Essays about: "philosophical psychology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words philosophical psychology.

  1. 1. CARRY ON WITH CARRION? A wildlife road infrastructure study regarding the effects of ethical justification on policy acceptance

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lauren L. Yehle; [2023-08-31]
    Keywords : policy acceptance; environmental ethics; intrinsic value; ecosystem services; conservation;

    Abstract : Policy acceptance is an important aspect of compliance and government effectiveness. Political science and psychology researchers have attempted to understand policy acceptance through individual and contextual factors but still cannot explain all attitudinal differences. READ MORE

  3. 2. Akrasia and Addiction in the age of Social Media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Benjamin Engström; [2023]
    Keywords : Akrasia; Weakness of will; Freedom of the Will; Addiction; Social Media Addiction; Dopamine; Dual system theory;

    Abstract : The concept of weakness of will, or Akrasia, relates to questions regarding the rationality of our choices. Philosophers such as Richard Holton and Alfred Mele have spearheaded the debate since the turn of the century, but quite recently arguments put forth by Nick Heather and Edmund Henden have catapulted the question into a subgenre between the medical, psychological, and philosophical fields. READ MORE

  4. 3. President Trump’s Operational Code A Political Psychological Approach to Foreign Policy Decision-Making

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Louise Thomasson; [2021]
    Keywords : Operational code analysis; beliefs; philosophical beliefs; instrumental beliefs; Donald Trump; VICS; political psychology; foreign policy decision-making; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate if there is a correlation between Donald Trump’s political beliefs and his foreign policy behaviour towards North Korea during 2016-2019. By applying the theoretical framework Operational Code redesigned by Alexander George, Trump’s political beliefs are visible through ten questions. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Well-Being and Self-Compassion : A study on the relationship between well-being and self-compassion in a Cuban sample

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Petra Westberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Well-being; Self-compassion; Compassion; Hedonic well-being; Eudaimonic well-being; Cuba;

    Abstract : Well-being is a human goal globally and has been considered so since the early days of philosophical thought. As the science of well-being has grown the last decades, well-being has widely been agreed to consist of two core components: Hedonic well-being and Eudaimonic well-being. READ MORE