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  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Responsibility and health: explanation-based perspectives

    Författare :Karl Persson de Fine Licht; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; responsibility; health; explanations; the explanation hypothesis; explanatory perspectives; priority-setting; health care; bariatric surgery;

    Sammanfattning : There is a growing trend of holding people responsible for their lifestyle-based diseases. For example, policymakers as well as researchers have argued that medical conditions caused by smoking, overweight, or extreme sports should be given lower priority in publicly funded healthcare. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Is energy efficiency the forgotten key to successful energy policy? : Investigating the Swedish case

    Författare :Maria Xylia; Semida Silveira; Jenny Palm; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; energy efficiency; energy policy; Sweden; policy research; mixed-methods research; Cost-benefit analysis; energy intensive industries; public transport; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Sammanfattning : Sweden aims to become one of the first fossil-free welfare countries in the world. In 2009, specific energy and climate policy targets were announced for 2020, which exceed the ambition of respective EU targets in some areas. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The Participation Myth : outcomes of participatory constitution building processes on democracy

    Författare :Abrak Saati; Malin E. Wimelius; Isabell Schierenbeck; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; participatory constitution building processes; participation; peacebuilding; post-conflict; transitioning states; democracy; democratization; Kenya; Zimbabwe; statskunskap; political science;

    Sammanfattning : Since the early 1990s a growing number of constitution building processes in countries transitioning from authoritarian rule or recovering from war or severe institutional crisis have involved public participation. This increase stems from an assumption made by many peacebuilding scholars and practitioners that public participation in constitution building will lead to higher levels of democracy. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Syntaktiska strukturer i tiden : OV- och bisatsledföljd i svenskans historia

    Författare :Adrian Sangfelt; David Håkansson; Ulla Stroh-Wollin; Anders Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; OV and VO word order; Type 3 languages; Old Swedish; Early Modern Swedish; Subordinate clause word order; The Basic Branching Constraint; The Rich Agreement Hypothesis; Syntactic change; Comparative Germanic syntax; Scandinavian Languages; Nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the loss of OV word order in the history of Swedish. The principal aim is to provide an explanation of this development in light of the modern Germanic situation, where some languages (Nordic, English) have VO and some (continental West Germanic) OV word order. LÄS MER