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  1. 11. Tools of the Trade : Medical Devices and Practice in Sweden and Denmark, 1855-1897

    Författare :Kristin Halverson; Peter Josephson; Leif Runefelt; Thomas Kaiserfeld; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of medicine; medical devices; nineteenth century medicine; medical technologies; Swedish history of medicine; Danish history of medicine; medicinhistoria; medicinska instrument; 1800tals medicinhistoria; medicinska teknologier; svensk medicinhistoria; dansk medicinhistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : Nineteenth-century medicine is characterised by rapid technological change, new methods of diagnostics and treatments of disease, far-reaching developments in medical science, and professionalisation. This has led to great interest in the period and a large body of scholarly and popular research. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Världsmaskinen. Emanuel Swedenborgs naturfilosofi

    Författare :David Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christopher Polhem; Charles XII; hydrodynamics; technology; optics; acoustics; mechanics; space; theology; number systems; neurology; iatromechanics; body and soul; infinity; mineralogy; cosmology; matter theory; perception; analogy; metaphors; cognition; 18th century Swedish history; philosophy of science; philosophy of religion; mechanical philosophy; philosophy; geometry; mathematics; history of science; Emanuel Swedenborg 1688–1772 ; natural philosophy; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish natural philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) thought in his early scientific career that the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. The work presented here is a study of his mechanistic worldview and metaphorical way of thinking up to the year 1734, examining most of his fields of interest, from geometry and metaphysics to technology and mining engineering. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Ethics of Imprisonment : Essays in Criminal Justice Ethics

    Författare :William Bülow; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Göran Duus-Otterström; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Collateral Harms; Communicative Theory of Punishment; Consequentialism; Criminal Justice Ethics; Doctrine of Double Effect; Electronic Monitoring; Imprisonment; Legal Punishment; Moral Education Theory of Punishment; Privacy; Philosophy of Punishment; Retributivism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis consists of three essays which all concern the ethics of imprisonment and what constitutes an ethically defensible treatment of criminal offenders.Paper 1 defends the claim that prisoners have a right to privacy. I argue that the right to privacy is important because of its connection to moral agency. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Time, justice and the future of mobility : Essays in philosophy of transport

    Författare :Maria Nordström; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Sven Ove Hansson; Muriel Beser Hugosson; Anders Karlström; Ibo van de Poel; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; transport justice; mobility; accessibility; philosophy of the city; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis in philosophy consists of an introduction and five papers on three themes related to transport: valuations of time, the metric of transport justice, and future mobility solutions. The first paper analyses the properties of time as an economic resource taking into account literature on behaviour concerning time. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Litteratur och erfarenhet i Merleau-Pontys läsning av Proust, Valéry och Stendhal

    Författare :Lovisa Andén; Sharon Rider; Hans Ruin; Ulrika Björk; Lisa Folkmarson Käll; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Merleau-Ponty; philosophy; phenomenology; literature; Proust; Valéry; Stendhal; Husserl; Saussure; Sartre; Descartes; philosophy and literature; phenomenology and literature; Merleau-Ponty; filosofi; fenomenologi; litteratur; Proust; Valéry; Stendhal; Husserl; Saussure; Sartre; Descartes; fenomenologi och litteratur; filosofi och litteratur; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explore the relation between literary expression and experience in Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy. The principal focus is Merleau-Ponty’s investigations into literature, in two of his first courses at Collège de France, 1953- 1954: Sur le problème de la parole (On the Problem of Speech) and Recherches sur l’usage littéraire du langage (Research on the Literary Use of Language). LÄS MER