Browsing Department of Philosophy by Document Types "Doctoral thesis"
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Acquiesced and unrefuted : The growth of scientific myths
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-06-05)This thesis explores the phenomenon of scientific myths distributed in academic discourses. Drawing on a set of myth-examples, I explicate a definition of the term ‘scientific myth’, arguing that it ought primarily to be ... -
«Branchements» and «translation» as approaches to culture. An epistemological reflection on some aspects in the thinking of Jean-Loup Amselle and Paul Ricoeur
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-01-17)In this dissertation I reflect on the concept of culture from a political, philosophical and anthropological angle. The perspective from where I attempt to analyze them all together is epistemological. This means two things: ... -
Can Resource-Poor Countries Bear any Obligations for Global Distributive Justice? A Reflection on the Distribution of Global health Opportunities
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-05-20)Can resource-poor countries bear any stringent obligations in the pursuit of equity in the distribution of global health opportunities between individuals globally? Distributive justice is primarily about resource transfer ... -
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 ... -
The Cosmopolitan Rights of Foreigners. A Phenomenological Defense of Cosmopolitan Law
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-06-18)This thesis argues that states have cosmopolitan obligations of a moral-legal character. These obligations are articulated as “cosmopolitan law”, which is a Kantian term referring to the morallegal norms that ... -
Crime, Punishment, and Understanding Justice through Injustice
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-08-24)The thesis discusses the justice of state punishment in response to criminal wrongs. The introductory chapter explores the logic of the concept of justice itself, proposing that we understand justice as the function of ... -
Filosofiske samtaler med innsatte i fengsel. En fordypning i samtalens form og innhold
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-01-19)Since 2006 I have engaged in philosophical dialogues with inmates in Bjørgvin prison in Bergen, and these experiences form the foundation for my reflections in this thesis. In part one of this thesis I try to grasp ... -
Hedonistic Egoism – A Theory of Normative Reasons for Action
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Historieskrivningens strev
(Doctoral thesis, 2017-09-15)The focal question of this thesis is how the historian tries to resolve the tension built into the writing of history. The perspective on a tension existing in history texts stems from a broader understanding of the writing ... -
How to be a Good Sentimentalist
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-10-18)How can one be a good person? That, in essence, is the question I ask in this dissertation. More specifically, I ask how we, in general, can best go about the complex and never-ending task of trying to figure out what we ... -
Jakten på et fagfelt: den skandinaviske kvinne- og kjønnshistoriens fremvekst i skjæringsfeltet mellom historieforskning og kvinne- og kjønnsforskning
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-20)The roots of women’s and gender history have been places within social history, interdisciplinary women’s and gender research, and within 1970s and 1980s new women’s movement. Which of these roots gets emphasised and why, ... -
The Movement of Thought : Wittgenstein on Time, Change and History
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-06-25)The Austrio-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein is famous among the public (philosophical and non-philosophical alike) for having written not only one, but two magnum opera―the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1921) and ... -
Occupying a Square? : A Recognition Theory of Social Movements in the Age of Wealth-Induced Political Inequality
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-01-20)Vår tid er preget av sosiale konflikter. Fra og med Den arabiske våren og de spanske Indignados i 2011 har vi sett et tilbakevendende globalt konfliktfenomen i form av alt fra Occupy Wall Street og den israelske sosiale ... -
On the possibility of Resolute Transcendentalism in the Later Wittgenstein
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Plato - A Voice for Peace. Political Accountability and Dramatic Staging
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-12-07)With this dissertation I intend to give a contribution to the field peace and peacethematic. The hypothesis of the dissertation is that it is possible to read the Platonic corpus as a body of critique where Plato in the ... -
The Power of Powers: Dispositions, Essences, and Laws of Nature
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-04-24)This thesis aims to articulate a dispositionalist theory of possibility. The standard way of explaining possibility, and modality in general, is by reference to possible worlds. At the same time, discontentment with possible ... -
Valuing the Length of Lives in Public Health and Beyond
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-08-26)Denne avhandlinga undersøker nokon normative problem som oppstår som følge av forskjellar i livslengder. Sjølv om personar i vår samtid lever lengre enn gong før i historia, er det framleis usikkert om ein gitt person ... -
Wittgenstein on the Anthropological Grounds of Mathematics
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-01)Ludwig Wittgensteins senere syn på matematikk har vært gjenstand for omfattende debatt innenfor filosofien. Denne avhandlingen tar for seg en kritisk gjennomgang av forskjellige alternative tolkninger av de relevante ...