Search for dissertations about: "Nozick"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Nozick.

  2. 1. F. A. Hayek's Critique of Legislation

    Author : Cyril Holm; Torben Spaak; Pauline Westerman; Wennström Bo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hayek; legislation; rules; law; rationality; rational action; rational social order; equilibrium; utilitarianism; method of deliberation; criterion of correctness; Elinor Ostrom; Avner Greif; Vernon Smith; Joshua Epstein; complexity; knowledge; social cooperation; information; know-how; the Hayek problem; the invisible hand; Adam Smith; Mises; Keynes; Marx; welfare state; Gilbert Ryle; Michael Polanyi; theory of legislation; legisprudence; jurisprudence; Neo-Kantianism; historicism; cognitive closure; theory of prices; competition; syntax grammar; game theory; generative social science; agent-based computational modeling; institutional policy analysis; normative; primacy of economics; primacy of politics; Sheri Berman; constructivist rationalism; socialism; social democracy; Nozick; Rawls; distribution; justice; freedom; Kant; polycentric government; process of experimentation; speculative philosophy; analytical philosophy; freedom under the law; liberty; philosophy of mind; consequentialist; Jurisprudence; Allmän rättslära;

    Abstract : The dissertation concerns F. A. Hayek’s (1899–1992) critique of legislation. The purpose of the investigation is to clarify and assess that critique. READ MORE

  4. 2. Knowledge Closure and Knowledge Openness : A Study of Epistemic Closure Principles

    Author : Levi Spectre; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Stewart Cohen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; knowledge; principle of epistemic closure; knowledge openness; evidence; epistemic principles; skepticism; fallibilism; principles of evidence; evidence openness; dogmatism; safety; chance; Bayesianism; Carnap; Cohen; Dretske; Hawthorne; Hempel; Kripke; Nozick; Pagin; Vogel; Williamson; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The principle of epistemic closure is the claim that what is known to follow from knowledge is known to be true. This intuitively plausible idea is endorsed by a vast majority of knowledge theorists. There are significant problems, however, that have to be addressed if epistemic closure – closed knowledge – is endorsed. READ MORE

  5. 3. Libertarianism and Potential Agents : A Libertarian View of the Moral Rights of Foetuses and Children

    Author : Anna-Karin Andersson; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Gunnar Björnsson; Hillel Steiner; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abortion; active passive; intention foresight; libertarianism; negative rights; positive rights; potential agents; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy; praktisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This essay advances a libertarian theory of moral rights, which responds effectively to some serious objections that have been raised against libertarianism. I show how libertarianism can explain children’s rights to certain physical integrity and aid. READ MORE

  6. 4. Ethics at work : Two essays on the firm's moral responsibilities towards its employees

    Author : Dan Munter; Sven Ove Hansson; Lars Lindblom; Gert Helgesson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; employees; consent; moral responsiblitiy; codes of ethics; philosophy;

    Abstract : Essay I analyses a sample of corporate codes in the Swedish banking sector. The purpose is to investigate the codes’ ethical status. READ MORE