Search for dissertations about: "evidence openness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words evidence openness.

  1. 1. Knowledge Closure and Knowledge Openness : A Study of Epistemic Closure Principles

    Author : Levi Spectre; Peter Pagin; Åsa Wikforss; Stewart Cohen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; knowledge; principle of epistemic closure; knowledge openness; evidence; epistemic principles; skepticism; fallibilism; principles of evidence; evidence openness; dogmatism; safety; chance; Bayesianism; Carnap; Cohen; Dretske; Hawthorne; Hempel; Kripke; Nozick; Pagin; Vogel; Williamson; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The principle of epistemic closure is the claim that what is known to follow from knowledge is known to be true. This intuitively plausible idea is endorsed by a vast majority of knowledge theorists. There are significant problems, however, that have to be addressed if epistemic closure – closed knowledge – is endorsed. READ MORE

  2. 2. Investigator bias: Contextual influences on the assessment of criminal evidence

    Author : Anna Rebelius; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Criminal investigation; Decision making; Contextual influence; Cognitive bias; Investigative psychology; Occupational norms; Evidence; Police;

    Abstract : DEGREE OF lICENTIATE IN PSYCHOLOGY, 2011 Abstract Rebelius, A. (2011). Investigator bias: Contextual influences on the assessment of criminal evidence. READ MORE

  3. 3. A Formal Approach for Designing Distributed Self-Adaptive Systems

    Author : Didac Gil de la Iglesia; Danny Weyns; Marcelo Milrad; Jesper Andersson; Luciano Baresi; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Self-Adaptive systems; Formal Methods; MAPE-K; Robustness; Openness; Mobile Learning; Computer Science; Datavetenskap; Media Technology; Medieteknik;

    Abstract : Engineering contemporary distributed software applications is a challenging task due to the dynamic operating conditions in which these systems have to function. Examples are dynamic availability of resources, errors that are difficult to predict, and changing user requirements. READ MORE

  4. 4. Essays on job turnover, productivity and state-local finance

    Author : Linda Andersson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; risk-sharing; intergovernmental transfers; international competition; job turnover; local and regional governments; openness; R D; spillover; structural change; taxes; TFP growth; vertical external effects;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers on job turnover, productivity and state- local finance.Paper [I] deals with the determinants of the rate of job turnover defined as the change in distribution of employment between and within industries in Swedish manufacturing. READ MORE

  5. 5. Trade, Unemployment and Labour Market Institutions

    Author : Jaewon Kim; Ann-Sofie Kolm; Anders Forslund; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; unemployment; labour market institutions; openness; trade; external risk; ethnic fractionalisation; panel data analysis; meta-regression analysis; extreme-bounds analysis; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The thesis consists of three papers, summarized as follows.        "The Determinants of Labour Market Institutions: A Panel Data Study"    This paper analyses the argument that labour market institutions can be thought of as devices for social insurance. READ MORE