Sökning: "ethics and physics"

Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 27 avhandlingar innehållade orden ethics and physics.

  1. 11. Death and the Self : A Metaphysical Investigation of the Rationality of Afterlife Beliefs in the Contemporary Intellectual Climate

    Författare :Johan Eddebo; Mikael Stenmark; Karin Johanneson; Charles Taliaferro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; death; subjectivity; selfhood; afterlife; irreducibility; critique of naturalism; immaterialist ontologies; dualism; idealism; philosophy of religion; quantum theory; interpretations of quantum mechanics; modernity; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation's purpose is to test the hypothesis that beliefs in the possibility of post-mortem survival can be rationally held within the context of the contemporary scientific and philosophical environment. In terms of criteria of rationality, a basic evidentialism is assumed, such that propositions which are sufficiently supported by the available evidence can be rationally held. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Making Place for Space : a History of 'Space Town' Kiruna 1943-2000

    Författare :Fredrick Backman; Erland Mårald; Jenny Eklöf; Sven Widmalm; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; history of science; history of technology; space physics; space science; space technology; geophysics; cultural geography; place-making; regional identity; Kiruna; Sweden; 20th century; History Of Sciences and Ideas; idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : Science and technology have a tendency to clump together in places where they spawn other forms of societal activities. Sometimes these places become famous through processes known as place-making, or the social construction of place. LÄS MER

  4. 13. An Essay on Thomas Reid´s Philosophy of Science

    Författare :Robert Callergård; Dugald Murdoch; Ryan Nichols; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Newton; newtonianism; Regulae Philosophandi; physics; constant conjunction; hypothesis; ether; force; efficient cause; simplicity; explanation; law; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : Though generally recognized as a formative force in his philosophy, Thomas Reid’s Newtonianism and his philosophy of science has not received due attention among scholars. My aim is to inaugurate a detailed survey. In ch. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Reading fleck : Questions on philosophy and science

    Författare :Eva Hedfors; Sven Ove Hansson; Germund Hesslow; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ludwik Fleck; Wassermann reaction; Informed consent; Buchenwald studies; Human experimentation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis is based on a scientifically-informed, contextualized and historicized reading of Ludwik Fleck. In addition to his monograph, the material studied includes his additional philosophical writings, his internationally-published scientific articles and two, thus-far-unstudied postwar Polish papers related to his Buchenwald experiences. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Dissertatione physica vinculum corporum cohærentium ... sub præsidio ... D. Johannis Schwede ... pro consvetis in philosophia honoribus publico eruditorum examini submittet Jacobus J. Waldius Fiedr. die 23 Novemb: Anno 1691 in Aud: Gust: Maj

    Författare :Johannes Schwede; Jacobus Jacobi Waldius; Johannes Schwede; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Physics; Fysik;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER