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  1. 21. Values, Norms & Ideology in Mainstream Economics

    Författare :Gert Helgesson; Karsten Klint Jensen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; economics; efficiency; equilibrium; extrascientific; ideology; ideologically relevant; implicit; intrascientific; model; neoclassical; norm; preference; stability; valuation; value-free; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Is economics a value-free science? Defenders of the view that it is admit that there have been failures to keep valuations and norms out but claim that economics is nevertheless essentially value-free. Critics, on the other hand, claim that economics is not and cannot be value-free. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Authority-based argumentative strategies : Three models for their evaluation

    Författare :Taeda Jovičić [Tomic]; Krister Segerberg; Frederick Stoutland; Douglas Walton; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; argumentative strategies; reasoning and social aspects of argumentative activities; argumentative groups; audience groups; acceptability; effectiveness; challenge; evaluation; authority; dialectic; rhetoric; pragma-dialectics; logic of dialogue; profiles of dialogue; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is on argumentative strategies based on authority. In its first half, three of the most elaborate and influential approaches in argumentation theory, related to the models developed in this work, are analyzed: Douglas Walton's dialectical frame for analysis of arguments from expert opinion; Frans van Eemeren and Peter Houtlosser's pragma-dialectical approach to strategic maneuvering in argumentation; the concept of strategy used in Else Barth and Erik Krabbe's formal dialectics. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Modal syllogistics in the Middle Ages

    Författare :Henrik Lagerlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; modal syllogistic; modal logic; Middle Ages; Aristotle; Robert Kilwardby; Albert the Great; Averroes Ibn Rushd ; Richard of Campsall; William of Ockham; John Buridan; Pseudo-Scotus; Albert of Saxony; Marsilius of Inghen; Jodocus Trutfetter; George of Brussels; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents the first systematic study of the development of the theory of modal syllogistic during the Middle Ages. It traces the theory from the first commentators, after the rediscovery of Aristotle's Prior Analytics in the twelfth century, to the end of the Middle Ages in the fifteenth century. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Coherence : Studies in epistemology and belief revision

    Författare :Erik J. Olsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; coherence; justification; belief revision; epistemology; AGM; Bonjour; Lehrer; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of seven papers and a comprehensive summary. The subject matter is so-calledcoherence theories of justification, according to which epistemic justification, and ultimately knowledge,is essentially a matter of relations between beliefs, of how well they hang together. LÄS MER

  7. 25. A Multiform Desire : A Study of Appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus

    Författare :Olof Pettersson; Pauliina Remes; Catherine Rowett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Plato; Appetite; Desire; Epithymia; Soul; Tripartition; Multiform; Poikilos; Timaeus; Republic; Phaedrus; Embodiment; Incarnation; Necessity; Philosopher-kings; Allegory of the Cave; Noble Lie; Poetry; Multi-headed Beast; Game; Play; Rhetoric; Dialectic; Deception.; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus. In recent research is it often suggested that Plato considers appetite (i) to pertain to the essential needs of the body, (ii) to relate to a distinct set of objects, e.g. food or drink, and (iii) to cause behaviour aiming at sensory pleasure. LÄS MER