Essays about: "filosofi"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 223 essays containing the word filosofi.

  1. 21. Chimeric Mimicry : Reflection and Animality in Merleau-Ponty's Philosophy of Nature

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

    Author : Oscar Amcoff; [2023]
    Keywords : animal-studies; human-animal relation; merleau-ponty; merleau-ponty nature; chimera; chimerical; animal reflection; reflection of nature; human-animal divide; carnologocentrism; animal philosophy; animal phenomenology; phenomenology of nature; merleau-ponty and the animal; ineinander; animal embodiment;

    Abstract : In this paper, I attempt to understand how Merleau-Ponty views the relation between nature and reflection, as well as the meaning behind the terms “human” and “animal” and the relations between them. I approach this by outlining the transition from Merleau-Ponty’s early philosophy (SB, PP) to his late philosophy (N, VI). READ MORE

  3. 22. Ways of Being : A Presentation and Defense of Kris McDaniel’s Ontological Pluralism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Oscar Jablon; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this thesis I present and defend Kris McDaniel’s ontological pluralism. Ontological pluralism for McDaniel is the doctrine that there are different ways of being. In The Fragmentation of Being (2017) McDaniel wants to motivate this thesis for reasonable ontological outlooks. READ MORE

  4. 23. EVALUATING THE EXTENT OF ETHNIC BIASES IN FINBERT AND EXPLORING DEBIASING TECHNIQUES

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

    Author : Minerva Suvanto; [2022-10-07]
    Keywords : language model; BERT; FinBERT; bias; debias;

    Abstract : Language models are becoming increasingly popular. These models can contain social biases about various groups of people in them. The reproduction of biased beliefs can have harmful impacts on the groups they are about. We explore the extent of ethnic biases in the Finnish language model FinBERT. READ MORE

  5. 24. DIALOGUE STRATEGIES FOR VOCABULARY LEARNING User Initiative in Dialogue Systems for Second Language Learning

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

    Author : Andrea Carrión del Fresno; [2022-10-06]
    Keywords : spoken dialogue systems; second language learning; repair strategies; code-switching; production problem;

    Abstract : When building efficient dialogue systems, a major challenge is recovering from miscommunication. Analyzing human-human interaction leads to discovering repair strategies that contribute towards conversational systems able to communicate in a natural and effective way. READ MORE

  6. 25. GO BACK TO /R/CONSPIRACY: AN EXPLORATION OF METHODS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF AFFECTIVE POLARIZATION ON REDDIT

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

    Author : Klara Båstedt; [2022-10-06]
    Keywords : affective polarization; covid-19; social media; Reddit; NLP;

    Abstract : Affective polarization – the tendency to hold negative attitudes towards an out-group and biased, positive attitudes towards an in-group – is a hot topic in research and public debate. There are concerns that news media’s tendency to focus on political conflict rather than issues is causing polarization to increase, but researchers lack methods to automatically asses levels of polarization in online debates and correlate them with news articles. READ MORE