Sökning: "Filosofi 2020"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade orden Filosofi 2020.

  1. 1. Is time money? Philosophical perspectives on the monetary valuation of travel time

    Författare :Maria Nordström; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Erik Angner; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; value of travel time; value of time; travel time; mobil- ity; urban transportation; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis consists of an introduction (‘kappa’) and three papers discussing various aspects of time as a commodity and the practice of valuing travel time.The first paper is an analysis of the properties of time as an economic resource taking into account literature on behavior with regard to time. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Guiding Concepts : Essays on Normative Concepts, Knowledge, and Deliberation

    Författare :Olle Risberg; Erik Carlson; Andrew Reisner; Wlodek Rabinowicz; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; action-guidance; adherence; all things considered ought; alternative normative concepts; conceptual engineering; debunking; deliberation; disagreement; epistemic pluralism; epistemology; ethics; external world skepticism; idealization; metaethics; meta-skepticism; moral skepticism; normativity; ought; reasons; response-dependence; uncertainty; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses a range of questions about normativity, broadly understood. Recurring themes include (i) the idea of normative ‘action-guidance’, and the connection between normativity and motivational states, (ii) the possibility of normative knowledge and its role in deliberation, and (iii) the question of whether (and if so, how) normative concepts can themselves be evaluated. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Scientifically Minded : Science, the Subject and Kant’s Critical Philosophy

    Författare :Johan Boberg; Sharon Rider; Marcel Quarfood; Thomas Sturm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Immanuel Kant; the subject; science; experience; understanding; episteme; time; space; spatialization of time; epistemic ideals; knowledge; Christian Wolff; Aristotle; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : Modern philosophy is often seen as characterized by a shift of focus from the things themselves to our knowledge of them, i.e., by a turn to the subject and subjectivity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Max Weber och idealtypernas nödvändighet

    Författare :Erik Jansson Boström; Sharon Rider; Niklas Forsberg; Ola Agevall; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Weber; Ideal Types; Understanding; Meaning; Interpretation; Objectivity; Subjectivity; Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Social Science; Wittgenstein; Language Games; Instrumentalism; Values; Neokantianism; Weber; Idealtyper; Förståelse; Mening; Tolkning; Objektivitet; Subjektivitet; Filosofi; Vetenskapsteori; Kunskapsteori; Samhällsvetenskap; Wittgenstein; språkspel; Instrumentalism; Värderingar; Nykantianism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis has two aims: first, to investigate Max Weber’s account of “objective validity” in the cultural sciences; second, to elaborate a more concrete version of this position using Ludwig Wittgenstein’s later remarks on language.Chapter 1 introduces Weber’s idea of objective validity and proposes that in order to understand Weber’s idea of ideal types, we need to re-evaluate Weber’s understanding of the term Bedeutung in “The ‘Objectivity’ of knowledge in Social Science and Social Policy”. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Hedonistic Act Utilitarianism : Action Guidance and Moral Intuitions

    Författare :Simon Rosenqvist; Folke Tersman; Jens Johansson; Ben Eggleston; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; hedonistic act utilitarianism; consequentialism; action guidance; moral intuitions; hedonism; thought experiments; ignorance; imagination; morality; normativity; ethics; moral theory; normative ethics; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : According to hedonistic act utilitarianism, an act is morally right if and only if, and because, it produces at least as much pleasure minus pain as any alternative act available to the agent. This dissertation gives a partial defense of utilitarianism against two types of objections: action guidance objections and intuitive objections. LÄS MER