Essays about: "Philosophy and Religion"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 131 essays containing the words Philosophy and Religion.

1. 16. In the Net : The Visual and Verbal Rhetoric of the Campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch” by Sea Shepherd France

   University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Annika Wappelhorst; [2021]
   Keywords : Environmental Communication; Marine Conservation Campaign; Sea Shepherd; Multimodal Discourse Analysis; In-Depth Interviews; Biocentrism; SDG 14;

   Abstract : The marine conservation organization Sea Shepherd is most known for its radical direct action, e. g., against whale poaching. This thesis examines the campaign “Operation Dolphin Bycatch,” coordinated by the French branch of the NGO, through discourse analysis and interviews with Sea Shepherd France (SSF) members. READ MORE

3. 17. Lucas and Penrose vs. Computationalism: A Refutation of the Gödel-arguments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Leonard Nygren Löhndorf; [2021]
   Keywords : Computationalism; Mechanism; Kurt Gödel; logic; incompleteness; metamathematics; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : John Lucas and Roger Penrose attempted to refute Computationalism, the theory that the human mind is a computational system. They did so by utilizing meta-mathematical proofs by Kurt Gödel. READ MORE

4. 18. Imperial Dignity to Princely Autonomy: a historical-philosophical study on the evolution and meaning of sovereignty in the Holy Roman Empire

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Robin Reimers; [2021]
   Keywords : Sovereignty; political philosophy; Holy Roman Empire; Golden Bull; Westphalia; political theory; European Studies; History and Archaeology; Philosophy and Religion; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis conducts a study in conceptual history into the meaning of sovereignty within the Holy Roman Empire, a European political institution of states that lasted from 962 to 1806 AD. Three classical theorists in sovereignty, namely Jean Bodin, Thomas Hobbes, and Samuel von Pufendorf comprehend the main philosophical corps of the thesis, which will be operationalised by studying three constitutional documents from the Holy Roman Empire: the Golden Bull, the Treaty of Osnabrück, and the Treaty of Münster. READ MORE

5. 19. The Eschatologically-informed Anthropology of Diadochus of Photice and the Formation of an Eschatological Tradition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Peter Nygren; [2021]
   Keywords : Diadochus of Photice; Eschatology; Anthropology; Monastics; Ecclesiastics; Tension; Fifth Century; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate what potential role eschatological anthropology played in the writings of the monk-bishop Diadochus of Photice (c. 400–c. 486) in order to ease some of the historical tension between the ecclesiastical tradition and the monastic tradition. READ MORE

6. 20. Religion understood in relation to the human nature

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

   Author : Lua Nazerian; [2021]
   Keywords : Religion; Philosophy; Virtue; Virtuous; Transcendent; Human nature; Platonic Idealism; Socrates; Positive Psychology; Cognitive Sciences of Religion; Critical Religion Theory; Realism; Materialism; Conceptualism.;

   Abstract : The study of the phenomenon of religion is a field that has many challenges regarding what its object of study is and how to observe and interpret the different religious phenomenon in a way that reflects both its origin and how its practiced. The study is carried out through a philosophical approach. READ MORE