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1. 6. Minimal Optimism : Reading P. F. Strawson on Responsibility

   Författare :Anton Emilsson; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; P. F. Strawson; responsibility; free will; scepticism; naturalism; free will scepticism; Compatibilism; philosophical methodology; pragmatic genealogy; blame;

   Sammanfattning : Peter Strawson’s ‘Freedom and Resentment’ (1962) has reoriented the way moral philosophers think about responsibility. There is a general sense that Strawson’s approach holds the promise that we may move beyond the traditional discussion of free will in recognition of the fact that whether determinism is true is irrelevant for whether we are responsible beings. LÄS MER

3. 7. Worse than Complex

   Författare :Petter Törnberg; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Evolutionary Developmental Theory; Complexity; Transitions; Naturalism; Innovation; Wicked Systems; Social Movements; Digital Trace Data; Innovation Society; Critical Realism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. LÄS MER

4. 8. 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

5. 9. Andelivets agitator : J A Eklund, kristendomen och kulturen

   Författare :Johan Sundeen; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; cultural struggle; public theology; Christianity; personalism; idealism; spiritual life; history.; humanities; naturalism; science; nationalism; teologi;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to study the formation of opinions in issues related to the problem area of Christianity and culture of Public Theologian J A Eklund (1863-1945). The concept of Public Theologian refers to a theologian, who by participating in the cultural debate, strives to convince the public that Christianity is a superior theory of life even in modern society, and of Christianity’s relevance in every area of society. LÄS MER

7. 10. Hjärtats härdar: Folkliv, folkmuseer och minnesmärken i Skandinavien, 1808-1907

   Författare :Mattias Bäckström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; The Nordic Museum; the Danish Folk Museum; the Norwegian Folk Museum; nineteenth century Scandinavian museum sector; speculative ideal realism; empirical naturalism; ideal-realistic naturalism; historical memorial; folk life; folk museum; museum of cultural history.;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the new view of landscapes, buildings and artefacts as significant, memory-bearing structures that emerged in the nineteenth century. It examines the new memory-bearing visibility, i.e. LÄS MER