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  1. 1. Aristotle’s Realism About Perceptible Qualities

    Författare :Ekrem Çetinkaya; Pauliina Remes; Henrik Lagerlund; Katerina Ierodiakonou; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotle; perceptible qualities; realism; reductionism; perception-independence; causal efficacy; Filosofi; Philosophy; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the nature, and more specifically the ontological status of the objects of perception (that is, perceptible qualities) in Aristotle. It defends a realist interpretation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere

    Författare :Oda E. Wiese Tvedt; Pauliina Remes; Hallvard Fossheim; Patricia Mindus; Josiah Ober; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Plato; Socrates; democratic theory; democratic philosophy; political phi-losophy; political theory; Ancient political theory; action theory; ration-ality; social choice theory; autonomy; epistemic vulnerabilities; akrasia; moral psychology; Ancient political institutions; Ancient social institu-tions; Athens; tyranny; oligarchy; democracy; simultaneous vote; Kal-lipolis; guardians; kings; kingship; decision-making; city; soul; polis; self-knowledge; judgement; freedom; power; fear; The Republic; oikos; private; public; History of Philosophy; demos; collectives; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Social Aspect in Plato’s Ethics : The Significance of Human Beings’ Social Nature in Approaching Justice, Wisdom, and Partnership

    Författare :Tor Freyr; Pauliina Remes; Panagiotis Dimas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Plato; ethics; justice; wisdom; partnership; happiness; eudaimonia; politikos; Statesman; Republic; Euthydemus; social; human nature; social approach; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores whether or to what extent the notion that humans are social animals influences Plato’s ethics. The goal is to develop a line of interpreting Plato that is broadly zoological-based; a line that I call the social approach. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Structure of the Virtues : A Study of Thomas Aquinas’s and Godfrey of Fontaines's Accounts of Moral Goodness

    Författare :Alexander Stöpfgeshoff; Tomas Ekenberg; Frans Svensson; Bonnie Kent; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thomas Aquinas; Godfrey of Fontaines; virtue; character virtue; prudence; moral goodness; medieval philosophy; medieval ethics; connection of the virtues; unity; dependence; gender; particularism; Summa Theologiae; Aristotle; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of Thomas Aquinas’s (1225–1274) and Godfrey of Fontaines’s (d. 1306) moral philosophies. In this study, I conduct a detailed analysis of two Aristotelian commitments concerning the character virtues, namely, The Plurality of the Character Virtues and The Connection of the Character Virtues. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Back to the Woods or Into Ourselves? : Kant, Rousseau and the Search for the Essence of Human Nature

    Författare :Annika Wennersten; Pauliina Remes; Marcel Quarfood; Ina Goy; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kant; Rousseau; Moral Anthropology; Human Nature; Radical Evil; Sociability; Gesinnung; Character; Denkungsart; Propensity; Compassion; Self-Love; Self-Conceit; Ambition; Humility; History; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to a field of Kant’s practical philosophy that has received renewed attention, namely his moral anthropology. While it is true that Kant, in some of his best-known writings, literally says that the fundamental ground of morality must be pure and thus entirely free from admixture with anthropological principles, he nevertheless admits that these “subjective conditions” in human nature that “either hinder or help people in fulfilling the laws of the metaphysics of morals” make up the foundation of all applied ethics. LÄS MER