Browsing Department of Philosophy by Title
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Social Rights at Work
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter explores connections between social rights and labour rights within a human rights framework. Social human rights tend to be marginalized both in philosophical debates about human rights and in international ... -
Structural proof theory for first-order weak Kleene logics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper presents a sound and complete five-sided sequent calculus for first-order weak Kleene valuations which permits not only elegant representations of four logics definable on first-order weak Kleene valuations, but ... -
“Students Can Write!”: How Can Students Explore and Improve their Writing by Using Different Academic Genres, Sources and Voices?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)One purpose of this article is to shed light upon the concept of voice in writing, related to genres and sources in humanities. Another purpose is to participate in the academic discussion on voice. We want to raise awareness ... -
Substitution in Relevant Logics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This essay discusses rules and semantic clauses relating to Substitution—Leibniz’s law in the conjunctive-implicational form s = t ^ A(s) -> A(t)—as these are put forward in Priest’s books "In Contradiction" and "An ... -
Tenkningens livsvilkår - Problemets genese i møtet mellom liv og tenkning hos Gilles Deleuze
(Master thesis, 2011-02-01)Oppgaven undersøker betydningen av møtet med livet for tenkningens genese og muligheter hos Gilles Deleuze, hovedsakelig med utgangspunkt i Difference et Repetition oglesningene av Henri Bergson. -
Texts: A case study of joint action
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Our linguistic communication often takes the form of creating texts. In this paper, we propose that creating texts or ‘texting’ is a form of joint action. We examine the nature and evolution of this joint action. We argue ... -
The Adam Smith Project - An Account of Human Interaction
(Master thesis, 2019-06-21)This thesis sets out to treat Adam Smith’s work as a whole, showing how his two books, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, both are part of one underlying message rather than opposed to each other. A ... -
The Boundaries of Reality: Quantum Physics within a Transcendental Ideal Framework
(Master thesis, 2021-06-02)In this project I am going to explore how the boundaries of our reality are conditioned by metaphysical principles. I will argue, in the spirit of Immanuel Kant, that these metaphysical principles also ground our knowledge ... -
The ethics of drug criminalization
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The Intergenerational Ethics of Climate Change: Alternative Ethical Resources
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THE PATH TO VIRTUE Character Improvement in Seneca’s Philosophical Writings
(Master thesis, 2024-05-22)Denne oppgaven argumenterer for at Seneca mener den Stoiske progressoren – en person som henvender seg til Stoiske lærere med mål om å forbedre seg selv – kan skaffe seg dyd – et perfekt rasjonelt sinn bestående av praktisk ... -
Thomas Hobbes naturtilstand og internasjonale relasjoner: Tolkninger av konflikten i Ukraina
(Master thesis, 2017-12-04)Is the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes still relevant in the study of international relations, and, if so, why and how? While the classical, often labeled «realist» interpretation of Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature is a state ... -
To kalon and the experience of art
(Chapter, 2020)In the Republic, Plato seems to advocate the banning of most extant poetry, because of its corrupting effect on the soul. A central claim in the next section will be that thumos as a specific module or capacity of the soul, ... -
Toleranse og anerkjenning, eller: Kva vil det seia å verdsetja mangfald?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Even though “toleration” and “recognition” designate opposing attitudes (to tolerate something, implies a negative stance towards it, whereas recognition seems to imply a positive one), the concepts do not constitute ... -
Towards a neo-configurational theory of intrinsic motivation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This research seeks to improve our understanding of how intrinsic motivation is instantiated. Three motivation theories, flow theory, self-determination theory, and empowerment theory, have informed our understanding of ... -
Transcriptions, Texts and Interpretation
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Translation as critique of “cultural sameness”. Ricoeur, Luther and the practice of translation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The article discusses translation as a critical approach to how we see culture. According to the anthropologist Marianne Gullestad culture is part of mechanism of exclusion when it is linked to identity or “sameness”. ... -
Trust in the Doctor–Patient Relationship in Chinese Public Hospitals: Evidence for Hope
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Purpose: Trust is an essential component in a successful health care relationship. Doctor–patient trust involves the subjects of both sides, including the direction of patients’ trust in physicians (patients’ perception) ... -
A Typology of the Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Writing of Text Alternatives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The paper describes the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s writing of text alternatives as it manifests itself in his manuscripts. Decided, undecided and cancelled alternatives are distinguished. Moreover, Wittgensteinian ... -
Understanding the futility of countries’ obligations for health rights: realising justice for the global poor
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-03)Background: Although health is a right of all individuals without any distinction, the realisation of this right has remained very difficult for the marginalised populations of poor countries. Inequitable distribution of ...