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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
(Internationales Wittgenstein Symposium 18, Chapter, 1995-08) -
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 ... -
Utilregnelighet som problem; kollisjoner i moderne diskurser om mennesket
(Master thesis, 2008-11-14)Oppgaven er et historisk og filosofisk studium av oppkomsten av utilregnelighet som et problem i etableringen av den moderne strafferetten i Norge. -
Über die methodische Philosophie
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Überlieferung. Editionsgeschichte. Zugangsmöglichkeiten
(Chapter, 2022)Außer der kurzen Besprechung eines Logikbuches (RC 1913), der Logisch-Philosophischen Abhandlung (TLP 1921, publ. 1922; deutsch-englisch als Tractatus logico-philosophicus 1922), dem Wörterbuch für Volksschulen (WB 1926), ... -
Vagueness in emergent levels
(Master thesis, 2017-06-22)I denne tesen, så skal jeg presentere filosfisk emergens, og argumentere for at det er for vagt. Jeg vil gi et overblikk i både vaghet og emergens, med fokus på teorier om emergente nivåer. Jeg vil så argumentere for at ... -
Variable relativity of causation is good
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Interventionism is a theory of causation with a pragmatic goal: to define causal concepts that are useful for reasoning about how things could, in principle, be purposely manipulated. In its original presentation, Woodward’s ... -
Veien mot det digitale kontrollsamfunnet: Digital teknologi og makt i Gilles Deleuzes kontrollsamfunn
(Master thesis, 2023-05-15)Denne oppgaven handler om kontrollsamfunnet som vokste fram omtrent etter slutten av andre verdenskrig. Deleuze utvikler idéen om kontrollsamfunnene i en forlengelse av Foucaults historiske periodisering som var basert på ...