Sökning: "Ancient Epistemology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ancient Epistemology.
1. The Epistemology of Rhetoric : Plato, Doxa and Post-Truth
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to develop an epistemology of rhetoric in light of the apparent contemporary post-truth condition of society. Epistemology is hereby understood as concerned with principles for knowledge production within the academic discipline of rhetoric, as well as with an understanding of knowledge production in the public realm. LÄS MER
2. Early Christian Determinism : A Study of The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to explore the ethics of the Nag Hammadi text, The Tripartite Tractate. This text, the fifth tractate in Nag Hammadi Codex I, has received comparatively little attention, although it is the most detailed Valentinian treaty still extant. LÄS MER
3. Critical Thinking in Scholarship: : Meanings, Conditions and Development
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the phenomenon of critical thinking in scholarship as regards its meanings, conditions, and development using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. This exploration takes its departure in ancient Greece, following a historical movement of the phenomenon up to present day perspectives on critical thinking, revealing a range of different meanings and conditions. LÄS MER
4. A pragmatist theory of design : The impact of the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey on architecture and design
Sammanfattning : This study is an inquiry into design-theoretical aspects of architectural design in Finland based mainly on the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey. The study comprises two case studies. The . rst case deals with a young family designing their future home – a detached house built from prefabricated components – in cooperation with an architect. LÄS MER
5. Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology from Theosophy to the New Age
Sammanfattning : The study addresses the question of how religious creativity in the West manages to adapt to the forces of modernity. The empirical data are drawn from a set of historically and thematically related movements, from late nineteenth century theosophy to the contemporary New Age.The dissertation is divided into three main sections. LÄS MER