Essays about: "Metafysik"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word Metafysik.

  1. 6. Undermining Derk Pereboom’s Hard Incompatibilist Position Against Agent-causation : A Metatheoretical Work on the Topic of Metaphysics and Metaethics

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation; Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Björn Lundgren; [2013]
    Keywords : hard incompatibilism; agent-causation; metaethics; free will; Derk Pereboom; metaphysics; physics; probability; modality; quantum physics; Wigner’s friend; hård inkompatiblism; agentkausalitet; metaetik; fri vilja; Derk Pereboom; metafysik; fysik; sannolikhet; modalitet; kvantfysik; Wigners vän;

    Abstract : The author has attempted a dubbleedged purpose, as indicated by the title. The author firstly deals with Pereboom; begining with his so-called ‘wild coincidence’-argument, by which Pereboom claims agent-causation to be unlikely. The author argues that this argument lacks both scope and strenght. READ MORE

  3. 7. A Warrant for Human Rights : the Relevance of Compassion in Liberal States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Jahanavi Schriefer; [2007]
    Keywords : compassion; human rights; liberalism; medkänsla; mänskliga rättigheter; Humanities; Humaniora; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophy and Religion; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper is a discussion on the relevance of compassion regarding human rights in liberal states. The study focuses a great deal on detangling and distinguishing compassion from other related terms and meanings that are commonly used as equivalent, somewhat differing and sometimes separate from each other. READ MORE

  4. 8. Oppression : A New Definition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Praktisk filosofi

    Author : Ursula Egidius; [2007]
    Keywords : Oppression; ; Feminism; ; Social Institution; ; Privilege; ; Social group; ; Social structure; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to conclude with a new definition of oppression. The project is descriptive and analytical; the ambition is to construct a definition that correctly captures the social structures involved and that the definition can be of help in the emancipatory struggle of oppressed groups. READ MORE

  5. 9. Language and The Language of Thought- A linguistic perspective on the philosophy of Fodor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Johan Blomberg; [2007]
    Keywords : folk psychology; Fodor; Jerry A; philosophy; language; linguistics; Systematic philosophy; ethics; aesthetics; metaphysics; epistemology; ideology; Systematisk filosofi; etik; estetik; metafysik; kunskapsteori; ideologi; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : The status of folk psychology and its concepts has come under scrutiny in contemporary philosophy of mind and psychology (cf. Ryle 1949; Nisbett and Wilson 1977; Churchland 1986; Dennett 1987, 1991). READ MORE

  6. 10. Forms and Universals in the Philosophy of Francisco Suárez

    University essay from Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Erik Åkerlund; [2006]
    Keywords : Metaphysics; philosophical psychology; universals; Francisco Suárez; Metafysik; filosofisk psykologi; universalia; Francisco Suárez;

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