Sökning: "Philosophy subjects"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 145 avhandlingar innehållade orden Philosophy subjects.

  1. 11. Avoiding the subject : A critical inquiry into contemporary theories of subjectivity

    Författare :Sharon P. Rider; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; subject; subjectivity; objectivity; certainty; doubt; phenomenology; poststructuralism; deconstruction; neopragmatism; gender; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores certain recurrent problems in modern theories about the nature of thesubject. Taking examples from phenomenology, poststructuralism, neopragmatism and feminism, itargues that philosophical theorizing about subjectivity often assumes that the transition from thedescription of the models of meaning with which they work, to the description of the everyday practices of which they are models, can be achieved within the model. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Groundless knowledge : a Humean solution to the problem of skepticism

    Författare :Henrik Bohlin; Alastari Hannay; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; skepticism; Hume; Wittgenstein; externalism; Strawson; naturalistic epistemology; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi; Philosophy subjects;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the present study is to develop a solution to the problem of skepticism about the external world ("skepticism", for short), inspired primarily by Hume's "skeptical solution" to the problem of skepticism about induction, but also by epistemological externalism and Wittgenstein's discussion of skeptical doubts in On Certainty. The author accepts certain elements in P. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Reading fleck : Questions on philosophy and science

    Författare :Eva Hedfors; Sven Ove Hansson; Germund Hesslow; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ludwik Fleck; Wassermann reaction; Informed consent; Buchenwald studies; Human experimentation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis is based on a scientifically-informed, contextualized and historicized reading of Ludwik Fleck. In addition to his monograph, the material studied includes his additional philosophical writings, his internationally-published scientific articles and two, thus-far-unstudied postwar Polish papers related to his Buchenwald experiences. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Better safe than sorry: : Applying philosophical methods to the debate on risk and the precautionary principle

    Författare :Per Sandin; Sven Ove Hansson; Karsten Klint Jensen; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; conceptual analysis; precautionary pronciple; precaution; risk; risk management; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present thesis is to apply philosophical methods to the ongoing debate of the precautionary principle, in order to illuminate this debate. The thesis consists of an Introduction and five papers. Paper I con-cerns an objection to the method of conceptual analysis, the Charge from Psychology. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Philosophie im Konjunktiv : Nichtidentität als Ort der Möglichkeit des Utopischen in der negativen Dialektik Theodor W. Adornos

    Författare :Anders Bartonek; Hans Ruin; Mattias Martinson; Christoph Menke; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theodor W. Adorno; Negative Dialectics; Nonidentity; the Nonidentical; the Utopian; Philosophy; Subjunctive; Theodor W. Adorno; Negative Dialektik; Nichtidentität; Nichtidentisches; das Utopische; Philosophie; Konjunktiv; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : This study "Philosophie im Konjunktiv. Nichtidentität als Ort der Möglichkeit des Utopischen in der negativen Dialektik Theodor W. Adornos" (Subjunctive Philosophy. Nonidentity as the Place for the Possibility of the Utopian in the Negative Dialectics of Theodor W. LÄS MER