Search for dissertations about: "epistemic values"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words epistemic values.

2. 1. A landscape of values - a study of non-epistemic values in Swedish upper secondary science education

   Author : Ola Nordqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; science education; values in education; secondary school biology;

   Abstract : This thesis sets out to investigate the role of non-epistemic values in science education from three actors’ perspectives – the science student, the science teacher, and the science teacher educator. More specifically, the focus is on exploring the variation of values among these three key actors in science education, and what characterizes these values. READ MORE

4. 2. Influences on toxicological risk assessments

   Author : Birgitte Wandall; Sven Ove Hansson; Peter Sandoe; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; risk assessment; toxicology; values; bias; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to characterize and discuss two kinds of influences on the outcome of a toxicological risk assessment. One kind of influence has to do with values and the role played by value-based judgment. Currently, many toxicological risk assessments are characterized by scientific uncertainties. READ MORE

5. 3. ETHICS AND PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS

   Author : Ingela Krantz; Medicinsk etik; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Herpes virus type 2; prostate cancer; measles; evidence-based medicine; casuistry; virtues; principlism; values; ethics; vaccination; Public health; screening; postpartum depression.;

   Abstract : Programmatic vaccination and screening are the reasons for this thesis. The practice of public health incorporating medicine’s cognitive contents along with contributions from other fields of human activities is basically a moral enterprise. READ MORE

6. 4. Green Ideology and its Relation to Modernity : Including a Case Study of the Green Party of Sweden

   Author : Michael Moon; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; epistemic values; green theory; Swedish Green Party; praxis; dialectics; complementarity; non-linearity; systems theory; ecologism; ideology; modernity;

   Abstract : This study seeks to disclose some of the scientific and philosophical ideas that inform the green movement and its ideology. These ideas, like the groups that have been attracted to the movement, are seemingly heterogeneous. This is one reason why attaining a generally accepted ideology is proving to be a drawn-out process. READ MORE

7. 5. Safety and decision-making

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Nils-Eric Sahlin; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; conceptual analysis; safety; risk; epstemic uncertainty; epstemic values; values in risk assessment; risk analysis; risk management; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : Safety is an important topic for a wide range of disciplines, such as engineering, economics, sociology, psychology, political science and philosophy, and plays a central role in risk analysis and risk management. The aim of this thesis is to develop a concept of safety that is relevant for decision-making, and to elucidate its consequences for risk and safety research and practices. READ MORE