In this thesis, we present a Thread-Level Speculation (TLS) framework whose main feature is to speculatively parallelize a sequential loop nest in various ways, to maximize performance. We perform code transformations by applying the polyhedral model that we adapted for speculative and runtime code parallelization. For this purpose, we designed a parallel code pattern which is patched by our runtime system according to the profiling information collected on some execution samples. We show on several benchmarks that our framework yields good performance on codes which could not be handled efficiently by previously proposed TLS systems.

Die Tradierung von Studien über Hegel hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten sehr an Bedeutung gewonnen, und zwar sowohl was die zahlenmäβige Zunahme der Hegel gewidmeten Werke angeht, als auch im Hinblick auf den modus operandi der Theamtisierung und Präzisierung der Probleme und Reflexionen, die sich aus seinem Werk ergeben. In diesem Kontext der Renaissance der hegelschen Philosophie erscheint das Problem der Anerkennung als eines der wichtigsten der Hegelforschung. Freilich sind im Rahmen dieses neuen Interesses an der Anerkennung die Arbeiten selten, die darauf abzielen, das Thema Anerkennung von seiner logischen Wurzel her aufzugreifen. Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit hat es sich zur Aufgabe gesetzt, die Rekonstruktion der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung herauszuarbeiten, wobei sie ihre Stufen anhand der Wissenschaft der Logik ausdrücken wird. Die vorliegende These von hermeneutisch-bibliografischem Charakter ist darauf angelegt, dieses Ziel zu erreichen, was sie in einer in 05 (funf) Kapitel aufgeteilten Struktur unternimmt. Die Aufgabe des ersten Kapitels ist es, den Forschungsstand über die Anerkennung in der zeitgenössischen Philosophie herauszuarbeiten. Das zweite Kapitel konstituiert die erste Schicht der Anerkennung und zeigt, wie die Logik als transitiver Nenner arbeitet. Das dritte Kapitel etabliert die zweite Schicht der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung und rekonstruiert die Konditionen der subjektiven Interaktion, die Andersheit als würde sie durch zwei ihr eigene Modi ausgedrückt: durch Beziehung und durch Verhältnis. Das vierte Kapitel stellt die dritte logische Schicht der Anerkennung vor durch die Präzisierung der Subjektivität und die Arten der Relation der Subjektivität, ausgehend von ihren semantisch-pragmatischen meta-Niveaus des Universellen, Partikulären und Singulären. In einer zweiten Argumentation stellt das viertel Kapitel dar, wie die Subjektivität in ihrer theoretischen Dimension als Wissen und in ihrer praktischen Dimension als Wollen zu verstehen ist. Das fünfte Kapitel schlieβlich stellt dar, wie die drei logischen Metaebenen der Erkenntnis, die sich aus dem Kennen und Anerkennen ergeben, im historischen Prozess erkennbar werden durch das Mittel der Phänomenologie des Geistes in seinem 4. Kapitel. Das fünfte Kapitel will auch zeigen, daβ es möglich ist, eine logische Struktur zu rekonstruieren, ohne die Fakten der Theorie zu unterwerfen. Wir erwarten deshalb als Schlussfolgerung, daβ angesichts der logischen Erklärung und Rekonstruktion der Schichten der Transitivität, des relationalen Andersseins und der Subjektivität in Bezug auf die Einheit des Subjekts zwischen dem theoretischen und praktischen Ich, die die Anerkennung betreffende logische Struktur sich zeigen wird. / A tradição de estudos hegelianos assumiu nos últimos decênios uma grande importância, tanto em referência a ampliação numérica dos trabalhos dedicados ao hegelianismo como em relação ao modus operandi de tematização e explicitação dos problemas e reflexões que lhe são oriundos. Dentro deste contexto de Renaissance da filosofia hegeliana, o problema do reconhecimento emerge como de importância capital na Hegel-Forschung. Todavia, a par deste novo interesse sobre o reconhecimento são raros os trabalhos que se propõem a enfrentar o tema reconhecimento desde a sua matiz lógica. O presente trabalho de pesquisa se propõe estabelecer a reconstrução da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento, exprimindo os seus níveis a partir da Wissenschaft der Logik. A presente tese de caráter hermenêutico bibliográfico se configura para a consecução de tal objetivo, dividindo internamente o trabalho em comento em 05 (cinco) capítulos. O primeiro capítulo se destina a situar o estado da arte nas pesquisas sobre o reconhecimento na filosofia contemporânea. O segundo capítulo constitui o primeiro nível do reconhecimento e apresenta a lógica operando como um denominador transitivo. O terceiro capítulo estabelece o segundo nível da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento e reconstitui as condições de interação subjetiva, a alteridade (Andersheit) como se explicitando por dois modos próprios: por referência (Beziehung) e por relação (Verhältnis). O quarto capítulo apresenta o terceiro estágio lógico do reconhecimento pela explicitação da subjetividade e os modos de relação da subjetividade a partir de seus metaníveis semântico-pragmáticos do: universal, particular e singular. Num segundo momento, o quarto capítulo expõe como a subjetividade se compreende enquanto dimensão teórica: como conhecer, e em sua dimensão prática como querer. Por fim, o quinto capítulo, expõe como os três metaníveis lógicos do reconhecimento, os quais seguem do conhecer (Kennen) ao reconhecer (Anerkennen), se fazem explicitar no processo histórico pelo recurso a Fenomenologia do Espírito em seu capítulo IV. O quinto capítulo objetiva ainda demonstrar que é possível reconstruir uma estrutura lógica sem subordinar os fatos à teoria. Espera-se por tanto, a título de conclusão, que mediante a explicitação e reconstrução lógica dos níveis da transitividade, da alteridade relacional, e da subjetividade enquanto unidade no sujeito entre o eu teórico e prático, se faça exprimir a estrutura lógica subjacente ao reconhecimento. / During the last decades, the tradition of studies of Hegel has assumed great importance, as much referring to the amount of work dedicated to his philosophy as to the mode of operation of focusing and explaining the problems and reflections raised by him. In this context of the revival of Hegel’s philosophy, the problem of recognition emerges as of capital importance in the research about Hegel. However, in the context of this new interest about recognition, studies that go about pursuing the theme of recognition until its logical matrix are rare. The present study aims at establishing a reconstruction of the logical structure of recognition, expressing its levels starting from the Wissenschaft der Logik. The present theses of hermeneutic-bibliographic character is conceived to reach this aim, internally dividing the work in 05 (five) chapters. The first chapter aims at showing the state of research in the studies of recognition in contemporary philosophy. The second constitutes the first level of recognition and presents logic working as transitive denominator. The third chapter establishes the second level of the logical structure of recognition and reconstitutes the conditions of subjective interaction, the otherness (Andersheit) as being made explicit by two proper modes: by reference (Beziehung) and relationship (Verhältnis). The fourth chapter presents the third logical stage of recognition by making explicit the subjectivity and the mode of relationship of subjectivity starting from its semantic-pragmatic metalevels: the universal, the particular and the singular. In a second moment, the fourth chapter exposes how subjectivity is to be understood in its theoretic dimension as knowledge, and in its practical dimension as wish. Lastly, the fifth chapter shows how the three logical metalevels of recognition, which proceed from knowledge (Kennen) to recognition (Anerkennen), are made explicit in the historical process by the tool of the Phenomenology of Spirit in its fourth chapter. The fifth chapter also aims at showing that it is possible to reconstruct a logical structure without subordinating fact to theory. It is hoped, however, in terms of a conclusion, that in the face of a logical attempt at making explicit and reconstructing the levels of transitivity, of relational otherness and the subjectivity in terms of unity of subject between the theoretical and the practical I, the logical structure subjacent to recognition can be made to express itself.

In John Calvin and Ellen G White’s sense making approaches God’s act of redemption and reconciliation in and through Jesus Christ takes the centre stage in the foursome of God’s acts expressed in the biblical historical timeline as creation, reconciliation in Jesus Christ, renewal through the Holy Spirit and fulfilment at the end of time. While the 16th century Calvin emphasised God’s acts of creation and reconciliation in Christ more than God’s acts of renewal and fulfilment, the 19th century White’s emphasis was more on God’s acts of reconciliation in Christ and fulfilment at the end of time than on creation and renewal through the Spirit. With all the differences in their sense making approaches their central perspectival focus in their writings, sayings and doings is the way God and humanity, heaven and earth are closely connected in a unity without being fused and mixed in Jesus Christ. Their central christological theme of ‘God staying God’ and ‘human staying human’ in an interactional substantialist sense in Christ designates the great alternative view that differs on the one hand, from the view of the trans-substantialist option in which the human being Christ Jesus is in a sacramental-sacred way transformed into ‘a divine human being’ –, and on the other hand, the view of the consubstantialist option in which the human being Jesus is permeated and diffused by his divinity, thereby becoming ‘the human God.’ Calvin and White in their reflection operating within the realm of divine historicity that is staying within the biblical historical timeline from Genesis to Revelation were viewed by many as not theologians in the real sense of the word. Calvin and may be to a greater extent White worked and contributed to the new and emerging field of Faith Studies in which a theologian or theorist of faith cannot reflect on God, human beings or the natural cosmic world in three separate avenues as was commonly the case with speculative and scholastic theologies in history. White’s Faith Studies contribution is in the global arena of theology where the omnipresent ‘–logies’ of mainline church theologies such as Christology, Ecclesiology, Pneumatology and Eschatology hold sway.

Die Tradierung von Studien über Hegel hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten sehr an Bedeutung gewonnen, und zwar sowohl was die zahlenmäβige Zunahme der Hegel gewidmeten Werke angeht, als auch im Hinblick auf den modus operandi der Theamtisierung und Präzisierung der Probleme und Reflexionen, die sich aus seinem Werk ergeben. In diesem Kontext der Renaissance der hegelschen Philosophie erscheint das Problem der Anerkennung als eines der wichtigsten der Hegelforschung. Freilich sind im Rahmen dieses neuen Interesses an der Anerkennung die Arbeiten selten, die darauf abzielen, das Thema Anerkennung von seiner logischen Wurzel her aufzugreifen. Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit hat es sich zur Aufgabe gesetzt, die Rekonstruktion der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung herauszuarbeiten, wobei sie ihre Stufen anhand der Wissenschaft der Logik ausdrücken wird. Die vorliegende These von hermeneutisch-bibliografischem Charakter ist darauf angelegt, dieses Ziel zu erreichen, was sie in einer in 05 (funf) Kapitel aufgeteilten Struktur unternimmt. Die Aufgabe des ersten Kapitels ist es, den Forschungsstand über die Anerkennung in der zeitgenössischen Philosophie herauszuarbeiten. Das zweite Kapitel konstituiert die erste Schicht der Anerkennung und zeigt, wie die Logik als transitiver Nenner arbeitet. Das dritte Kapitel etabliert die zweite Schicht der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung und rekonstruiert die Konditionen der subjektiven Interaktion, die Andersheit als würde sie durch zwei ihr eigene Modi ausgedrückt: durch Beziehung und durch Verhältnis. Das vierte Kapitel stellt die dritte logische Schicht der Anerkennung vor durch die Präzisierung der Subjektivität und die Arten der Relation der Subjektivität, ausgehend von ihren semantisch-pragmatischen meta-Niveaus des Universellen, Partikulären und Singulären. In einer zweiten Argumentation stellt das viertel Kapitel dar, wie die Subjektivität in ihrer theoretischen Dimension als Wissen und in ihrer praktischen Dimension als Wollen zu verstehen ist. Das fünfte Kapitel schlieβlich stellt dar, wie die drei logischen Metaebenen der Erkenntnis, die sich aus dem Kennen und Anerkennen ergeben, im historischen Prozess erkennbar werden durch das Mittel der Phänomenologie des Geistes in seinem 4. Kapitel. Das fünfte Kapitel will auch zeigen, daβ es möglich ist, eine logische Struktur zu rekonstruieren, ohne die Fakten der Theorie zu unterwerfen. Wir erwarten deshalb als Schlussfolgerung, daβ angesichts der logischen Erklärung und Rekonstruktion der Schichten der Transitivität, des relationalen Andersseins und der Subjektivität in Bezug auf die Einheit des Subjekts zwischen dem theoretischen und praktischen Ich, die die Anerkennung betreffende logische Struktur sich zeigen wird. / A tradição de estudos hegelianos assumiu nos últimos decênios uma grande importância, tanto em referência a ampliação numérica dos trabalhos dedicados ao hegelianismo como em relação ao modus operandi de tematização e explicitação dos problemas e reflexões que lhe são oriundos. Dentro deste contexto de Renaissance da filosofia hegeliana, o problema do reconhecimento emerge como de importância capital na Hegel-Forschung. Todavia, a par deste novo interesse sobre o reconhecimento são raros os trabalhos que se propõem a enfrentar o tema reconhecimento desde a sua matiz lógica. O presente trabalho de pesquisa se propõe estabelecer a reconstrução da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento, exprimindo os seus níveis a partir da Wissenschaft der Logik. A presente tese de caráter hermenêutico bibliográfico se configura para a consecução de tal objetivo, dividindo internamente o trabalho em comento em 05 (cinco) capítulos. O primeiro capítulo se destina a situar o estado da arte nas pesquisas sobre o reconhecimento na filosofia contemporânea. O segundo capítulo constitui o primeiro nível do reconhecimento e apresenta a lógica operando como um denominador transitivo. O terceiro capítulo estabelece o segundo nível da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento e reconstitui as condições de interação subjetiva, a alteridade (Andersheit) como se explicitando por dois modos próprios: por referência (Beziehung) e por relação (Verhältnis). O quarto capítulo apresenta o terceiro estágio lógico do reconhecimento pela explicitação da subjetividade e os modos de relação da subjetividade a partir de seus metaníveis semântico-pragmáticos do: universal, particular e singular. Num segundo momento, o quarto capítulo expõe como a subjetividade se compreende enquanto dimensão teórica: como conhecer, e em sua dimensão prática como querer. Por fim, o quinto capítulo, expõe como os três metaníveis lógicos do reconhecimento, os quais seguem do conhecer (Kennen) ao reconhecer (Anerkennen), se fazem explicitar no processo histórico pelo recurso a Fenomenologia do Espírito em seu capítulo IV. O quinto capítulo objetiva ainda demonstrar que é possível reconstruir uma estrutura lógica sem subordinar os fatos à teoria. Espera-se por tanto, a título de conclusão, que mediante a explicitação e reconstrução lógica dos níveis da transitividade, da alteridade relacional, e da subjetividade enquanto unidade no sujeito entre o eu teórico e prático, se faça exprimir a estrutura lógica subjacente ao reconhecimento. / During the last decades, the tradition of studies of Hegel has assumed great importance, as much referring to the amount of work dedicated to his philosophy as to the mode of operation of focusing and explaining the problems and reflections raised by him. In this context of the revival of Hegel’s philosophy, the problem of recognition emerges as of capital importance in the research about Hegel. However, in the context of this new interest about recognition, studies that go about pursuing the theme of recognition until its logical matrix are rare. The present study aims at establishing a reconstruction of the logical structure of recognition, expressing its levels starting from the Wissenschaft der Logik. The present theses of hermeneutic-bibliographic character is conceived to reach this aim, internally dividing the work in 05 (five) chapters. The first chapter aims at showing the state of research in the studies of recognition in contemporary philosophy. The second constitutes the first level of recognition and presents logic working as transitive denominator. The third chapter establishes the second level of the logical structure of recognition and reconstitutes the conditions of subjective interaction, the otherness (Andersheit) as being made explicit by two proper modes: by reference (Beziehung) and relationship (Verhältnis). The fourth chapter presents the third logical stage of recognition by making explicit the subjectivity and the mode of relationship of subjectivity starting from its semantic-pragmatic metalevels: the universal, the particular and the singular. In a second moment, the fourth chapter exposes how subjectivity is to be understood in its theoretic dimension as knowledge, and in its practical dimension as wish. Lastly, the fifth chapter shows how the three logical metalevels of recognition, which proceed from knowledge (Kennen) to recognition (Anerkennen), are made explicit in the historical process by the tool of the Phenomenology of Spirit in its fourth chapter. The fifth chapter also aims at showing that it is possible to reconstruct a logical structure without subordinating fact to theory. It is hoped, however, in terms of a conclusion, that in the face of a logical attempt at making explicit and reconstructing the levels of transitivity, of relational otherness and the subjectivity in terms of unity of subject between the theoretical and the practical I, the logical structure subjacent to recognition can be made to express itself.

Die Tradierung von Studien über Hegel hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten sehr an Bedeutung gewonnen, und zwar sowohl was die zahlenmäβige Zunahme der Hegel gewidmeten Werke angeht, als auch im Hinblick auf den modus operandi der Theamtisierung und Präzisierung der Probleme und Reflexionen, die sich aus seinem Werk ergeben. In diesem Kontext der Renaissance der hegelschen Philosophie erscheint das Problem der Anerkennung als eines der wichtigsten der Hegelforschung. Freilich sind im Rahmen dieses neuen Interesses an der Anerkennung die Arbeiten selten, die darauf abzielen, das Thema Anerkennung von seiner logischen Wurzel her aufzugreifen. Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit hat es sich zur Aufgabe gesetzt, die Rekonstruktion der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung herauszuarbeiten, wobei sie ihre Stufen anhand der Wissenschaft der Logik ausdrücken wird. Die vorliegende These von hermeneutisch-bibliografischem Charakter ist darauf angelegt, dieses Ziel zu erreichen, was sie in einer in 05 (funf) Kapitel aufgeteilten Struktur unternimmt. Die Aufgabe des ersten Kapitels ist es, den Forschungsstand über die Anerkennung in der zeitgenössischen Philosophie herauszuarbeiten. Das zweite Kapitel konstituiert die erste Schicht der Anerkennung und zeigt, wie die Logik als transitiver Nenner arbeitet. Das dritte Kapitel etabliert die zweite Schicht der logischen Struktur der Anerkennung und rekonstruiert die Konditionen der subjektiven Interaktion, die Andersheit als würde sie durch zwei ihr eigene Modi ausgedrückt: durch Beziehung und durch Verhältnis. Das vierte Kapitel stellt die dritte logische Schicht der Anerkennung vor durch die Präzisierung der Subjektivität und die Arten der Relation der Subjektivität, ausgehend von ihren semantisch-pragmatischen meta-Niveaus des Universellen, Partikulären und Singulären. In einer zweiten Argumentation stellt das viertel Kapitel dar, wie die Subjektivität in ihrer theoretischen Dimension als Wissen und in ihrer praktischen Dimension als Wollen zu verstehen ist. Das fünfte Kapitel schlieβlich stellt dar, wie die drei logischen Metaebenen der Erkenntnis, die sich aus dem Kennen und Anerkennen ergeben, im historischen Prozess erkennbar werden durch das Mittel der Phänomenologie des Geistes in seinem 4. Kapitel. Das fünfte Kapitel will auch zeigen, daβ es möglich ist, eine logische Struktur zu rekonstruieren, ohne die Fakten der Theorie zu unterwerfen. Wir erwarten deshalb als Schlussfolgerung, daβ angesichts der logischen Erklärung und Rekonstruktion der Schichten der Transitivität, des relationalen Andersseins und der Subjektivität in Bezug auf die Einheit des Subjekts zwischen dem theoretischen und praktischen Ich, die die Anerkennung betreffende logische Struktur sich zeigen wird. / A tradição de estudos hegelianos assumiu nos últimos decênios uma grande importância, tanto em referência a ampliação numérica dos trabalhos dedicados ao hegelianismo como em relação ao modus operandi de tematização e explicitação dos problemas e reflexões que lhe são oriundos. Dentro deste contexto de Renaissance da filosofia hegeliana, o problema do reconhecimento emerge como de importância capital na Hegel-Forschung. Todavia, a par deste novo interesse sobre o reconhecimento são raros os trabalhos que se propõem a enfrentar o tema reconhecimento desde a sua matiz lógica. O presente trabalho de pesquisa se propõe estabelecer a reconstrução da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento, exprimindo os seus níveis a partir da Wissenschaft der Logik. A presente tese de caráter hermenêutico bibliográfico se configura para a consecução de tal objetivo, dividindo internamente o trabalho em comento em 05 (cinco) capítulos. O primeiro capítulo se destina a situar o estado da arte nas pesquisas sobre o reconhecimento na filosofia contemporânea. O segundo capítulo constitui o primeiro nível do reconhecimento e apresenta a lógica operando como um denominador transitivo. O terceiro capítulo estabelece o segundo nível da estrutura lógica do reconhecimento e reconstitui as condições de interação subjetiva, a alteridade (Andersheit) como se explicitando por dois modos próprios: por referência (Beziehung) e por relação (Verhältnis). O quarto capítulo apresenta o terceiro estágio lógico do reconhecimento pela explicitação da subjetividade e os modos de relação da subjetividade a partir de seus metaníveis semântico-pragmáticos do: universal, particular e singular. Num segundo momento, o quarto capítulo expõe como a subjetividade se compreende enquanto dimensão teórica: como conhecer, e em sua dimensão prática como querer. Por fim, o quinto capítulo, expõe como os três metaníveis lógicos do reconhecimento, os quais seguem do conhecer (Kennen) ao reconhecer (Anerkennen), se fazem explicitar no processo histórico pelo recurso a Fenomenologia do Espírito em seu capítulo IV. O quinto capítulo objetiva ainda demonstrar que é possível reconstruir uma estrutura lógica sem subordinar os fatos à teoria. Espera-se por tanto, a título de conclusão, que mediante a explicitação e reconstrução lógica dos níveis da transitividade, da alteridade relacional, e da subjetividade enquanto unidade no sujeito entre o eu teórico e prático, se faça exprimir a estrutura lógica subjacente ao reconhecimento. / During the last decades, the tradition of studies of Hegel has assumed great importance, as much referring to the amount of work dedicated to his philosophy as to the mode of operation of focusing and explaining the problems and reflections raised by him. In this context of the revival of Hegel’s philosophy, the problem of recognition emerges as of capital importance in the research about Hegel. However, in the context of this new interest about recognition, studies that go about pursuing the theme of recognition until its logical matrix are rare. The present study aims at establishing a reconstruction of the logical structure of recognition, expressing its levels starting from the Wissenschaft der Logik. The present theses of hermeneutic-bibliographic character is conceived to reach this aim, internally dividing the work in 05 (five) chapters. The first chapter aims at showing the state of research in the studies of recognition in contemporary philosophy. The second constitutes the first level of recognition and presents logic working as transitive denominator. The third chapter establishes the second level of the logical structure of recognition and reconstitutes the conditions of subjective interaction, the otherness (Andersheit) as being made explicit by two proper modes: by reference (Beziehung) and relationship (Verhältnis). The fourth chapter presents the third logical stage of recognition by making explicit the subjectivity and the mode of relationship of subjectivity starting from its semantic-pragmatic metalevels: the universal, the particular and the singular. In a second moment, the fourth chapter exposes how subjectivity is to be understood in its theoretic dimension as knowledge, and in its practical dimension as wish. Lastly, the fifth chapter shows how the three logical metalevels of recognition, which proceed from knowledge (Kennen) to recognition (Anerkennen), are made explicit in the historical process by the tool of the Phenomenology of Spirit in its fourth chapter. The fifth chapter also aims at showing that it is possible to reconstruct a logical structure without subordinating fact to theory. It is hoped, however, in terms of a conclusion, that in the face of a logical attempt at making explicit and reconstructing the levels of transitivity, of relational otherness and the subjectivity in terms of unity of subject between the theoretical and the practical I, the logical structure subjacent to recognition can be made to express itself.

Everyday we come up with new solutions for our existing problems. But the solutions of today are tomorrow’s problem. The products we create as designers are often bringing more complexity in our society than it is initially intended for. This thesis aims to give a new perspective on the design practice community. Instead of starting with a problem-solving scope, this thesis intent is to find what is truly meaningful for human life, meaning finding, and to propose how we can envision new ways of meaning making within interaction design. The two processes together of meaning finding and meaning making is how we can aim for concrete results that are relevant for our society. To better understand what truly matters for human life, I collected 14 stories through ethnographic research. These ethnographic stories reveal the nature of human characteristics when people face and overcome big challenges in life. Some of these ethnographic stories highlights the life of a WWII survivor, war refugee, leukaemia child-patient and a widow. Parallel, to the ethnographic work, I explored how I can evoke a deeper connection between people, by making them listen to each-other’s heartbeat.  Inevitably, by exploring the fundamental elements of human life and observing the emotions and behaviour of my interviewees and participants, the thesis find itself often on the playground between philosophy and human life. But by taking a strong interaction design perspective, these insights were manifested in the human design manifesto booklet. This booklet proposes six expressions for designers, with the intention to embrace the fundamental elements of human life when we design:  1. Design attitudes, not solutions. 2. Design the medicine of the mind. 3. Design for relationships. 4. Design for our direct senses. 5. Design for the deep human connection. 6. Design the act of kindness  Later on, for the meaning making part: one statement from the Human Design Manifesto was selected to explore in depth: Design the act of kindness. For this expression project Hidden Figures was created. Hidden Figures is a design proposal which demonstrates that a design creation can be driven by the fundamental elements of human life. In this case proposing the act of kindness as a vision on how our society could be.  In overall, this master’s thesis demonstrates how our design proposals can embody and resonate well between the three levels of design philosophy, a designer’s vision and interaction design practice: How we, as designers, can use meaning-making and meaning-finding to create more relevant impact for our society. Last, I hope this work encourages other designers to think deeply about their own creations and its impact. And help designers reflect on why they create and how they could also alternatively practice design.

This study examines the rise, development, and crisis of theological encyclopaedia in nineteenth-century Germany. As introductory textbooks for theological study in the university, works of theological encyclopaedia addressed the pressing questions facing theology as a ‘science’ (Wissenschaft), a rigorous, critical discipline deserving of a seat in the modern university. The project of theological encyclopaedia, I argue, functioned as the place where theological reflection and the requirements of the institutional setting in which that reflection occurred—here the German university—converged. I explore its roots as a pioneering idealist model for organizing knowledge in the German university system in the late eighteenth century. I focus especially on Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768–1834), the father of modern Protestantism and principal intellectual architect of the University of Berlin (1810). Schleiermacher’s programme transformed the scholarly theological enterprise into one defined in terms of science. That transformation laid the groundwork for the later historicization of theology, which I investigate in the two predominant ‘schools’ of German university theology in the middle of the nineteenth century, the Hegelian ‘speculative’ school and ‘mediating theology’ (Vermittlungstheologie). Among the latter, I emphasize the remarkable international influence of the Swiss-German Karl Hagenbach (1801–74), whose theological encyclopaedia was among the most widely read theological books in German-speaking Europe from the 1830s through World War I. Finally, I analyze the project’s downfall in the context of Wilhelmine Germany and the Weimar Republic, beset by radical disciplinary specialization, a crisis of historicism, and the attacks of dialectical theology. Throughout, I contend that theological encyclopaedia represented the institutionalization of the idea of theology as science, which furnishes an explanatory grid for understanding the relationship between theology and the university. The project resulted in a powerful synthesis that fundamentally shaped the reigning theological paradigms in nineteenth-century Germany and beyond.

White (1967:1203-1207) places the blame for the current raping of our environment on the Christians’ interpretation of Genesis 1:28 (“God blessed them and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground”). White believes that the Christian interpretation of this verse teaches man to be arrogant toward nature and that God gives man the green light to exploit nature as man pleases. White has leveled serious accusations against the early Christians. This study interprets the Old Testament, New Testament and ancient theologians’ attitude towards creation and God. It deals with the accusations in accordance with the relevant Biblical and post-Biblical writers, to find the basis for the environmental crisis not in Christianity, but in animism. It is true that the ancient Christian writers were indeed more concerned about the hereafter than about the world as it is now. Yet, when one scrutinizes ancient writings, one soon realizes that in ancient biblical- and post-biblical time, earth stewardship has a profundity undreamed of by even the most speculative ecological philosophers. / Dissertation (MA (Greek))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Ancient Languages / unrestricted

Hervé de Nédellec o.p. joua un rôle de premier plan dans la défense du patrimoine doctrinal de Thomas d’Aquin contre les effets des condamnations de la fin du XIIIe siècle et du début du XIVe siècle. Il a néanmoins défendu une position sur la distinction entre l’être et l’essence divergeant sensiblement de la distinction thomasienne, alors que cet élément se présente comme central à la pensée de l’illustre dominicain. Cette étude vérifie cette divergence et en rend compte, considérant le contexte historique et le rôle assumé par Hervé dans la défense de la pensée de son confrère. Allen (1958) caractérise la perspective hervéenne par son essentialisme et son approche sémantique, ainsi que par le rejet de la distinction réelle (Gilles de Rome et Thomas d’Aquin) et de la distinction intentionnelle (Henri de Gand). Il évoque par ailleurs l’influence de Godefroid de Fontaines, de Siger de Brabant et d’Averroès au regard de la distinction entre l’être et l’essence selon le mode de signifier retenue par Hervé. Ces observations se voient ici confirmées par l’exposé et la comparaison des principes ontologiques assumés par les différentes positions. Il est par le fait même rendu manifeste que Siger de Brabant, Godefroid de Fontaines, Hervé de Nédellec et encore Dietrich de Freiberg, tenants de la distinction sémantique, rejettent les positions adverses en raison de mêmes éléments qu’ils critiquent de celles-ci. La communauté doctrinale entre la distinction selon le mode de signifier et la théorie modiste ainsi que leur source commune dans le Commentaire à la Métaphysique d’Averroès sont par ailleurs mises au jour. Les modistes distinguent le signifié principal et les propriétés concernant (circa) le signifié principal. Dans la perspective sémantique, l’essence, l’étant et l’être sont conçus comme des propriétés concernant le signifié principal à la manière des propriétés circa de la grammaire spéculative. À l’instar des propriétés circa, « essence », « étant » et « être » diffèrent non parce qu’ils signifient différentes déterminations, mais au sens où ils signifient une même chose de différentes façons. L’analyse des objections soulevées par les tenants de la distinction sémantique et des éléments constitutifs de leur position fournit des outils nouveaux pour apprécier la distinction entre l’être et l’essence chez Thomas d’Aquin. Celle-ci se révèle procéder d’un cadre théorique inconciliable avec celui adopté par Hervé de Nédellec. Nous faisons ici valoir que cette liberté doctrinale d’Hervé de Nédellec s’explique par cela que la distinction entre l’être et l’essence n’était pas constitutive du fonds thomasien concerné par les ordonnances d’enseignement dominicaines de la fin du XIIIe siècle et du début du XIVe siècle, notamment puisqu’elle n’a pas été ciblée par les condamnations doctrinales ecclésiales ni par le correctoire de Guillaume de la Mare. / Hervaeus Natalis o.p. played a leading role in defending the doctrinal heritage of Thomas Aquinas against the effects of the condemnations of the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th centuries. Nevertheless, he would have supported a position on the distinction between being and essence which is irreconcilable with the Thomasian distinction, even though this element is central to the thought of the illustrious Dominican. The present study verifies this discrepancy and give an account of it, considering the historical context and the role assumed by Hervaeus in the defence of the thought of his confrere. Allen (1958) characterizes the Hervean perspective by its essentialism and its semantic approach, as well as by the rejection of the real distinction (Giles of Rome and Aquinas) and the intentional distinction (Henri of Ghent). He also evokes the influence of Godfrey of Fontaines, Siger of Brabant and Averroes with regard to the distinction between being (esse) and essence according to the mode of signifying adopted by Hervaeus. These claims are here confirmed by the exposition and comparison of the ontological principles assumed by the different stances. By the same token, it is made clear that Siger of Brabant, Godefroid of Fontaines, Hervaeus Natalis and also Dietrich of Freiberg, the proponents of the semantic distinction, reject the opposing positions on the basis of the same elements that they criticize in them. The doctrinal community between the distinction according to the mode of signifying and the Modist theory, as well as their common source in the Commentary on the Metaphysics of Averroes are also brought to light. The Modists distinguish between the object signified and the properties concerning (circa) the object signified. In the semantic perspective, essence, ens and esse are conceived as properties concerning the object signified in the manner of the circa properties of speculative grammar. Like the circa properties, “essence”, “ens” and “esse” do not differ because they signify different determinations, but they differ in the sense that they signify the same thing in different ways. The analysis of the objections raised by the proponents of the semantic distinction and of the constitutive elements of their position provides new tools for appreciating the distinction between being (esse) and essence in Aquinas. It proves to proceed from a theoretical framework that is irreconcilable with that adopted by Hervaeus. We argue here that this doctrinal freedom of Hervaeus is explained by the fact that the distinction between being (esse) and essence was not constitutive of the Thomasian fund concerned by the Dominican teaching ordinances of the end of the 13th and beginning of the 14th centuries, especially since it was not targeted by the ecclesial doctrinal condemnations nor by the correctory of William de la Mare.

Tomáš Pivoda, The Multiplicity of Being: The Ontology of Alain Badiou PhD thesis Abstract The thesis introduces for the first time in the Czech philosophical context the ontology of the French philosopher Alain Badiou, as he set it out in his fundamental work Being and Event (L'être et l'événement, 1988). It first presents the starting point of Badiou's philosophy as well as the reasons of his identification of ontology with the set theory, and it points out Badiou's importance for contemporary philosophy, especially for the so called speculative realism around Quentin Meillassoux. The main axis of the exposition is then built around Badiou's four fundamental "Ideas": the multiplicity, the event, the truths and the subject, in connection with which it is shown how Badiou constructs his conceptual apparatus out of individual axioms of the set theory, whereby he follows the basic formal definition of multiplicity based on the operator . In connection with∈ the first Idea of multiplicity, the thesis exposes - with references to Martin Heidegger and Plato - Badiou's conceptual transposition of the couple one/multiple on the couple existence/being and defines the fundamental concepts of his ontology - the situation, the presentation, the representation and the void, with the help of which Badiou interprets...