Sökning: "speculative realism"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden speculative realism.

  1. 1. Stringed along or caught in a loop? : Philosophical reflections on modern quantum gravity research

    Författare :Keizo Matsubara; Lars-Göran Johansson; Holger Lyre; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; quantum gravity; string theory; loop quantum gravity; philosophy of physics; philosophy of science; scientific realism; structural realism; multiverse; thought experiments; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Sammanfattning : A number of philosophical questions, all connected to modern research in quantum gravity, are discussed in this dissertation.The goal of research in quantum gravity is to find a quantum theory for gravitation; the other fundamental forces are already understood in terms of quantum physics. LÄS MER

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. They Did IT : The Formation and Organisation of Interactive Media Production in Sweden

    Författare :Fredrik Augustsson; Göran Ahrne; Åke Sandberg; Knut Holtan Sørensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; interactive media; Internet; IT; division of labour; organisation; production; social field; critical realism; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the study is to describe and explain the formation and organisation of interactive media production in Sweden from the 1990s to the end of 2003, the period of the so-called IT boom and crash, through the development of a theoretical model and gathering of empirical material.In the theory, interactive media production is conceptualised as a practice in part taking place on a social field structured according to the division and integration of labour within and between firms, and logics and status. LÄS MER

  5. 4. “One of the Most Intensely Exciting Secrets” : The Antarctic in American Literature, 1820-1849

    Författare :Johan Wijkmark; Åke Bergvall; Mark Troy; Orm Øverland; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adam Seaborn; Symzonia; James Fenimore Cooper; Monikins; Sea Lions; Edgar Allan Poe; “MS. Found in a Bottle; ” Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym; Peter Prospero; “The Atlantis; ” Antarctic literature; 19th-century American literature; utopia; Symmes; hollow earth; evolution; great chain of being; race; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; Engelska;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines a small body of 19th-century American literature about the Antarctic: Adam Seaborn's (pseud.) Symzonia (1820), Edgar Allan Poe's "MS. Found in a Bottle" (1833) and The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838), Peter Prospero's (pseud. LÄS MER