Sökning: "causal explanation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 48 avhandlingar innehållade orden causal explanation.

1. 1. Causal Facts

   Författare :Johannes Persson; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; trope; disposition; causal explanation; causal law; Philosophical logic; counterfactual conditional; causal mechanism; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis addresses the nature of causation. It is argued that causation exists and is as local as its causes and effects. As a consequence, the position advocated is contrary to the as yet prevailing view that no 'causal tie' between cause and effect exists. Moreover, it is suggested that this tie can be perceived. LÄS MER

3. 2. On Causal Attribution

   Författare :B. Ingemar B. Lindahl; Dugald Murdoch; Ingmar Pörn; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; causation; cause-condition distinction; causal selection; differentiating factor; inus condition; explanation; covering-law model; Mill’s methods; objectivity; pragmatics; responsibility; abnormalism; history; science; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation treats of the problem of attributing the occurrence of an individual event or state to a single cause — a problem commonly understood either as a question of distinguishing the cause from the mere conditions or as a matter of singling out, from several causes, one cause, as the cause. The main purpose of the study is to clarify some basic concepts, and some criteria of ascertainment of the cause, that may be discerned in the literature on causal attribution. LÄS MER

4. 3. In Virtue Of : Determination, Dependence, and Metaphysically Opaque Grounding

   Författare :Henrik Rydéhn; Matti Eklund; Sten Lindström; Dan López de Sa; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grounding; metaphysical grounding; dependence; ontological dependence; determination; explanation; metaphysical explanation; essence; modality; fundamentality; metaphysical laws; reduction; supervenience; metaphysical structure; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation investigates grounding, the relation of non-causal determination whereby one fact obtains in virtue of some other fact or facts. Although considerations of grounding have been central throughout Western philosophy, the last 15-20 years have seen a renaissance of systematic work on grounding in analytic philosophy. LÄS MER

5. 4. Pojkars musik, reproduktionens tystnad : en explanatorisk studie av pojkars reproducerande förhållningssätt till populärmusik och populärmusicerande

   Författare :Victor Kvarnhall; Eva Georgii-Hemming; Alf Arvidsson; Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta; Marita Flisbäck; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; popular music; male dominance; gender segregation; reproduction; boys; explanation; critical realism; Musikvetenskap; Musicology;

   Sammanfattning : Popular music life is permeated by both male dominance and gender segregation – the latter most notably concerns musical instrument choice. The pervasiveness of these phenomena is suggested by both music research on gender and statistics. In this study, the overarching ambition is to explain boys' reproductive approaches to popular music/making. LÄS MER

7. 5. Hedonism as the Explanation of Value

   Författare :David Brax; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Value; Pleasure; Hedonism; naturalism; affective science; Meta-ethics;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis defends a hedonistic theory of value consisting of two main components. Part 1 offers a theory of pleasure. Pleasures are experiences distinguished by a distinct phenomenological quality. This quality is attitudinal in nature: it is the feeling of liking. LÄS MER