Essays about: "ESSAY for -CLASS-4 nature"

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1. 1. What’s the Point of State-of-Nature Models?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteori

   Author : Adam Nyman; [2024-03-20]
   Keywords : theoretical philosophy;

   Abstract : Practical explanations are tools which aim to clarify the evolution and function of our conceptual practices. There is current discussion about how we ought to construct and interpret practical explanations, and more specifically if state-of-nature models are useful when doing this. READ MORE

3. 2. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
   Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

   Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

4. 3. Conjunction monism : Humean scientific explanation explained

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Love Magnusson; [2024]
   Keywords : Laws of nature; Humeanism; Scientific explanation; Monism; Priority monism; Grounding;

   Abstract : Humeans say that laws depend on their instances. Another way of saying this is that the instances explain the laws. However, laws are often used in science to help explain these same instances. If this is true it appears as though the instances help explain themselves, which would be a serious problem for the Humeans (Miller, 2015, pp. READ MORE

5. 4. Dual Cultural Influences and Career Paths: : Second-Generation Iranians in Sweden

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   Author : Khazar Amini; [2024]
   Keywords : Cultural Capital; Field; Habitus; Identity Formation; Iranian Culture; Second-generation Iranians in Sweden;

   Abstract : Nearly four decades after the peak influx of Iranian immigrants to Sweden around 1985-1990, recent academic inquiry has begun to shift its emphasis towards their second generation. These individuals, born to parents who arrived during that period, are now achieving notable positions across various sectors of Swedish society. READ MORE

6. 5. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Annika Salisbury; [2023]
   Keywords : Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ecocriticism; postcolonial ecocriticism; ecofeminism; climate change criticism; voice; agency; urgency.; Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ekokritik; postkolonial ekokritik; ekofeminism; klimatkritik; röst; agens; brådska.;

   Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE