Search for dissertations about: "Role of Religious Beliefs"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Role of Religious Beliefs.
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1. The Possibility of Discussion : Relativism, Truth, and Criticism of Religious Beliefs
Abstract : The dissertation seeks to address the issue of how fruitful discussion of religious beliefs is possible, i.e. how it is criticism of religious beliefs is possible. In the philosophy of religion, discussions of religious beliefs are often understood as starting from putative universal norms and rules for argumentation. READ MORE
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2. Motivations for human behaviour : Relating attribution and expectancy inferences to socioeconomic and religious orientations among Ewe Christians in Ghana
Abstract : Since Max Weber's controversial thesis about the source of Western capitalism, social scientists have become embroiled in, and preoccupied with the central question of the function of ideology in human behaviour. In the process, other questions relating to this issue and especially that of religion came to attract the attention of many researchers. READ MORE
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3. Anti-immigrant attitudes in context : The role of rhetoric, religion and political representation
Abstract : Background. This thesis directs attention to how attitudes towards immigrants evolve under different contextual circumstances. READ MORE
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4. Social Dilemmas: The Role of Incentives, Norms and Institutions
Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is social dilemmas. In a social dilemma situation, there is a clear incentive not to cooperate. However, if nobody cooperates, then everybody is worse off than if they had cooperated. The question we try to answer in this dissertation is what prevents non-cooperation. READ MORE
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5. The Town Plan of Jaipur : Its Sources and Narrations
Abstract : Jaipur’s town plan has been the subject of a multitude of suggestions regarding its origin. Jaipur was founded by Jaisingh II in 1727, and has since then been the capital of the State of Rajasthan, India. READ MORE