Search for dissertations about: "philosophical novel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words philosophical novel.

  2. 1. Novel writing and moral philosophy as aspects of a single struggle : Iris Murdoch's hybrid novels

    Author : Anna Victoria Hallberg; Lars-Åke Skalin; Beata Agrell; Anniken Greve; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iris Murdoch; hybrid novel; philosophical novel; morality; viva-voce; epiphany; plot; Plato; Wittgenstein; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature;

    Abstract : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. READ MORE

  4. 2. Moral Philosophy and Novel Writing as Aspects of a Single Struggle : Iris Murdoch’s Hybrid Novels

    Author : Anna Victoria Hallberg; Lars-Åke Skalin; Beata Agrell; Anniken Greve; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Iris Murdoch; hybrid novel; philosophical novel; morality; viva-voce; epiphany; plot; ;

    Abstract : This investigation pursues a thesis, namely that moral philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch was a writer of hybrid novels. Murdoch’s novels are hybrid constructions where she tries to make reflections on moral intuitions discernible and experienced within the novels’ own “system”. READ MORE

  5. 3. Spinoza on Ethical Cultivation : An Analysis of Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Early Modern Cultura Animi

    Author : Kasper Kristensen; Sharon Rider; Pauliina Remes; Justin Steinberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Benedict Spinoza; early modern philosophy; ethics; philosophical method; knowledge; cultura animi; spiritual exercises; virtue ethics; value theory; emotions; affects; moral motivation; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

    Abstract : This dissertation concerns Benedict Spinoza’s (1632–1677) account of ethical life, emphasising the role of techniques and exercises for achieving greater power to control one’s thoughts, emotions, and actions. The study aims to show that Spinoza offers a much more coherent and ambitious ethical theory than what is commonly acknowledged, involving both theoretical and practical considerations. READ MORE

  6. 4. Deflating selection : On the interpretation and application of evolutionary theory

    Author : Björn Brunnander; Sören Häggqvist; Paul Needham; Denis Walsh; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ambiguity; causal factor; drift; evolutionary theory; force; function; intentional psychology; interpretation; multiple realisation; natural selection; philosophical method; pre-theoretical influence; redundancy; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : Although the theory of evolution is well-established it nevertheless presents us with a few unresolved matters of interpretation. One key task is to get clear about what exactly one should take the term 'natural selection' to denote. READ MORE

  7. 5. Interrogative Belief Revision

    Author : Sebastian Enqvist; Teoretisk filosofi; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; belief revision; questions; modal logic; research agenda;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with the theory of interrogative belief revision, a recent development in the subfield of philosophical logic known as belief revision theory. While classical belief revision theory deals with the dynamics of an agent’s beliefs, interrogative belief revision aims to describe the dynamics of the agent’s questions about the world, or research agenda, as well. READ MORE