Essays about: "Philosophy and Religion"

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1. 21. Is Externalism Compatible with the KK-thesis?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Balder Ask Zaar; [2021]
   Keywords : Self-intimating knowledge; Cartesian Non-Cartesian knowledge; Externalism s compatibility with the KK-thesis; Williamson s anti-luminosity arguments; The nature of human knowledge.; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : In this paper I discuss the compatibility of externalism about epistemic justification with the well-known KK-thesis in epistemic logic. A weaker form of the KK-thesis (if one knows, one is also in a position to know that one knows) is first defended against Williamson's anti-luminosity arguments. READ MORE

3. 22. The Apostle to the Intelligentsia : Father Alexander Men’ and the Rediscovery of the Russian Silver Age

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Robert Lindsay; [2021]
   Keywords : religion; Russian Orthodox Church; Alexander Men’; Vladimir Solovyov; Nikolai Berdyaev; Nadezhda Mandelstam; Silver Age; philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis seeks to shed light on a remarkable figure in Russian history, Father Alexander Men’. How and why did Men’ identify Vladimir Solovyov, Nikolai Berdyaev, and other pre-revolutionary cultural figures as representatives of authentic Russian religious culture? Why would a popular Russian Orthodox priest present the writings of mystics, anarchists, and the Silver Age counterculture as the antidote for seventy years of Soviet materialism? What role did Judaism and the Russo-Jewish intellectual tradition have on Men’s identifications as an Orthodox priest? I use a semiotic theory of culture following Yuri Lotman and the Tartu–Moscow Semiotic School as a framework to analyze the historical development of Orthodox personalism. READ MORE

4. 23. Should David Armstrong be a Dispositionalist? An Indirect Defense of Powerful Properties

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teoretisk filosofi

   Author : Daniel Zander; [2021]
   Keywords : Properties; Power; Dispositions; Essence; Quidditism; Necessity; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : A well-known debate among proponents of natural properties concerns the very nature of such properties. On one extreme, known as Dispositionalism (or the ‘powers’ view), the essence of a property is given by the nomological or causal role(s) it plays. READ MORE

5. 24. Touching From a Distance: Towards a Resonance Theory of Metaphor Understanding

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

   Author : Isak Nyman; [2021]
   Keywords : Metaphor; Understanding; Poetry; Cognitive Science; Conceptual Metaphor Theory; Embodiment; Resonance; Philosophy and Religion; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The present thesis suggests a new type of theory from which to analyse metaphorical language. This new theory is motivated by shortcomings from the available theories (most notably Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Embodied Metaphor Theory) in analysing metaphors in poetry. READ MORE

6. 25. A System for Affective Touch in Humanoid and Social Robotics

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

   Author : Martin Gunnar Karlsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Humanoid robotics; social robotics; cognitive robotics; affective touch; touch types; machine learning; emotional repsonse; colour expression; colour and emotion; HRI; human-robot-interaction; tactile interaction; social interaction; robotics; somatosensory system; artificial neural network; ANN; support vector machine; SVM; communication; cognition; somatosensation; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : A system for affective touch has been constructed, in a study of humanoid and social robotics. The system detects, processes and analyses signals from touch, identifies touch types, and provides a corresponding emotional response and expression. READ MORE