Sökning: "The Knowledge Foundation"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 420 avhandlingar innehållade orden The Knowledge Foundation.
1. Knowledge Closure and Knowledge Openness : A Study of Epistemic Closure Principles
Sammanfattning : The principle of epistemic closure is the claim that what is known to follow from knowledge is known to be true. This intuitively plausible idea is endorsed by a vast majority of knowledge theorists. There are significant problems, however, that have to be addressed if epistemic closure – closed knowledge – is endorsed. LÄS MER
2. Cross-boundary knowledge work in innovation : Understanding the role of space and objects
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the topic of cross-boundary knowledge work from the perspective of sociomateriality. Cross-boundary knowledge work refers to the collaboration of actors belonging to different social worlds to achieve shared knowledge outcomes. LÄS MER
3. Konstitueringen av ett vetenskapligt begrepp : Exemplet - det manliga klimakteriet
Sammanfattning : How are new scientific concepts of illnesses and disorder formed? The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase in new diagnoses incorporated into medical manuals. The concept of the male menopause, or the andropause diagnosis, is suitable for studying how medical knowledge is produced, since it has alternated between being and not being part of the acknowledged medical knowledge since the beginning of the 19th century, when it was originally launched. LÄS MER
4. Swift transition and knowledge cycling : A study of knowledge transfer in technical consulting
Sammanfattning : The prominent shifts towards greater flexibility in work arrangements as well as in organizational forms have had profound effects on the labor market for engineers, and given rise to the technical consulting industry. The technical consulting firm is becoming increasingly important in many technology-based industries, as a growing number of technology-based firms rely on technical consulting firms to produce their outputs. LÄS MER
5. Konstitueringen av ett vetenskapligt objekt : Exemplet - det manliga klimakteriet
Sammanfattning : How are new scientific concepts of illnesses and disorder formed? The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase in new diagnoses incorporated into medical manuals. The concept of the male menopause, or the andropause diagnosis, is suitable for studying how medical knowledge is produced, since it has alternated between being and not being part of the acknowledged medical knowledge since the beginning of the 19th century, when it was originally launched. LÄS MER