Sökning: "Early Modern Philosophy"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade orden Early Modern Philosophy.

  1. 11. Fysikens filosofi : Diskussioner om Einstein, relativitetsteorin och kvantfysiken i Sverige 1910-1970

    Författare :Thord Silverbark; Sven Widmalm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of Ideas; idéhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the reception of the Theory of Relativity and the Quantum Mechanics outside the field of physics, especially in the philosophical community. In the Swedish context, the study shows how the ideas and discussions about these theories belonged to different types of discourses, some existing long before the arrival of modern physics, some shortlived, and some surviving the earliest reception. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Inner Experience : An Analysis of Scientific Experience in Early Modern Germany

    Författare :Andreas Rydberg; Mats Persson; Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell; Kristiina Savin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; scientific experience; inner experience; inner senses; living experience; psychometrics; psychological experiments; cultura animi; spiritual exercise; meditation; aesthetics; Pietism; Enlightenment; Christian Wolff; Hermann Francke; Alexander Baumgarten; Georg Ernst Stahl; Friedrich Hoffmann; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : In the last decades a number of studies have shed light on early modern scientific experience. While some of these studies have focused on how new facts were forced out of nature in so-called experimental situations, others have charted long-term transformations. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Skogsrået, näcken och Djävulen : erotiska naturväsen och demonisk sexualitet i 1600- och 1700-talens Sverige

    Författare :Mikael Häll; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nature spirit; demon; sexuality; devil; forest nymph; water spirit; troll; monster; incubus; succubus; magic; early modern; Sweden; popular belief; folklore; demonology; natural philosophy; witchcraft; bestiality; reformation; religion; crime; sin;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines conceptions of erotic nature spirits and their association with demonic sexuality in 17th and 18th century Sweden. Its purpose is to reconstruct the various cultural and symbolic meanings which such notions had for the society of the day. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Vedergällningstanken : Två idéhistoriska studier

    Författare :Ralf Hultberg; Erland Sellberg; Ingemar Nilsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adam Smith; anthropology; Boström; civilization; death penalty; development; Durkheim; emotions; justice; moral philosophy; Olivecrona; psychology; Rawls; reason; retribution; subjectivism; Westermarck; Adam Smith; antropologi; Boström; civilisation; Durkheim; dödsstraff; förnuft; känslor; moralfilosofi; Olivecrona; psykologi; Rawls; rättvisa; subjektivism; utveckling; vedergällning; Westermarck; idéhistoria; History of Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis is about retribution, often exemplified by Jus talionis, the rule in Exodus 21:23-25. Retribution was the undisputed guiding principle of punishment until the 18th century when it was challenged, first and foremost by Cesare Beccaria and Voltaire. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Occultism and Traditionalism: Arturo Reghini and the Antimodern Reaction in Early Twentieth-Century Italy

    Författare :Christian Giudice; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Occultism; Traditionalism; Religious Studies; Western esotericism;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis will aim to analyse the interaction between occultism and different facets of modernity in early twentieth-century Italy, focusing on the figure of Arturo Reghini (1878-1946) as a case study. In his ´The Modernity of Occultism: Reflections on Some Crucial Aspects’, Marco Pasi convincingly evaluates the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (est. LÄS MER