Search for dissertations about: "epistemic"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 149 swedish dissertations containing the word epistemic.

2. 16. Decision Analysis in Fire Safety Engineering - Analysing Investments in Fire Safety

   Author : Henrik Tehler; Avdelningen för Brandteknik; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Safety technology; Byggnadsteknik; Building construction; investment appraisal; epistemic uncertainties; fire safety; Decision analysis; risk analysis; Säkerhetsteknik;

   Abstract : The application of decision analytical methods to the evaluation of investments in fire safety was investigated, particularly with the aim of being able to suggest a method for analysing a specific investment in fire safety for a specific factory. Attention was directed above all at the handling of cases of large epistemic uncertainty regarding both probabilities and utilities, Bayesian decision theory serving as a basis for the development of the method. READ MORE

4. 17. Motivation, students, and the classroom environment : exploring the role of Swedish students’ achievement goals in chemistry

   Author : Anders Hofverberg; Mikael T. Winberg; Ewa Bergqvist; Ilka Parchmann; Corwin Senko; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Motivation; achievement goals; chemistry; goal structures; epistemic beliefs; autonomous motivation; pedagogiskt arbete; educational work; education; pedagogik; kemididaktik; didactics of chemistry;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis is to deepen the knowledge about students’ achievement goals in chemistry and how they relate to students’ epistemic beliefs (beliefs about knowledge) and to their perceptions of classroom goal structures (instructional practices that emphasize certain achievement goals). Achievement goals are defined as the purpose behind students’ engagement in achievement behavior. READ MORE

5. 18. Constructing Consumer Knowledge in Market Research : An Ethnography of Epistemics

   Author : Johan Nilsson; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson; Lotta Björklund Larsen; Franck Cochoy; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; market research; commissioned knowledge production; epistemics; Sweden; marketing; ESOMAR; ethnography; epistemography; epistemic culture.; marknadsundersökningar; uppdragsbaserad kunskapsproduktion; det epistemiska; marknadsföring; ESOMAR; etnografi; epistemografi; kunskapskultur;

   Abstract : Market research pervades society. It is an endeavour that connects marketing practice with methods similar to social science. Further, market research results appear as knowledge produced to inform recipients towards making productive business decisions and as a commodity sold to commissioning clients. READ MORE

6. 19. Peerage and Judgment: How transdisciplinary collaborations recognize contributions without a consensus of meaning

   Author : Jakob Lundgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Transdisciplinarity; Epistemic peerage; Judgment of scientific quality; Boundary work; Boundary-crossing in science; Peer-review;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns judgments of quality and belonging in transdisciplinary research (TD). TD includes academics from various disciplines and is open to participation from non-academics. READ MORE

7. 20. Thick Concepts in Practice : Normative Aspects of Risk and Safety

   Author : Niklas Möller; Sven Ove Hansson; Tim Lewens; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; thick concepts; non-naturalism; open question argument; risk analysis; safety; epistemic uncertainty; values in risk assessment; safety engineering; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The thesis aims at analyzing the concepts of risk and safety as well as the class of concepts to which they belong, thick concepts, focusing in particular on the normative aspects involved. Essay I analyzes thick concepts, i.e. concepts such as cruelty and kindness that seem to combine descriptive and evaluative features. READ MORE