Search for dissertations about: "philosophy of science"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 230 swedish dissertations containing the words philosophy of science.

2. 11. Formation of scientific problems : towards a critical theory of scientific belief

   Author : Alp Öktem; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Science Philosophy; Vetenskapsteori; Naturvetenskap; teori; filosofi;

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4. 12. Reading fleck : Questions on philosophy and science

   Author : Eva Hedfors; Sven Ove Hansson; Germund Hesslow; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ludwik Fleck; Wassermann reaction; Informed consent; Buchenwald studies; Human experimentation; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract : The present thesis is based on a scientifically-informed, contextualized and historicized reading of Ludwik Fleck. In addition to his monograph, the material studied includes his additional philosophical writings, his internationally-published scientific articles and two, thus-far-unstudied postwar Polish papers related to his Buchenwald experiences. READ MORE

5. 13. Hilary Putnam on Meaning and Necessity

   Author : Anders Öberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Pierre Wagner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; philosophy of language; philosophy of science; philosophy of mathematics; Hilary Putnam; W.V. Quine; Rudolf Carnap; realism; anti-realism; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : In this dissertation on Hilary Putnam's philosophy, I investigate his development regarding meaning and necessity, in particular mathematical necessity. Putnam has been a leading American philosopher since the end of the 1950s, becoming famous in the 1960s within the school of analytic philosophy, associated in particular with the philosophy of science and the philosophy of language. READ MORE

6. 14. Only women bleed? : a critical reassessment of comprehensive feminist social theory

   Author : Helen Lindberg; Jan Olsson; Richard Wolin; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Catharine M. MacKinnon; Anna G. Jonasdottir; Luce Irigaray; Judith Butler; feminism; political feminism; comprehensive feminism; postfeminism; marxism; social theory; ideology; politcal implications; social science; philosophy of science; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Sociology; Filosofi; Gender Studies;

   Abstract : Is there a viable specifically feminist social theory that can serve as heuristic devise in our social research? This thesis is a critical reassessment of the ontological and normative assumptions of four social theories with specific and clear claims of being feminist. These are Catharine M MackInnon’s Radical Feminism, Anna G Jonasdottir’s Theory of Love Power, Luce Irigaray’s Feminism of Sexual Difference and Judith Butler’s Queer Feminism. READ MORE

7. 15. Electronic Healthcare Ontologies : Philosophy, the real world and IT structures

   Author : Martin Berzell; Ingemar Nordin; Urban Forsum; Daniel Karlsson; Ingvar Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; medical informatics; ontology; terminology; critical realism; immanent realism; Filosofi; medicinsk informatik; ontologi; terminologi; kritisk realism; immanent realism; Theory of science; Vetenskapsteori; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates how the notion of ‘ontology’ has been used in the field of medical informatics and knowledge representation. Partly to investigate what an ‘ontology’ can be said to represent and what requirements we can have on a good ‘ontology’. READ MORE