Search for dissertations about: "teoretisk filosofi"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words teoretisk filosofi.

  2. 6. Scientifically Minded : Science, the Subject and Kant’s Critical Philosophy

    Author : Johan Boberg; Sharon Rider; Marcel Quarfood; Thomas Sturm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Immanuel Kant; the subject; science; experience; understanding; episteme; time; space; spatialization of time; epistemic ideals; knowledge; Christian Wolff; Aristotle; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : Modern philosophy is often seen as characterized by a shift of focus from the things themselves to our knowledge of them, i.e., by a turn to the subject and subjectivity. READ MORE

  4. 7. Objective Chance : A Study in the Lewisian Tradition

    Author : George Masterton; Lars-Göran Johansson; Ulf Danielsson; Carl Hoefer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the notion of objective chance as reasonable degree of belief given what might loosely be called our ultimate evidence. The goal is to develop a notion of objective chance that is broadly Humean: where chance ascriptions are construed as projected, De Dicto, physical modalities. READ MORE

  5. 8. Stringed along or caught in a loop? : Philosophical reflections on modern quantum gravity research

    Author : Keizo Matsubara; Lars-Göran Johansson; Holger Lyre; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; quantum gravity; string theory; loop quantum gravity; philosophy of physics; philosophy of science; scientific realism; structural realism; multiverse; thought experiments; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : A number of philosophical questions, all connected to modern research in quantum gravity, are discussed in this dissertation.The goal of research in quantum gravity is to find a quantum theory for gravitation; the other fundamental forces are already understood in terms of quantum physics. READ MORE

  6. 9. Leibniz on Agency and Force

    Author : Peter Myrdal; Lilli Alanen; Pauliina Remes; John Carriero; Michael Della Rocca; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Leibniz; Gottfried Wilhelm; 1646-1716; Early Modern Philosophy; Agency; Force; Final causes; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This is a study of Leibniz’s theory of agency – his theory of the nature of causal powers and agents. Leibniz develops his view against the background of an Aristotelian conception of agency. The latter was rejected by many early modern philosophers in the wake of the mechanist conception of the natural world. READ MORE

  7. 10. A Multiform Desire : A Study of Appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus

    Author : Olof Pettersson; Pauliina Remes; Catherine Rowett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Plato; Appetite; Desire; Epithymia; Soul; Tripartition; Multiform; Poikilos; Timaeus; Republic; Phaedrus; Embodiment; Incarnation; Necessity; Philosopher-kings; Allegory of the Cave; Noble Lie; Poetry; Multi-headed Beast; Game; Play; Rhetoric; Dialectic; Deception.; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus. In recent research is it often suggested that Plato considers appetite (i) to pertain to the essential needs of the body, (ii) to relate to a distinct set of objects, e.g. food or drink, and (iii) to cause behaviour aiming at sensory pleasure. READ MORE