Sökning: "Normative beliefs"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade orden Normative beliefs.

1. 21. Four Questions Concerning Love and Friendship

   Författare :Sandra Lindgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; love; friendship; relationships; partiality; special obligations; epistemic partiality; ideal romantic love; rationalization; reasons for love;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis contributes to the contemporary, analytic philosophical debate about love and friendship. Part of this debate concerns the apparent paradox that, while the fact that a person is your loved one doesn’t make her more worthy of concern than any other, still you ought sometimes to treat her better than others. LÄS MER

3. 22. Rationality and Cultural Understanding

   Författare :Tove Österman; Sören Stenlund; Pär Segerdahl; David Cockburn; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; rationality; relativism; logic; understanding; morality; truth; culture; context; Davidson; MacIntyre; Winch.; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation I criticize a common conception of rationality prevalent in analytic philosophy. Rationality is here often seen as a purely cognitive, inner phenomenon which is static and universal, detached from any moral or cultural aspects of human life. LÄS MER

4. 23. Decision-making in health issues : Teenagers' use of science and other discourses

   Författare :Mats Lundström; Malmö högskola; []
   Nyckelord :discourse; epistemological resources; health literacy; identity construction; interpretative repertoire; pseudoscience; science; scientific literacy; trustworthiness; video diary; video diary; pseudoscience; interpretative repertoire; identity construction; health literacy; epistemological resources; discourse; scientific literacy; science; trustworthiness;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to develop knowledge about young individuals’ reasoning and how they justify their standpoints concerning trustworthiness and decision-making in issues connected to health where available information is contradictory or uncertain. This purpose has been addressed in three different steps. LÄS MER

5. 24. Essays in constitutional economics

   Författare :Niclas Berggren; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : Essays in Constitutional Economics uses the theoretical tools developed in public choice and constitutional economics to analyze how institutions of various sorts influence the individual choice calculus. Institutions are seen as formal and informal rules that can be evaluated and, although oftentimes durable, reformed. LÄS MER

7. 25. Why jump out of a perfectly good airplane? : Parachute training, self-efficacy and leading in combat

   Författare :David Bergman; Erik Berntson; Marie Gustafsson Sendén; Dennis Gyllensporre; Ole Boe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Parachute; leadership; self-efficacy; combat; training; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Training military officers to lead in combat has always presented a training paradox: it is impossible to expose individuals to the inherent strains and dangers of real combat, but combat is where they are supposed to lead, making those demands normative for training. To overcome this paradox, the military uses training courses where stress is as realistic as possible within ethical limits. LÄS MER