont hétérotopiques et considérés comme des espaces autres, hétérogènes, de transition et de contestation selon FOUCAULT.L’approche des enjeux utopiques de ces espaces numériques et fictionnels instaurés dans le film Avatar de James CAMERON et les Machinimas nous conduit à être attentifs à la problématique du corps envisagé comme avatar, aux espaces virtuels et à la manière dont les artistes appréhendent des îles de Second Life. Il s’agit de dégager les codes des mondes virtuels et de comprendre les enjeux utopiques des espaces virtuels conçus comme un territoire virtuel imaginaire.La thèse analyse l’espace internet, en tant que topos hypermatériel et virtuel, dont les programmes et les interfaces peuvent simuler le réel, le dépasser tout en nous faisant entrer dans un monde rêvé ou bien utopique. / According to an analysis of artistic works and literature, among which are Utopia of T.MORE, Snow Crash of N. STEPHENSON and The utopian body followed by heterotopias of Michel FOUCAULT, the present thesis examines three hypotheses of the space territorialized by artists : the Topos, the Heterotops and the Utopos. Three types of space were studied: the MUVEs (Second Life and the Open Sims), the Machinimas and the cinema (the film Avatar by J. CAMERON).These new artistic spaces support a communication between the real and concrete territories and the virtual and actual ones which are found in the cyberspace as mentioned by P. LEVY. According to him, the creations and texts of Fred FOREST brought out the notion of cyberterritory. These digital and emerging territories are heterotopic and are considered as different spaces, heterogeneous, transitional and of contestation, according to FOUCAULT. The approach of utopic challenges relative to these digital and fictional spaces, which are found in James CAMERON’s film Avatar and the Machinimas, compels us to be attentive to the question of the body considered as avatar, to the virtual spaces and to the manner with which the artists apprehend the Second Life isles. This aims at extricating the codes of the virtual worlds and understanding the utopic challenges of the virtual spaces which are conceived as an imaginary virtual territory. The thesis analyzes the space in the internet, as an hypermaterial and virtual topos of which the programs and the interfaces can simulate the real, go past everything, leading us to a world of dreams or to a rather utopic world.

This master thesis written in French language "Le topos de Prague dans la littérature francaise" is analysing literature pieces: Le Passant de Prague and Zone, Guillaume Apollinaire, L'insoutenable légèreté de l'être, Milan Kundera, HHhH, Laurent Binet, La vie brève de Jan Palach, Anthony Sitruk, Mémoires d'outre-tombe, René de Chateaubriand, Les Lettres, Prosper Mérimée and poem Charles Bridge from Cycle de Prague, Serge Patrice Thibodeau. In the main part of the work emphasis is placed on the use of the unique topos of Prague, the purpose of its selection, its role and function in the literary text, as well as intertextual interconnection with other works working with the motifs of Prague. In the introduction, a literary theoretical concept is defined and demonstrated on other examples than this capital city, as there are more definitions and ambiguity in the understanding of this concept could cause difficulties in interpreting the results of text analysis. The result of the work is a limited number, yet three centuries and several genres covering a set of francophone texts that work with the topos of Prague. This is at the end enriched of work with a didactic outline of the use of results, actually the topic of this work in general, in French language lessons in Czech schools. KEYWORDS topos;...

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