Essays about: "Nils Patrik Svensson"

Found 2 essays containing the words Nils Patrik Svensson.

1. 1. A Current Need for Continuity

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Nils Patrik Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : agential realism; Karen Barad; new materialism; math; infinitesimals; complexity; quantum physics; Copenhagen interpretation; phenomenology; Merleau-Ponty; continuity; Rawls; binary;

   Abstract : Throughout these last few decades, phenomenology and modern physics have slowly started to approach each other in order to bridge the gap between the subjective and objective. In this thesis I aim to show an approach done with the help of Karen Barad's agential realism; a quantum interpretation enabling us to better understand and analyse our complex world, as well as our perception of it. READ MORE

3. 2. I am because we are : Ethical consequences of agential realism

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

   Author : Nils Patrik Svensson; [2021]
   Keywords : Karen Barad; Agential Realism; agentisk realism; responsibility; response ability; ethics; metaphysics; Democritus; agency; ai; global village; small world theory; consumption;

   Abstract : Within the interdisciplinary field of new materialism Karen Barad’s theory of agential realism deconstructs our current euro-western metaphysical perception of the world and our existence within it, to then re-build an understanding based on relatively new findings within quantum physics. In this thesis I try to recreate Barad’s theory to see what ethical consequences might come from it. READ MORE