Essays about: "Naturalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the word Naturalism.

  1. 1. Neo-Aristotelian naturalism in light of the modal explanatory account

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

    Author : Elias Kjörk; [2023-01-20]
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    Abstract : Neo-Aristotelian naturalism is a metaethical theory that takes moral virtue to be a form of natural goodness in human beings, comparable to deep roots in oaks. The theory evaluates a particular species' goods and defects with intuitive teleological judgments called natural-historical judgments. READ MORE

  3. 2. Where is our disagreement? : A Zen-inspired method to understand deep disagreements

    University essay from

    Author : Josua Li; [2023]
    Keywords : Deep disagreement; Centrism; Interconnectedness; Ultimate reality; Zen Buddhism; worldviews; methodology;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I develop a method that will help you, understand, and solve deep disagreements. In forming my method I draw on Zen Buddhist philosophy. In chapter one my understanding of deep disagreement is presented. Deep disagreements is seen as being caused by underlying metaphysical fundamental beliefs and/or worldviews. READ MORE

  4. 3. Between Power and Resistance: Viewing the Ethics of AI through the Application of Foucault's Ethical Naturalism to the Power Dynamics Embedded in the Debate over Intimate Human/Chatbot Relationships

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Timothy Andrew York; [2023]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence ethics; Values in Design; chatbot; Foucault; ethical naturalism; technologies of the self; social control; human-AI relationships; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amid rising worry around human and AI alignment and citing concerns for data privacy and content inappropriate for children and the “emotionally vulnerable”, the Italian government recently imposed a complete ban against the Replika chatbot within Italy. Following the issuance of the ban and citing similar concerns over safety, the designer/owner of the technology, Luka, Inc. READ MORE

  5. 4. The evolutionary origins of consciousness

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Azadeh Karamali; [2023]
    Keywords : Phenomenal consciousness; evolutionary origin; animal consciousness; sentience;

    Abstract : Some unanswered questions about consciousness as a biological phenomenon lie in its evolutionary origin and distribution among living organisms. Which animals are conscious and when did consciousness appear in the history of life on earth? The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on these long-standing questions by reviewing the literature on the evolutionary approaches to the fundamental concept of phenomenal consciousness. READ MORE

  6. 5. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dan Hanqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Baroque; Siglo de Oro; Portraiture; Diego Velázquez; Philip IV; Naturalism; Subversion; Habsburg Iconography; Political Iconography; Vision; Visuality; Reception; Barroco; Siglo de Oro; retrato; Diego Velázquez; Felipe IV; naturalismo; subverción; Habsburgo; Austrias; Iconografía; Iconografía política; visión; visualidad; recepción;

    Abstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE