Sökning: "Explanatory sketches"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Explanatory sketches.

  1. 1. Explanation and deduction : a defence of deductive chauvinism

    Författare :Henrik Hållsten; Matti Sintonen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Deductive explanation; Statistical explanation; Chances; Propensities; Probabilities; Sine qua non; Probabilistic causality; Indeterminism; Ideal explanatory text; Explanatory information; Explanatory sketches; Dynamic systems; Chaotic systems; Approximate solutions; Argument generating procedure. Central figures: Hempel; Coffa; Salmon; Railton; Humphreys; Kitcher; Poincaré; Suppes; Lorenz; Hénon.; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : In this essay I defend the notion of deductive explanation mainly against two types of putative counterexamples: those found in genuinely indeterministic systems and those found in complex dynamic systems. Using Railton's notions of explanatory information and ideal explanatory text, deductivism is defended in an indeterministic setting. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Vigselrummet i Stockholms rådhus och det tidiga 1900-talets monumentalmåleri : Historia, reception, historiografi

    Författare :Ludwig Qvarnström; Jan von Bonsdorff; Emilie Karlsmo; Dan Karlholm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; art criticism; decorative painting; early 20th century; historiography; institutionalisation; the Marriage Chamber in the Stockholm City Law Courts; mural painting; the Museum of Sketches; modernism; nationalism; ornament; public art.; Art; Konstvetenskap; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Sammanfattning : The competitions for the commission to decorate the Marriage Chamber in Stockholm City Law Courts (1912–1915) have become one of the most important events in the history of mural painting in Sweden. One of the proposals, by artist Isaac Grünewald, has become a major icon of early modernistic art in Sweden. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Psychological aspects of explanations as support for problem solving and learning

    Författare :Robert Ramberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Problemlösning; Inlärning; Psykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis will focus on two related issues. The first relates to social psychological aspects ssuch as people's perception of, and attributions regarding humans and computers as experts. The wsecond aspect relates to cognitive psychology,where aspects of understanding and learning are emphasized. LÄS MER