Sökning: "Logics of action"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 57 avhandlingar innehållade orden Logics of action.

  1. 1. Organiseringens logik : en studie av kommunal näringslivspolitik

    Författare :Anders Söderholm; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; municipal industrial policy; social action theory; organizing; action- processes; action-patterns; logic of action; environment focusing; individual interpretation;

    Sammanfattning : How are the processes of shaping and developing municipal industrial policies built up over time? With this basic question as the starting point, this study deals with the complex every-day life of the industrial policy makers. Policy making is believed to be constituted by actions linked together by the participants' definitions and attitudes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Norms and Alternatives : Logical Aspects of Normative Reasoning

    Författare :Karl Nygren; Valentin Goranko; Dag Westerståhl; Ivano Ciardelli; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; alternative semantics; norms; normative systems; deontic logic; modal logic; inquisitive semantics; inquisitive logic; semantics of questions; disjunction; free choice; obligation; permission; action; normative reasoning; ignorance; axiomatic system; completeness; Philosophy; filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I develop and investigate various novel semantic frameworks for deontic logic. Deontic logic concerns the logical aspects of normative reasoning. In particular, it concerns reasoning about what is required, allowed and forbidden. I focus on two main issues: free-choice reasoning and the role of norms in deontic logic. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The An-Archical State : Logics of Legitimacy in the Social Contract Tradition

    Författare :Sofia Näsström; Bo Lindensjö; Stephen K White; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; legitimacy; social contract; state; responsivity; anarchy; dissent; subjectivity; freedom; action; Levinas; Arendt; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The modern state is today under great pressure. In the face of globalization, many theorists seek to rethink the boundaries of the state. They call for a transformation of the state from the national to the global level. But there is a deeper theoretical question at stake. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Two Aspects of Automating Logics of Action and Change : Regression and Tractability

    Författare :Marcus Bjäreland; Linköpings universitet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The autonomy of an artificial agent (e.g. a robot) will certainly depend on its ability to perform "intelligent" tasks, such as learning, planning, and reasoning about its own actions and their effects on the enviroment, for example predicting the consequences of its own behaviour. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Managing management innovations: Contextual complexity and the pursuit of improvements in healthcare

    Författare :Christian Colldén; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; complexity; action research; quality management; value-based health care; learning health systems; healthcare management; logics; psychiatry; quality improvement; management innovations; value configurations;

    Sammanfattning : In a context characterised by complexity and conflicting demands, healthcare managers at a meso-level struggle to pursue improvements in the quality and efficiency of care operations. An influential approach on how to pursue improvements is quality management (QM). LÄS MER