Sökning: "irrationality"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade ordet irrationality.

1. 1. Drömmars värde : Varuhus och lotteri i svensk konsumtionskultur 1897-1939

   Författare :Orsi Husz; Arne Jarrick; Anders Berge; Peder Aléx; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; consumption; consumer culture; consumer dreams; department store; shopping; consumer credit; shoplifting; lottery; gambling; state lottery; premium bonds; rationality; irrationality; hedonism; asceticism; money; morality; values; modernity; gender; class; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; Ekonomisk historia;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation explores ideas about consumption in general and about consumer dreams in particular in early twentieth century Sweden. This is done in an analysis of two specific consumer environments –- the department store and the lottery. LÄS MER

3. 2. Det intuitiva livet : Hans Larssons vision om enhet i en splittrad tid

   Författare :Gunnar Matti; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; intuition; discursion; art science; Ola Hansson; division unity; opposites; philosophy of life; organicism; rationality irrationality; logic; mysticism; Henri Bergson; social advancement; identity; utopia; home; community; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

   Sammanfattning : This study concerns the Swedish philosopher, Hans Larsson (1862-1944), who was also known as a writer, educator and cultural figure. The book concentrates on Larsson's philosophy of intuition, which is of central importance in his thinking as a whole. LÄS MER

4. 3. A Different Kind of Ignorance : Self-Deception as Flight from Self-Knowledge

   Författare :Elinor Hållén; Sharon Rider; Martin Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; self-deception; self-knowledge; anxiety; rationality; intentionality; psychoanalysis; Freud; Davidson; Gardner; Lear; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I direct critique at a conception of self-deception prevalent in analytical philosophy, where self-deception is seen as a rational form of irrationality in which the self-deceiver strategically deceives himself on the basis of having judged that this is the best thing to do or, in order to achieve something advantageous. In Chapter One, I criticize the conception of self-deception as analogous to deceiving someone else, the so-called “standard approach to self-deception”. LÄS MER

5. 4. Goal-setting and goal-achieving in transport policy

   Författare :Holger Rosencrantz; Sven Ove Hansson; Jan Odelstad; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rationality; goals; policy goal; transport policy; road safety; goal conflicts; priority; value uncertainty; restriction; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis aims at developing new, alternative approaches and methods based on suggestions and ideas originating from moral philosophy and philosophical decision theory. More precisely, the thesis aims at investigating the rationality of transport policy decisions, including goal-setting and performance evaluation. LÄS MER

7. 5. Mathematical modelling approach to collective decision-making

   Författare :Natalia Zabzina; Denis Gaidashev; Torbjörn Lundh; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :collective behaviour; collective decision-making; communication mechanisms; positive feedback; mathematical modelling; bifurcation phenomena; steady state solutions; symmetry breaking; symmetry restoring; diffusion-limited aggregation; fractal dimension;

   Sammanfattning : In everyday situations individuals make decisions. For example, a tourist usually chooses a crowded or recommended restaurant to have dinner. Perhaps it is an individual decision, but the observed pattern of decision-making is a collective phenomenon. LÄS MER