Sökning: "Sociology of Knowledge"
Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 507 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sociology of Knowledge.
11. Dialogue and Shared Knowledge : How Verbal Interaction Renders Mental States Socially Observable
Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a new theoretical solution to the sociological problem of observability: the question of the extent to which and by what means individuals "observe" or infer mental states of other individuals, thereby sharing knowledge with them. The answer offered here states that the social situation of dialogue permits a speaker to use utterances to compel a hearer to generate specific and expectable assumptions about some of the speaker's intentions and beliefs. LÄS MER
12. The social contingency of law : Studies of social control during foreclosure in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Summary: This thesis empirically investigates how law and other social control responses during foreclosure in Sweden are contingent upon differences in social status. The thesis draws upon American sociologist Donald Black’s theoretical framework on social control to explain this social contingency. LÄS MER
13. På AI-teknikens axlar : Om kunskapssociologin och stark artificiell intelligens
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is concerned with Sociology’s stance in the debate on Strong Artificial Intelligence, i.e. such AI that is able to shape new knowledge without human interference. There is a need for sociologists to realize the difference between two approaches to constructing AI systems: Symbolic AI (or Classic AI) and Distributed AI – DAI. LÄS MER
14. Filosofisociologi : Ett sociologiskt perspektiv på filosofiskt tänkande
Sammanfattning : The subject matter of the present doctoral thesis is the sociology of philosophy, a sub-discipline within the general field of sociology. As the term clearly indicates, the sociology of philosophy concerns the sociological study of philosophy. As this domain is still, to some extent, virgin territory, my thesis is mainly explorative in nature. LÄS MER
15. Konstitueringen av ett vetenskapligt begrepp : Exemplet - det manliga klimakteriet
Sammanfattning : How are new scientific concepts of illnesses and disorder formed? The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase in new diagnoses incorporated into medical manuals. The concept of the male menopause, or the andropause diagnosis, is suitable for studying how medical knowledge is produced, since it has alternated between being and not being part of the acknowledged medical knowledge since the beginning of the 19th century, when it was originally launched. LÄS MER
