Browsing Filosofi by Title
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)One of the central questions in metaethics is whether morality is a fundamentally subjective or fundamentally objective domain. Are we, when we are discussing moral claims or making moral judgments, engaging in an activity ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)It has been claimed that quantum mechanics is a non-local theory, i.e., that the predictions of quantum mechanics are at odds with a conception of the world where all the interactions are mediated by local mechanisms. The ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Denne avhandlingen er et forsøk på å forstå hvordan Taylor mener det lar seg gjøre å forene frihet og tilhørighet i hans moralske ontologi. Politisk frihet må gis et moralsk grunnlag for at vi skal forstå begrepet. Derfor ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Noam Chomsky’s theories and insights have had a huge impact on linguistics, philosophy and other branches of cognitive science. The idea of the human faculty of language as a specialized mental organ and the insistence on ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)Though it is not widely rocignized, Adam Smith does in fact have a well-worked out political theory which combines both normative, empirical or descriptive, and pragmatic components into a well-integrated whole. One of the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)This thesis investigates whether an Expressivism or Hybrid Expressivism account is better suited to solve “The moral problem” than cognitivist theories. “The moral problem” is the unified account of 1) the practicality ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)It is commonly accepted that some things, such as sex, organs, secrets, and votes may be given away, used or owned, but not bought and sold. I refer to markets such as these as 'contested markets'. The commodification ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)The main question discussed in current debates about the epistemology of testimony concerns whether the justification of testimonial beliefs is inferential or non-inferential. This thesis offers a novel argument for ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Denne oppgaven utforsker Murray Bookchins sosialøkologiske filosofi og fokuserer spesielt på begrepet “fri natur.” Bookchin (1921-2006) var en sentral foregangsfigur i den internasjonale økologibevegelsen: svært tidlig ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)[Oversatt sammendrag:]I denne tesen argumenterer jeg for at filosofisk metodologi ikke bør fokusere på intuisjoner. Antakelsen om at filosofer lener seg på intuisjoner for å forsvare og angripe teorier-begrepsanalyser i ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)“What lies at the heart of human being?” That is the central theme of this paper. An investigation into human being can be approached in many ways. Mine is different than for instance psychology, anthropology, social science ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)Philosophical skepticism seems often to undermine our knowledge to the point where we know next to nothing. Epistemic contextualism is a theory designed to let knowledge ascriptions ("S knows p") be true without paradox. ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)In this paper I explore the tension that arises when we describe ourselves as intentional beings, on one side, and biological or physical beings on the other. That is, I take a closer look at the age old problem of how the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)This master thesis is an in-depth study of Heidegger’s notions of death and authenticity in Being and Time. Heidegger’s existential notion of death is by many commentators considered to be radically different from the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)I denne oppgaven har jeg undersøkt om det psykologiske og neurologiske studiet av demens bør ha følger for vår filosofiske forståelse av selvet, og i så fall hvilke. Etter å ha sammenlignet ulike typer forståelser av selvet ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)I denne masteroppgaven forenes noen av mine interesseområder som er etikk generelt og anvendt etikk spesielt samt politisk filosofi og miljøetikk. For meg er det en nær forbindelse mellom disse områdene. Et av vår tids ...