Search for dissertations about: "philosophical approach"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words philosophical approach.

  2. 11. If Tropes

    Author : Anna-Sofia Maurin; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; abstract particulars; metaphysics; ontology; resemblance; tropes; Philosophical logic; truth-makers; compresence; Teoretisk filosofi; logik;

    Abstract : The treatise attempts to approach and deal with some of the most fundamental problems facing anyone who wishes to uphold some version of the so-called theory of tropes. Three assumptions serve as a basis for the investigation: (i) tropes (i.e. READ MORE

  4. 12. Renewing power : Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology

    Author : Andreas Roos; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; solar energy; photovoltaic technology; ecologically unequal exchange; philosophical materialism; social metabolism; political artifacts; authoritarian technics; machine fetishism; environmental justice; environmental sustainability; solar power;

    Abstract : Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the most favored means of mitigating climate change. At the same time, there is a growing concern over how this technology is both environmentally harmful and unevenly distributed in the world economy. READ MORE

  5. 13. Kripke on Necessity : A Metaphysical Investigation

    Author : Kyriakos Theodoridis; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ethics; Systematic philosophy; conceivability; mereological identity; ontological character; identity; possible worlds; actuality; properties; ontology; object; contingency; apriori; Metaphysical; epistemic; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophical logic; Filosofisk logik; logik;

    Abstract : I undertake a metaphysical investigation of Saul Kripke's modern classic, Naming and Necessity (1980). The general problem of my study may be expressed as follows: What is the metaphysical justification of the validity and existence of the pertinent classes of truths, the necessary a posteriori and the contingent a priori, according to the Kripke Paradigm? My approach is meant to disclose the logical and ontological principles underlying Kripke's arguments for the necessary a posteriori and the contingent a priori respectively. READ MORE

  6. 14. Better safe than sorry: : Applying philosophical methods to the debate on risk and the precautionary principle

    Author : Per Sandin; Sven Ove Hansson; Karsten Klint Jensen; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; conceptual analysis; precautionary pronciple; precaution; risk; risk management; Filosofi; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present thesis is to apply philosophical methods to the ongoing debate of the precautionary principle, in order to illuminate this debate. The thesis consists of an Introduction and five papers. Paper I con-cerns an objection to the method of conceptual analysis, the Charge from Psychology. READ MORE

  7. 15. Is time money? Philosophical perspectives on the monetary valuation of travel time

    Author : Maria Nordström; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Erik Angner; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; value of travel time; value of time; travel time; mobil- ity; urban transportation; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis consists of an introduction (‘kappa’) and three papers discussing various aspects of time as a commodity and the practice of valuing travel time.The first paper is an analysis of the properties of time as an economic resource taking into account literature on behavior with regard to time. READ MORE