Search for dissertations about: "optimism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 swedish dissertations containing the word optimism.

2. 6. Minimal Optimism : Reading P. F. Strawson on Responsibility

   Author : Anton Emilsson; Praktisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; P. F. Strawson; responsibility; free will; scepticism; naturalism; free will scepticism; Compatibilism; philosophical methodology; pragmatic genealogy; blame;

   Abstract : Peter Strawson’s ‘Freedom and Resentment’ (1962) has reoriented the way moral philosophers think about responsibility. There is a general sense that Strawson’s approach holds the promise that we may move beyond the traditional discussion of free will in recognition of the fact that whether determinism is true is irrelevant for whether we are responsible beings. READ MORE

4. 7. Affective personality expressed in psychiatric patients

   Author : Madeleine Zöller; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affective state; affective personality; psychiatric patients; psychiatric symptoms; mood; stress; energy; disposional optimism; gender;

   Abstract : In Study I, the influence of an affective personality type upon psychological health was examined in 100 psychiatric patients. Factors predicting positive and negative affect were studied in a comparison of the patients with a healthy norm group of 1925 individuals. READ MORE

5. 8. Synchronization Techniques in Parallel Discrete Event Simulation

   Author : Jonatan Lindén; Bengt Jonsson; Christopher D. Carothers; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Parallel discrete event simulation; Discrete event simulation; PDES; Optimism control; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Discrete event simulation is an important tool for evaluating system models in many fields of science and engineering. To improve the performance of large-scale discrete event simulations, several techniques to parallelize discrete event simulation have been developed. READ MORE

6. 9. UAMSHO: A Theological Study of the Proclamation of the Revival Movement within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania

   Author : Anneth Nyagawa Munga; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; making; grace; authority; ability; charismata; morality; church discipline; the church; the Bible; holiness; salvation; over-pessimism; over-optimism; realization of sin; relapsing; demons; sin; crisis; the world; Satan; God; the Holy Spirit; Jesus Christ; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a theological study of the revival (Uamsho) movement within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT). This movement is part of the East African Revival Movement that began during the late 1920's within the Protestant churches in Rwanda, after which it spread to Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. READ MORE

7. 10. On the relation of optimism and self-esteem to sensual-aesthetic capacity and subjective health

   Author : Leif Wenglert; Lars-Olof Persson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

   Abstract : In the present thesis three questions were central: Are high self-esteem individuals more optimistic about the future than those low in self-esteem? Are optimistic, high self-esteem individuals more hedonic or capable of enjoying the sensual-aesthetic aspects of life than pessimistic, low self-esteem individuals? Several measures of optimism and self-esteem were used in four studies. One of the self-esteem scales and one of the optimism-pessimism scales was developed by Wenglert (1980). READ MORE