Sökning: "epistemic"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 188 avhandlingar innehållade ordet epistemic.

1. 1. Flyktiga möten : Fågelskådning, epistemisk gemenskap och icke-mänsklig karisma

   Författare :Elin Lundquist; Lars Kaijser; Willim Robert; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Epistemic community; epistemic practice; nonhuman charisma; birdwatching; ethnography; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates birdwatching and focuses on the knowledges, skills and ideas that are obtained and acknowledged among birdwatchers. The aim is to explore how these ways of relating to birds are constituted. Birdwatching is considered as an epistemic practice, which produce and maintain knowledge. LÄS MER

3. 2. Knowledge Closure and Knowledge Openness : A Study of Epistemic Closure Principles

   Författare :Levi Spectre; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Stewart Cohen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; knowledge; principle of epistemic closure; knowledge openness; evidence; epistemic principles; skepticism; fallibilism; principles of evidence; evidence openness; dogmatism; safety; chance; Bayesianism; Carnap; Cohen; Dretske; Hawthorne; Hempel; Kripke; Nozick; Pagin; Vogel; Williamson; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : The principle of epistemic closure is the claim that what is known to follow from knowledge is known to be true. This intuitively plausible idea is endorsed by a vast majority of knowledge theorists. There are significant problems, however, that have to be addressed if epistemic closure – closed knowledge – is endorsed. LÄS MER

4. 3. Towards Epistemic and Interpretative Holism : A critique of methodological approaches in research on learning

   Författare :Liza Haglund; Niclas Rönnström; Max Scheja; Ninni Wahlström; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interpretation of learning; Intentional Analysis; conceptual change; epistemic holism; interpretative holism; principle of charity; salient features; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : The central concern of this thesis is to discuss interpretations of learning in educational research. A point of departure is taken in core epistemological and ontological assumptions informing three major approaches to learning: behaviourism, cognitive constructivism and socioculturalism. LÄS MER

5. 4. L’atténuation en traduction : Étude traductologique des marqueurs de probabilité en français et en suédois

   Författare :Sofia Wastesson; Olof Eriksson; Hans Petter Helland; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; epistemic markers; modality; epistemic modality; evidentiality; modal particle; modal adverb; modal auxiliairy; mental state predicate; translation studies; comparative study; translationese; French language; Franska språket; Franska med språkvetenskaplig inriktning; French linguistics;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a comparative study of how epistemic markers in French and Swedish are treated in translation. The study focuses on epistemic markers indicating high probability, such as säkert, nog, jag tror (att) and epistemic (not deontic) måste in Swedish, and, in French, certainement, sans doute, je crois (que), epistemic devoir etc. LÄS MER

7. 5. Paranormal Sweden? : Paranormal beliefs and practices in contemporary Sweden

   Författare :Cristoffer Tidelius; Maria Klingenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Paranormal; Paranormal beliefs; Paranormal practices; Mediumship; Ghost hunts; Cryptozoology; Parapsychology; Ufology; Occulture; Epistemic authority; Epistemic capital; Boundary-work; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims to study the contemporary occurrence of paranormal beliefs, activities and experiences in Sweden as well as a paraculture of practices dedicated to these issues, with a particular focus on issues of knowledge and authority. The study is placed against the backdrop of academic and popular claims that paranormal beliefs, activities and experiences are not only common but are also on the rise. LÄS MER