Essays about: "experimental philosophy"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words experimental philosophy.
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6. Cultivating Critique in Folds and Pleats - Posthuman Enactments in the Dress of Rick Owens
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologiAbstract : Taking as its epistemological starting point the proposed geological era of the Anthropocene, this thesis enquires the affective potential of avant-garde fashion in criticising, improving or transforming the supposed givenness of The Human as a historical concept. In order to do so, it inflects and departs from the tightly held onto-epistemological cannon of fashion studies and anthropology of dress, in which fashion is understood primarily through representation, signification and performance of identity. READ MORE
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7. The Secret Ingredients to Moral Philosophy: Blood, Sweat, and Tears : On bad enough worst-case scenarios in experimental approximations of John Rawls' Original Position
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This paper approximates the study of a natural experiment to John Rawls’ thought experiment ‘the original position’ (OP). It argues that laboratory experiments have been unsuccessful in making legitimate approximations of the OP because of their inability to present convincing worst-case scenarios. READ MORE
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8. Country of Origin within the consumers' decision-making process
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background Country of origin (COO) has developed over the years and so has the definition, from the manufacturing COO and has now developed more into the COO of the brand. This development has led to a gap in research surrounding COO effects in combination with the decision-making process. READ MORE
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9. The Normative Moral Codes Workshop : - A new thought-experiment aimed at investigating normative morality
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudierAbstract : The normative moral code is considered to be such that it applies universally to all or at least to all who can understand and govern their behavior by it. All or almost all common folk think of and use their own moral codes as them being normative in that for example there simply seem to them to exist “oughts” that apply to all and that there simply, straightforwardly are “things” that are right and wrong, good and bad. READ MORE
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10. Mercedes-Benz symphony
University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : Mercedes-Benz Symphony describes a vision for Mercedes-Benz Design inspired by music. The inspirational and experimental nature of the project serves the purpose of inspiring people and creating a connection between Music and Automotive Design. READ MORE
