Sökning: "Sören Häggqvist"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sören Häggqvist.

  1. 1. Thought experiments in philosophy

    Författare :Sören Häggqvist; Stockholms universitet; []
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  3. 2. Reassessing Realism : On the Ontology of the Unobservable

    Författare :Simon Allzén; Richard Dawid; Sören Häggqvist; Michela Massimi; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scientific Realism; Inference to the best explanation; Scientific Method; Philosophy; filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : It is widely believed that science is in the business of finding out what the world is really like. The philosophical version of this belief is scientific realism -- a doctrine about science that tells us that we ought to believe that the best theories in science are true, and that the world is occupied with the objects that those theories contain. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Deflating selection : On the interpretation and application of evolutionary theory

    Författare :Björn Brunnander; Sören Häggqvist; Paul Needham; Denis Walsh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ambiguity; causal factor; drift; evolutionary theory; force; function; intentional psychology; interpretation; multiple realisation; natural selection; philosophical method; pre-theoretical influence; redundancy; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Although the theory of evolution is well-established it nevertheless presents us with a few unresolved matters of interpretation. One key task is to get clear about what exactly one should take the term 'natural selection' to denote. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Measuring Health : On the Theoretical Foundations of Health Status Evaluations

    Författare :Amanda Thorell; Sören Häggqvist; Richard Dawid; Elselijn Kingma; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; biostatistical theory; disease; disposition; efficiency; function; health; pathology; philosophy of medicine; physiology; reference class; filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the notions of health and pathology in medical theory. I develop a theory, which defines ‘health’ and ‘pathology’ in a way that solves several problems with earlier suggestions of how to define these terms. I call the theory ‘the disposition profile efficiency theory’, abbreviated ‘the DPE-theory’. LÄS MER