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1. 11. Realism in metacognitive judgments : Effects of social factors

   Författare :Marcus Johansson; Institutionen för psykologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social factors; metacognitive judgments; frequency judgments; Realism; confidence judgments; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Theoretical accounts and models of calibration typically explain the degree of realism (validity) in confidence and frequency judgments in terms of different cognitive and methodological factors. The present thesis demonstrates that also social factors are of importance for the degree of realism in these types of metacognitive judgments. LÄS MER

3. 12. Vetenskapens verklighet : Om motsättningen mellan realism och konstruktivism i vetenskapsfilosofin

   Författare :Eva Boo Höglund; Fredrik Stjernberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; constructivism; realism; scientific theory; world; reality; language; Kuhn; Boyd; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the conflict between a constructivist and a realist understanding of scientific theories. It focuses on the constructivism formulated by Thomas S. Kuhn and the realism formulated by Richard Boyd, but also relates these conceptions to other forms of constructivism and realism described in the literature. LÄS MER

4. 13. Explorations in Behavioral Economics: Realism, Ontology and Experiments

   Författare :Fredrik Hansen; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; Behavioral Economics; economic theory; econometrics; Economics; Laypeople; Financial Decision-Making; Formalization; Bounded Rationality; Experimental Economics; Meta-Theoretical Analysis; Economic Methodology; Ontology; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; economic systems; Realism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores Behavioral Economics in terms of realism, ontology and experiments. In the introductory chapter descriptions of "Behavioral Economics", "realism" and "ontology" are offered. LÄS MER

5. 14. Hilary Putnam on Meaning and Necessity

   Författare :Anders Öberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Pierre Wagner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; philosophy of language; philosophy of science; philosophy of mathematics; Hilary Putnam; W.V. Quine; Rudolf Carnap; realism; anti-realism; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Sammanfattning : In this dissertation on Hilary Putnam's philosophy, I investigate his development regarding meaning and necessity, in particular mathematical necessity. Putnam has been a leading American philosopher since the end of the 1950s, becoming famous in the 1960s within the school of analytic philosophy, associated in particular with the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language. LÄS MER

7. 15. The Queerness of Objective Values : An Essay on Mackiean Metaethics and the Arguments from Queerness

   Författare :Victor Moberger; Jens Johansson; Erik Carlson; Russ Shafer-Landau; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J. L. Mackie; argument from queerness; objective values; moral realism; claim to objectivity; argument from relativity; non-naturalism; supervenience; normative explanation; authoritative prescriptivity; objectivity; categoricity; minimal realism; ardent realism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Sammanfattning : This book investigates the argument from queerness against moral realism, famously put forward by J. L. Mackie in Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (1977). The book can be divided into two parts. LÄS MER