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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. The Demographic Objection and the Limits of Competence

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

    Author : Samuel Granholm; [2024-02-23]
    Keywords : Practical philosophy;

    Abstract : Epistocrats argue that political power should be distributed according to competence. Under universal suffrage the electorate at any given election will be comprised of both competent and incompetent voters due to varying degrees of knowledge and rationality within the polity. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Grammar Sketch of Owininga

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Hannes Lundgren Burman; [2024]
    Keywords : Linguistics; Owininga; Owiniga; owin1240; owi; Papua New Guinea; Papuan languages; grammar sketch; language description;

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  5. 4. Mood and Verbals in North Common Tulu

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Emil Magnus Mannby; [2024]
    Keywords : Tulu; Dravidian languages; mood; inflection; morphology; finiteness;

    Abstract : In the Dravidian language Tulu, spoken in the south of present day India, in the states of Karnataka and Kerala, several verb forms exist which have hitherto been poorly described in the scientific literature. A set of these code different modal distinctions, and are thus labeled moods. READ MORE

  6. 5. THE BEST GOVERNMENT BASED ON CICERO’S DE RE PUBLICA AND DE LEGIBUS

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

    Author : Huong Thi Hill; [2023-10-16]
    Keywords : natural law; human nature; government; reason;

    Abstract : In Cicero’s De re publica and De legibus, Cicero established that nature would determine an ideal state but given human nature, this ideal cannot be achieved. I will discuss what kind of political organization Cicero proposes as best suited to human nature, what ways it departs from the ideal and what it preserves... READ MORE