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1. 1. The Consequence Argument : An Essay on an Argument for the Incompatibility of Free Will and Determinism

   Författare :Maria Svedberg; Jens Johansson; Erik Carlson; Helen Beebee; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; consequence argument; free will; determinism; compatibilism; incompatibilism; Peter van Inwagen; ability; laws of nature; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This book is a contribution to the debate on free will and determinism. More specifically, it is an examination of Peter van Inwagen’s highly influential “Consequence Argument” for incompatibilism, i.e., the thesis that free will is incompatible with determinism. LÄS MER

3. 2. On Free Will as Categorical and Conditional Freedom

   Författare :Peter Ryman; Erik Carlson; Michael Zimmerman; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Free Will; Existence of Free Will; Moral Responsibility; Autonomy; Can; Could; Ought; Categorical Freedom; Agent Causation; Conditional Freedom; Conditional Analysis; Infinite Regress Argument; Ability and Opportunity; Consequence Argument; Mind Argument; Peter van Inwagen; Harry Frank-furt; David Lewis; Robert Kane; Galen Strawson; Erik Carlson; Keith Lehrer; Krister Segerberg; Counterfactuals; Supplementers; Laws of Nature; Causally Complete; Physicalism; Closure of Physics; Supervenience.; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about a complex of problems, related to the question: ‘Can we ever act differently from how we in fact act?’In Part I, the meaning of ‘can’ and ‘could’ is discussed. It is argued that when we say that an agent could do something he didn’t do (in a sense of ‘could’ involving control), this means, in what is called ‘Decision-Contexts’, that he was conditionally free to do it, and, in what is called ‘Strong-Autonomy-Contexts’, that he was categorically free to do it. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Hurt Self : Bullied Children's Experiences of Social Support, Recognition and Trust at School

   Författare :Karin Hellfeldt; Odd Lindberg; Björn Johansson; Bengt Starrin; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bullying victimization; stability; consequence; relationship; recognition; social support; teachers; peers; Social Work; Socialt arbete;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to add to the development the knowledge base of bullying research with particular focus on processes of victimization within a Swedish context. The goal is to a contribute to understanding the consequences of being bullied by examining patterns of change in bullying victimization over time and how potential positive social interactions and relationships might promote the well-being of bullied children. LÄS MER

5. 4. Mortal Beings : On the Metaphysics and Value of Death

   Författare :Jens Johansson; Folke Tersman; Nils Holtug; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; animalism; death; deprivation approach; Epicureanism; personal identity; special concern; symmetry argument; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This book is a contribution to the debate of the metaphysics and value of death.The metaphysical problems of death are closely connected with the debate of personal identity. In Chapter Two, I defend the view that human persons are human organisms. LÄS MER

7. 5. Optional rhemes and omitted undergoers : An event structure approach to implicit objects in Swedish

   Författare :Johanna Prytz; Cecilia Falk; Ida Larsson; Marit Julien; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; implicit objects; object omission; null objects; object drop; objectless sentences; pseudo-transitive; non-core transitive; transitivity; Swedish; event structure; argument structure; the syntax-semantic interface; implicita objekt; objektsutelämning; nollobjekt; objektslösa satser; pseudotransitiva verb; transitivitet; eventstruktur; argumentstruktur; Scandinavian Languages;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to define the essential syntactic-semantic properties of three types of objectless sentences in present-day Swedish. The three types of objectless sentences are labeled descriptively as follows: Implicit Object Read type (IOR) with pseudo-transitive verbs like läsa ‘read’; Implicit Object Open type (IOO), which involves various sets of transitive verbs like öppna ‘open’ and bära ‘carry’; and Implicit Object Kill type (IOK), which typically involves destruction verbs like döda ‘kill’. LÄS MER