Sökning: "epistemology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 171 avhandlingar innehållade ordet epistemology.
1. The Epistemology of Rhetoric : Plato, Doxa and Post-Truth
Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Department of Literature, Uppsala UniversitySammanfattning : This thesis aims to develop an epistemology of rhetoric in light of the apparent contemporary post-truth condition of society. Epistemology is hereby understood as concerned with principles for knowledge production within the academic discipline of rhetoric, as well as with an understanding of knowledge production in the public realm. LÄS MER
2. Coherence : Studies in epistemology and belief revision
Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisSammanfattning : 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
3. Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law : The Sur´shian Paradigm in Shi’i Epistemology
Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisSammanfattning : This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occuring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary positions are initially set against the established normative repertory of Islamic tradition. LÄS MER
4. From Conceivability to Possibility An Essay in Modal Epistemology
Detta är en avhandling från Umeå : Filosofi och lingvistikSammanfattning : This study deals with the thesis that conceivability implies possibility. Confronted with alleged counterexamples to this thesis, some philosophers have turned to what may be called “idealized” or “more demanding” notions of conceivability. LÄS MER
5. Coherence and Reliability: Studies in Bayesian Epistemology
Detta är en avhandling från Lund University (Media-Tryck)Sammanfattning : In this thesis the connection between coherence and reliability is investigated. The question may be phrased as follows: does the fact that a set of testimonies is coherent imply that the witnesses who have reported these testimonies are reliable? The same question may also be expressed in terms of beliefs: does the fact that a set of beliefs is coherent imply that the beliefs were reliably produced? Traditionally, coherence theorists have thought that coherence is connected to truth, but in this dissertation the thesis is that it is rather connected to reliability. LÄS MER
