Sökning: "escape to theory"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden escape to theory.

  1. 1. Mistaken morality? : an essay on moral error theory

    Författare :Emma Beckman; Gunnar Björnsson; Bart Streumer; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral error theory; Mackie; Joyce; Olson; normative institution; fictionalism; normative error theory; epistemic error theory; irreducible normativity; abolitionism; conservationism; propagandism;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores arguments and questions related to moral error theory – the idea that morality inevitably involves a fundamental and serious error such that moral judgments and statements never come out true. It is suggested that the truth of error theory remains a non-negligible possibility, and that we for this reason should take a version of moral fictionalism seriously. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Interpretive Skepticism : Stanley Cavell, New Criticism, and Literary Interpretation

    Författare :Ingeborg Löfgren; Torsten Pettersson; Patrik Mehrens; Niklas Forsberg; Toril Moi; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interpretive skepticism; aesthetic skepticism; poetic skepticism; literary interpretation; interpretive theory; skepticism; Stanley Cavell; New Criticism; Cleanth Brooks; Monroe C. Beardsley; fraudulence; modernism; escape to theory; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores and analyzes interpretive skepticism in literary theory. It argues that traditional interpretive theories and debates often harbor unacknowledged forms of skeptical thinking and arguments. As these forms of skepticism are seldom recognized as skepticism, the problem tends to remain hidden and unresolved. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Escape flight in butterflies

    Författare :Maria Almbro; Cecilia Kullberg; Ronald Rutowski; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Flight; Lepidoptera; gamete load; lipid accumulation; predation risk; hibernation; Biology; Biologi; zoologi; Zoology;

    Sammanfattning : Flight is considered to be the overarching reason for the enormous diversity and world-wide abundance of insects. Not only does flight enable great distances to be covered and new areas to be colonised, flying has also evolved to be important in most adult life-history characteristics from reproduction to anti-predator strategies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Med historien i ryggen : Om den arkeologiska uppgiften

    Författare :Fredrik Andersson; Gullög Nordquist; Johan Hegardt; Cornelius Holtorf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; archaeology; theory; historiography; narrative; time; postprocessual archaeology; modernity; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the boundaries of archaeology. Its subject is an archaeological practice that no longer seems to be able to challenge our modern conception of the world. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Topics in Cooperative Game Theory

    Författare :Sofia Grahn; William Thomson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1: A class of cooperative games arising from shortest path problems is defined. These shortest path games are shown to be totally balanced and allow a population-monotonic allocation scheme. LÄS MER