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  1. 11. Världsmaskinen. Emanuel Swedenborgs naturfilosofi

    Författare :David Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christopher Polhem; Charles XII; hydrodynamics; technology; optics; acoustics; mechanics; space; theology; number systems; neurology; iatromechanics; body and soul; infinity; mineralogy; cosmology; matter theory; perception; analogy; metaphors; cognition; 18th century Swedish history; philosophy of science; philosophy of religion; mechanical philosophy; philosophy; geometry; mathematics; history of science; Emanuel Swedenborg 1688–1772 ; natural philosophy; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish natural philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) thought in his early scientific career that the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. The work presented here is a study of his mechanistic worldview and metaphorical way of thinking up to the year 1734, examining most of his fields of interest, from geometry and metaphysics to technology and mining engineering. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The Mathematician as Mathematics : Theories of Computation in Light of Wittgenstein's Thought

    Författare :Kim Solin; Lars-Göran Johansson; Sören Stenlund; André Porto; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; theories of computation; philosophy of mathematics; Wittgenstein;

    Sammanfattning : Theories of computation are considered in light of Wittgenstein's thought. The dissertation is divided into three parts.The first part presents the philosophical approach taken in the dissertation. The approach takes Wittgenstein's philosophy, in particular as it has been understood by Rush Rhees, as a model. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Ethics of Imprisonment : Essays in Criminal Justice Ethics

    Författare :William Bülow; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Göran Duus-Otterström; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Collateral Harms; Communicative Theory of Punishment; Consequentialism; Criminal Justice Ethics; Doctrine of Double Effect; Electronic Monitoring; Imprisonment; Legal Punishment; Moral Education Theory of Punishment; Privacy; Philosophy of Punishment; Retributivism; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This licentiate thesis consists of three essays which all concern the ethics of imprisonment and what constitutes an ethically defensible treatment of criminal offenders.Paper 1 defends the claim that prisoners have a right to privacy. I argue that the right to privacy is important because of its connection to moral agency. LÄS MER

  5. 14. The Role of Linguistic Context in the Acquisition of the Pluperfect : Polish Learners of Swedish as a Foreign Language

    Författare :Bronisława Zielonka; Staffan Hellberg; Gisela Håkansson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; aspect; aktionsart; tense; pluperfect; indication of topic time; time of action; linguistic context; target verb; linguistic factors inhibiting facilitating acquisition; stepwise multiple regression; partial effect; order of acquisition; sequence of acquisition.; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk;

    Sammanfattning : This work consists of two parts: the theoretical and the experimental. In the theoretical part, some general and some language specific theories of tense, aspect and aktionsart are presented, and the temporal systems of Swedish and Polish are compared. The theoretical part is not a mere review of the literature on the subject. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Fysikens filosofi : Diskussioner om Einstein, relativitetsteorin och kvantfysiken i Sverige 1910-1970

    Författare :Thord Silverbark; Sven Widmalm; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of Ideas; idéhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on the reception of the Theory of Relativity and the Quantum Mechanics outside the field of physics, especially in the philosophical community. In the Swedish context, the study shows how the ideas and discussions about these theories belonged to different types of discourses, some existing long before the arrival of modern physics, some shortlived, and some surviving the earliest reception. LÄS MER