Department of Philosophy
Recent Submissions
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Higen etter geniet
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Frå avgrunn til platå Attføding, fantasiar og begjær i fascismen
(Master thesis, 2020-12-18)Fascism lingers on, despite our best efforts. The thesis at hand asks why, and how it may be dealt with. More precisely, it questions which subterranean impulses, fixations and fantasies characterise fascism as a human ... -
A home of one’s own | Philosophical considerations on the issue of housing
(Master thesis, 2020-12-15)While architects, social psychologists, anthropologists and historians have conceptualized it in varied ways, little has been made of the issue of housing in philosophy. The aim of this thesis is to demonstrate that many ... -
CLARINO+ Optimization of Wittgenstein Research Tools
(CLARIN Annual Conference Proceedings, Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) offer specialized tools for research access to its Wittgenstein resources which however are in need for an upgrade to better serve user requirements. The paper ... -
On the possibility of Resolute Transcendentalism in the Later Wittgenstein
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-06-03) -
Conducting human challenge studies in LMICs: A survey of researchers and ethics committee members in Thailand
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Questions have been raised over the acceptability of conducting human challenge studies in low and middle income countries (LMICs). Most of these concerns are based on theoretical considerations and there exists little ... -
Filosofisk vertigo: Om Cavell om skeptisisme
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Philosophical skepticism is a topic that permeates Stanley Cavell’s thinking. The aim of this article is to clarify some strands in Cavell’s conception of philosophical skepticism, and to show the role appeals to what ... -
Don’t Join the Joyride:Individual Responsibility for Large Scale Problems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The paper argues that, counter to Walter Sinnott-Armostrong and Ewen Kingston’s view, we are morally required to refrain from joyguzzling, i.e., driving a fuel-inefficient car for no other purpose than having a good time. ... -
Gêneros objetivos e teleologia em Hegel: da natureza à sociedade
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In this article, I explore the metaphysical foundations of Hegel’s social philosophy. Basing myself on an exegetical approach to Hegel’s general metaphysical framework for finite reality which has been popular in the recent ... -
Hard and Blind: On Wittgenstein's Genealogical View of Logical Necessity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)My main aim is to sketch a certain reading (‘genealogical') of later Wittgenstein's views on logical necessity. Along the way, I engage with the inferentialism currently debated in the literature on the epistemology of ... -
Consumers’ Responsibility for Global Labour Injustice
(Master thesis, 2020-07-01)An individual from a relatively affluent country is presumably hardly surprised by hearing about stories that depict global labour injustices. We are aware of the fact that there are people in other countries who work under ... -
Wittgenstein and the Concept of Learning in Artificial Intelligence
(Master thesis, 2020-06-26)The object of this investigation is to analyze the application of the concept of learning to machines and software as displayed in Artificial Intelligence (AI). This field has been approached from different philosophical ... -
Discontinuities and singularities, data and phenomena: for Referentialism
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The paper rebuts a currently popular criticism against a certain take on the referential role of discontinuities and singularities in the physics of first-order phase transitions. It also elaborates on a proposal I made ... -
Disagreement about logic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)What do we disagree about when we disagree about logic? On the face of it, classical and nonclassical logicians disagree about the laws of logic and the nature of logical properties. Yet, sometimes the parties are accused ... -
Filosofer og demokrater: Politiske institusjoner og filosofisk kritikk i antikkens Athen
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Fictional reports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This paper outlines a bicontextual account of fictional reports. A fictional report is a report on something that happens in a fiction, and a bicontextual account is an account that relativizes truth to two contexts. The ... -
Eleaticism and Socratic Dialectic: On Ontology, Philosophical Inquiry, and Estimations of Worth in Plato’s Parmenides, Sophist and Statesman.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-01)The Parmenides poses the question for what entities there are Forms, and the criticism of Forms it contains is commonly supposed to document an ontological reorientation in Plato. According to this reading, Forms no longer ... -
Concepts of Evidence-Based Practice: Analysis of Evidence-Based Practice and Its Debate
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-12)Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a model for clinical decision-making, representing an interdisciplinary approach to clinical practice that aims to optimize clinical decision-making by emphasizing the use of evidence from ... -
Money talks - også i norsk politikk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)I debatten om økonomisk ulikhet fremheves det ofte at ulikhet er et problem fordi de som er rike kan oppnå mer makt og innflytelse som resultat av sine økonomiske ressurser. Det er imidlertid ofte uklart hvordan denne ...