Sökning: "value-free"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 8 avhandlingar innehållade ordet value-free.

  1. 1. Values, Norms & Ideology in Mainstream Economics

    Författare :Gert Helgesson; Karsten Klint Jensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; economics; efficiency; equilibrium; extrascientific; ideology; ideologically relevant; implicit; intrascientific; model; neoclassical; norm; preference; stability; valuation; value-free; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Is economics a value-free science? Defenders of the view that it is admit that there have been failures to keep valuations and norms out but claim that economics is nevertheless essentially value-free. Critics, on the other hand, claim that economics is not and cannot be value-free. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Den akademiska frihetens gränser : Max Weber, Humboldtmodellen och den värdefria vetenskapen

    Författare :Peter Josephson; Tore Frängsmyr; Mats Persson; Ola Agevall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; value-freedom; value judgments; concept of academic freedom; university politics; Humboldt; German University Teacher s Congress; discrimination; Social Democrats; Robert Michels; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to an understanding of why Weber advocated a value-free science. In en essay from 1917, Weber writes that the question of whether or not one ought to make value judgments in the lecture hall is basically a question of practical university policy. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Imperative of Crisis : Power, Knowledge and Action in the Swedish Crisis Management System

    Författare :Maja Svenbro; Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sweden; crisis management; power; representations; imperative; crisis management; Sweden; power; representations; imperative;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates Swedish crisis management. This thesis aims to contribute to crisis research by providing critical perspectives on the role of knowledge in crisis management settings. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Quantification of Society. A Study of a Swedish Research Institute and Survey-Based Social Science

    Författare :Christopher Kullenberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; quantification; survey; social sciences; SOM Institute; epistemic practice; center of calculation; Actor-Network theory; welfare state;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is concerned with the contemporary history of quantitative surveys in Sweden. The core epistemic practice of constructing surveys is examined empirically through a case study of the SOM Institute (Samhälle, Opinion, Medier) at University of Gothenburg. The SOM Institute has performed surveys in Sweden since 1986. LÄS MER

  7. 5. A landscape of values - a study of non-epistemic values in Swedish upper secondary science education

    Författare :Ola Nordqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; science education; values in education; secondary school biology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis sets out to investigate the role of non-epistemic values in science education from three actors’ perspectives – the science student, the science teacher, and the science teacher educator. More specifically, the focus is on exploring the variation of values among these three key actors in science education, and what characterizes these values. LÄS MER