Search for dissertations about: "idealization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the word idealization.

2. 1. Value Grounded on Attitudes. Subjectivism in Value Theory

   Author : Fritz-Anton Fritzson; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Subjectivism; objectivism; relativism; absolutism; value and attitudes; supervenience and constitutive ground of value; final value; intrinsic value; good and good for; motivational internalism; idealization; value projection; error and evaluative language;

   Abstract : The thesis examines a specific way of understanding the subjectivist position in value theory according to which subjectivism is the view that value is grounded on attitudes. It is argued that this should be seen as a second-order claim about the nature of value although with pluralistic implications on the substantial, first-order level. READ MORE

4. 2. Guiding Concepts : Essays on Normative Concepts, Knowledge, and Deliberation

   Author : Olle Risberg; Erik Carlson; Andrew Reisner; Wlodek Rabinowicz; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; action-guidance; adherence; all things considered ought; alternative normative concepts; conceptual engineering; debunking; deliberation; disagreement; epistemic pluralism; epistemology; ethics; external world skepticism; idealization; metaethics; meta-skepticism; moral skepticism; normativity; ought; reasons; response-dependence; uncertainty; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses a range of questions about normativity, broadly understood. Recurring themes include (i) the idea of normative ‘action-guidance’, and the connection between normativity and motivational states, (ii) the possibility of normative knowledge and its role in deliberation, and (iii) the question of whether (and if so, how) normative concepts can themselves be evaluated. READ MORE

5. 3. I Imagine You Here Now : Relationship Maintenance Strategies in Long-Distance Intimate Relationships

   Author : Iveta Jurkane-Hobein; Kerstin Jacobsson; Sara Ferlander; Elisabet Näsman; Irene Levin; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; intimacy; sociology of intimate lives; time; temporality; imagination; living apart together; symbolic interactionism; Latvia; Politics; Economy and the Organization of Society; Politik; ekonomi och samhällets organisering; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; Sociologi;

   Abstract : Today, individuals can relatively easily meet and communicate with each other over great distances due to increased mobility and advances in communication technology. This also allows intimate relationships to be maintained over large geographical distances. Despite these developments, long-distance relationships (LDRs), i.e. READ MORE

6. 4. A Mode Switching Modelling Philosophy

   Author : Jan-Erik Strömberg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : The thesis presents a modelling methodology for the systematic derivation of mathematical behaviour mod els of engineering systems , i. e. systems constructed by engineers. The first part presents the theoretical and philosophical foundation underlying a dass of methods generally referred to as physical modelling. READ MORE

7. 5. In Search of Lost Deterrence – Two essays on deterrence and the models employed to study the phenomenon

   Author : Karl Sörenson; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Magnus Öberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Deterrence; Game Theory; Philosophy; Filosofi; Philosophy; Krigsvetenskap;

   Abstract : To deter is central for strategic thinking. Some of the more astute observations regarding the dynamics of deterrence were made during the Cold War by game theorists. This set the stage for how deterrence has come to be studied. READ MORE