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  1. 16. Sammanhangets mening : En empirisk studie av livsåskådningar i föreställningar om genteknik och i berättelser om barnlöshet, assisterad befruktning och adoption

    Författare :Katarina Westerlund; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm; Susanne Lundin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Faiths and ideologies; view of life; life-philosophy; world-view; context; meaning in life; genetics; gene technology; childlessness; in-vitro-fertilisation; adoption; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Faith and reason; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies;

    Sammanfattning : This present thesis explores the meaning of contexts for views of life. The first aim of the investigation is to describe the existential meaningful content of views of life in perceptions of gene technology and in narratives about childlessness, assisted conception and adoption, as they are articulated in two separate sets of interviews. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Den potentiella människan : En undersökning av teorier om självförverkligande

    Författare :Staffan Nilsson; Carl-Henric Grenholm; Mikael Lindfelt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethics; Self; self-realization; self-fulfilment; self-actualization; human development; internalism; relationalism; reconciliation; Abraham H Maslow; Charles Taylor; Alan Gewirth; Reinhold Niebuhr; Bernard Lonergan; Etik; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Sammanfattning : “What characterizes an acceptable theory of self-realization?” The thrust of the present dissertation is towards seeking an answer to this central problem, which stems from the fundamental human experience that life involves change, and that in a modern society such change is often expected to be towards a realization of potentials and the good life for the individual. The dissertation has a three-fold purpose. LÄS MER

  4. 18. En känsla för det heliga : En undersökning av den samtida emotionsforskningens möjliga bidrag till religionsfilosofin

    Författare :Mikael Sörhuus; Ulf Zackariasson; Mikael Stenmark; Sami Pihlström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; religion; emotion; feeling; pragmatism; John Dewey; James-Lange theory; Christine Tappolet; Jesse Prinz; the perceptual theory of emotion; epistemology; religious experience; lived religion; religion; emotion; känsla; pragmatism; John Dewey; James-Langeteorin; Christine Tappolet; Jesse Prinz; den perceptuella emotionsteorin; epistemologi; religiösa upplevelser; levd religion; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis I examine the possibility of critically using material from contemporary emotion theory to develop a fruitful model for understanding the potential epistemic relevance of emotions in religious contexts. The relevance of this thesis is mainly twofold: since religion is an emotional phenomenon, the possible normative epistemic role of emotions needs to be examined. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Moments on a City Bus : Micro-sociology of Non-verbal Interaction in Urban Bus-riding

    Författare :Magdalena Vieira; Sandra Torres; Elin Thunman; Philip Lalander; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; public places; mundane; non-verbal interaction; interaction moments; gestures; homogeneous heterogeneous interaction; micro-sociology; Goffman; bus-riding; riders; time; space; bodies; interaction norms; structured participant observation; fieldnotes; territories; involvement; rituals; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to contribute to research on social interaction in public (and semi-public) places in general, and research on non-verbal mundane interaction in these places in particular. By paying empirical attention to the non-verbal interaction that takes place in the context of riding a city bus – which is a contained and time-limited form of social activity – this thesis explores the theoretically rich source of information about mundane interaction that this specific social activity offers. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Duties to Past Persons : Moral Standing and Posthumous Interests of Old Human Remains

    Författare :Malin Masterton; G. Mats Hansson; T. Anna Höglund; Søren Holm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; posthumous interests; moral standing; missing subject; archaeology; human remains; rights; dead; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Bioetik; Bioethics;

    Sammanfattning : Genetic research has increasing power to analyse old biological remains. Biological traces of well-known historical persons can reveal personal information. The aim of this thesis is to investigate ethical concerns for the dead, within the biological, historical and archaeological sciences. LÄS MER