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1. "Not your darlings – but their mother's!" : Interpretative Difficulties with "Love" in Euripides' Medea
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för litteraturvetenskap och retorikAbstract : The aim of this Master’s thesis is to achieve philosophical clarity on an interpretative problem I have been struggle with in Euripides’ Medea: That Medea murders her own children, while claimingto love them. Situated within the philosophical and literary tradition of ordinary language philosophy and ordinary language criticism, the thesis draws on ideas, theoretical discussions, and concepts from Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toril Moi, Stanley Cavell, Cora Diamond, and Niklas Forsberg – but also Søren Kierkegaard. READ MORE
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2. Approximating Reasoning with Transformer Language Models
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknikAbstract : We conduct experiments with BART, a generative language-model architecture, to investigate its capabilities for approximating reasoning by learning from data. For this we use the SimpleLogic dataset, a dataset of satisfiability problems in propositional logic originally created by Zhang et al. (2022). READ MORE
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3. Sustainability education in early childhood: Preschool teachers´perceptions and approaches in nurturing sustainability education practises
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk professionAbstract : Aim: This study aims to examine early childhood teachers’ perceptions of Education for Sustainable Development as well as their pedagogical approaches for nurturing sustainability in Swedish preschools, and how their perceptions of ESD relate to their teaching strategies in nurturing sustainability education. Theory: Lev Vygotsky’s social constructivism emphasizes the significance of language and thought, social interaction, zone of proximal development, scaffolding, mediation, and collaborative work in learning. READ MORE
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4. The concept of civilians in terrorist thought : A multiple case study on the discourse of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Following the 9/11 attacks in 2001, studies on Islamic terrorism and terrorist ideology dramatically increased. Although the term has been difficult to define, "terrorism" is commonly used to describe unlawful violence against civilians for political aims. READ MORE
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5. How Venture Capital Could Use Large Language Models to Screen Sustainability Impact Startups
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystemAbstract : This study investigates the potential of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, to aid venture capitalists in the screening of startups that maximize sustainability impact. To determine the scope that maximizes impact for venture capitalists' and to identify effective screening criteria, the study utilized theoretical research and interviews. READ MORE