Search for dissertations about: "Early Modern Philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words Early Modern Philosophy.

2. 1. Politics and Truth : Heidegger, Arendt and the Modern Political Lie

   Author : Anna-Karin Selberg; Sven-Olov Wallenstein; Cecilia Sjöholm; Peg Birmingham; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Post-truth; alternative facts; modern political lie; totalitarianism; Heidegger; Arendt; truth; politics; image-making; myth; art; facts; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

   Abstract : In 2016, the Oxford Dictionary named “post-truth” the word of the year. In the ongoing debate about post-truth it is generally assumed that facts and truth have ceased to be relevant to politics. READ MORE

4. 2. Spinoza on Ethical Cultivation : An Analysis of Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Early Modern Cultura Animi

   Author : Kasper Kristensen; Sharon Rider; Pauliina Remes; Justin Steinberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Benedict Spinoza; early modern philosophy; ethics; philosophical method; knowledge; cultura animi; spiritual exercises; virtue ethics; value theory; emotions; affects; moral motivation; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns Benedict Spinoza’s (1632–1677) account of ethical life, emphasising the role of techniques and exercises for achieving greater power to control one’s thoughts, emotions, and actions. The study aims to show that Spinoza offers a much more coherent and ambitious ethical theory than what is commonly acknowledged, involving both theoretical and practical considerations. READ MORE

5. 3. Scientifically Minded : Science, the Subject and Kant’s Critical Philosophy

   Author : Johan Boberg; Sharon Rider; Marcel Quarfood; Thomas Sturm; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Immanuel Kant; the subject; science; experience; understanding; episteme; time; space; spatialization of time; epistemic ideals; knowledge; Christian Wolff; Aristotle; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : Modern philosophy is often seen as characterized by a shift of focus from the things themselves to our knowledge of them, i.e., by a turn to the subject and subjectivity. READ MORE

6. 4. Leibniz on Agency and Force

   Author : Peter Myrdal; Lilli Alanen; Pauliina Remes; John Carriero; Michael Della Rocca; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm; 1646-1716; Early Modern Philosophy; Agency; Force; Final causes; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : This is a study of Leibniz’s theory of agency – his theory of the nature of causal powers and agents. Leibniz develops his view against the background of an Aristotelian conception of agency. The latter was rejected by many early modern philosophers in the wake of the mechanist conception of the natural world. READ MORE

7. 5. 'Nisi temere agat' : Francisco Suárez on Final Causes and Final Causation

   Author : Erik Åkerlund; Tomas Ekenberg; Henrik Lagerlund; Pauliina Remes; Helen Hattab; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Francisco Suárez; final causes; causality; ontology; metaphysics; intentionality; Francisco Suárez; ändamålsorsaker; kausalitet; ontologi; metafysik; intentionalitet; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

   Abstract : The main thesis of this dissertation is that final causes are beings of reason (‘entia rationis’) in the philosophy of Francisco Suárez (1547-1617). The rejection of final causes is often seen as one of the hallmarks of Early Modern philosophy, marking the transition from an earlier Aristotelian tradition. READ MORE