Search for dissertations about: "analytical philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 swedish dissertations containing the words analytical philosophy.

2. 1. Better safe than sorry: : Applying philosophical methods to the debate on risk and the precautionary principle

   Author : Per Sandin; Sven Ove Hansson; Karsten Klint Jensen; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; conceptual analysis; precautionary pronciple; precaution; risk; risk management; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis is to apply philosophical methods to the ongoing debate of the precautionary principle, in order to illuminate this debate. The thesis consists of an Introduction and five papers. Paper I con-cerns an objection to the method of conceptual analysis, the Charge from Psychology. READ MORE

4. 2. Ideology, Rationality, and Revolution : An Essay on the Persistence of Oppression

   Author : Nicolas Olsson-Yaouzis; Gustaf Arrhenius; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Geoffrey Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Oppression; ideology; revolution; rational choice theory; analytical Marxism; functional explanations; Gerald Cohen; Gordon Tullock; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

   Abstract : This essay is concerned with two explanations of why oppressive social orders persist. According to the first, the so-called gunman theory of oppression (GT), these social orders persist because the oppressed are afraid being punished if they participated in a revolt. READ MORE

5. 3. Analyticity, Necessity and Belief : Aspects of two-dimensional semantics

   Author : Eric Johannesson; Peter Pagin; Dag Westerståhl; Graeme Forbes; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; two-dimensional semantics; quantified modal logic; propositional attitudes; belief ascriptions; Kripke; descriptivism; necessity; apriority; analyticity; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : A glass couldn't contain water unless it contained H2O-molecules. Likewise, a man couldn't be a bachelor unless he was unmarried. Now, the latter is what we would call a conceptual or analytical truth. It's also what we would call a priori. READ MORE

6. 4. A Different Kind of Ignorance : Self-Deception as Flight from Self-Knowledge

   Author : Elinor Hållén; Sharon Rider; Martin Gustafsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; self-deception; self-knowledge; anxiety; rationality; intentionality; psychoanalysis; Freud; Davidson; Gardner; Lear; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I direct critique at a conception of self-deception prevalent in analytical philosophy, where self-deception is seen as a rational form of irrationality in which the self-deceiver strategically deceives himself on the basis of having judged that this is the best thing to do or, in order to achieve something advantageous. In Chapter One, I criticize the conception of self-deception as analogous to deceiving someone else, the so-called “standard approach to self-deception”. READ MORE

7. 5. The Value of Values : A Critical Assessment of Citizenship by Investment Programs in the European Union

   Author : Elena Prats; Patricia Mindus; Enrica Rigo; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Citizenship; Citizenship by Investment Programs; Rule of Law; Discretion and Arbitrariness; Legal Status.;

   Abstract : The primary objective of this doctoral dissertation is to thoroughly examine the phenomenon of citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) by analyzing the existing programs within the European Union (EU) as of 2018. Additionally, I aim to provide a critical legal assessment of these programs, which can be instrumental in evaluating potential future initiatives. READ MORE