Essays about: "dual-system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word dual-system.

  1. 1. Akrasia and Addiction in the age of Social Media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Benjamin Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Akrasia; Weakness of will; Freedom of the Will; Addiction; Social Media Addiction; Dopamine; Dual system theory;

    Abstract : The concept of weakness of will, or Akrasia, relates to questions regarding the rationality of our choices. Philosophers such as Richard Holton and Alfred Mele have spearheaded the debate since the turn of the century, but quite recently arguments put forth by Nick Heather and Edmund Henden have catapulted the question into a subgenre between the medical, psychological, and philosophical fields. READ MORE

  3. 2. Advanced control of chromatography systems for automated analysis of monoclonal antibodies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Jerry Guan; [2021]
    Keywords : Chemical engineering; Kemiteknik; Chromatography; Analysis; HPLC; Python; Automatic process control; Monoclonal Antibodies; Antibody purification; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Nedströmsprocesser för rening av biologiska läkemedel som monoklona antikroppar rör sig från batch-processer till kontinuerliga, och vidare till helt automatiska, kontinuerliga nedströmsprocsser. En del av visionen för automatiska reningsprocesser är möjligheten att automatiskt analysera från olika steg av reningen. READ MORE

  4. 3. Grassroots Governance in Urban China: Transition, Power Operation, and Findings from Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ruoxi Liu; [2019]
    Keywords : China; Power; Shequ; Grassroots Governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis reveals the process of the elimination of the danwei system and the establishment of the shequ system. How power operates in grassroots urban governance is asked in this thesis. By adopting a framework of power theory and data from the two-period fieldwork, this thesis has two findings. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Neuroscience of Decision Making : The Importance of Emotional Neural Circuits in Decision Making

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Markus Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : neuroscience; somatic marker hypothesis; decision making; free will; moral responsibility;

    Abstract : The neuroscience of decision making is laying the puzzle of how the brain computes decisions. It tries to sort out which factors are responsible for causing us to choose one way or the other. This thesis reviews to what extent emotional brain processes and their neural circuits impact decision making. READ MORE

  6. 5. Implicit and Explicit Moral Reasoning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Anders Persson; [2012]
    Keywords : implicit; explicit; moral reasoning; dual-process; dual-system; greene; haidt; blameworthy; consequentialism; deontology; trolley; footbridge; kahane; implicit bias; elephant and the rider; naturalistic fallacy; ought-is; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : In this paper I examine potential implications of how a “Dual-process theory” of the mind can influence ethical theory. It is a theory dividing the brain in two system, an (1) implicit system, as intuitive, automatic and unconscious, and an (2) explicit system, as a deductive and conscious process. READ MORE