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Nils Franzén is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Umeå University. His research primarily focuses on metaethics, the philosophy of language, and aesthetics. Franzén has a special interest in the nature of moral and aesthetic thought and discourse, particularly regarding fictional speech and the objectivity of values. His work explores the linguistic evidence supporting subjectivist theses in moral and aesthetic discourse, with particular attention to non-descriptivist theses. Additionally, he investigates the nature of fictional discourse, including the speech acts performed by authors within fictional narratives, as well as metafictional discourse, such as utterances about fictional detectives like Sherlock Holmes. Recently, he has been contemplating discourse about future contingents, emphasizing the openness of the future as manifested in language.
Requirements are standard for Master's programs across Social Sciences and Humanities at Umeå. English 6 proficiency is the general rule.