Essays about: "theory of argumentation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 72 essays containing the words theory of argumentation.

  1. 11. Securitization of Migration in Europe : Pushback practices and the Role of the European Court of Human Rights

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Felix Matthes Bockel; [2021]
    Keywords : Migration and refuge; European Union; Pushbacks; Securitization; Copenhagen School; Critical Legal Theory; European Court of Human Rights ECtHR ;

    Abstract : An embedded case study investigating the ongoing securitization of migration in the EU from 2014-2020 and the role of legal institutions, in this case the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in these processes. Securitization Theory is used in combination with Critical Legal Theory to create a framework that attempts to both illuminate the role of the functional actor in Securitization Theory further, and the impact securitization has on legal institutions. READ MORE

  3. 12. Mapping the Singularity : A Diagrammatic Analysis of Kurzweil’s Singularity Argument and Some Objections

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Areskog; [2021]
    Keywords : Argument Diagram; Ray Kurzweil; The Singularity is Near; Singularity; Argument Mapping; Argument Tree; Critical Thinking; Argumentation Theory;

    Abstract : Constructing and understanding arguments is often difficult but key to both philosophyand other parts of the everyday life. Some methods to ease this task has been developed.One of the methods developed within informal reasoning is argument diagramming, amethod to structure and visualize arguments. READ MORE

  4. 13. Do Afghan women need saving? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Laura Bush’s representation of the women in Afghanistan

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Silke Møller; [2021]
    Keywords : ‘Embedded feminism’; Representation; Othering; Laura Bush; USA; Intervention; Afghanistan; CDA;

    Abstract : Do Afghan women need saving? This study focuses on the discourse of the USA’s First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush in the years (2001-2009) and how she represents the women in Afghanistan in the context of the USA-led intervention in Afghanistan. My aim is to understand how the USA intervention can be legitimized through Mrs. READ MORE

  5. 14. Questioning the unquestionable : A normative study of the values, argumentation and logic of the Swedish drug policy

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Statsvetenskap

    Author : Alexander Carmler; [2021]
    Keywords : drug policy; sweden; normative; values; logic; argumentation; internal validity; liberty; mill; narkotikapolitik; sverige; normativ; värden; logik; argumentation; intern validitet; frihet; mill;

    Abstract : Sweden’s drug policy still invokes the ideas of zero-tolerance and prohibition despite the high reported number of drug-related deaths and arrest rates for using drugs in Sweden in the latest years. To reach knowledge about why prohibition of illegal drugs has remained such a strong staple of Swedish politics for the latest 60 years, this study asks questions about which ideas and arguments constituting the Swedish drug policy, examines the logical coherence of these, and proposes an alternative policy route which aims to mitigate the shortcomings of the current policy. READ MORE

  6. 15. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION - in context, in theory and in empirical research

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Axel Rödström; [2020-08-28]
    Keywords : deliberative democracy; citizenship education; philosophy of education;

    Abstract : This master's thesis problematizes the deliberative citizenship education model from three different perspectives. It contains three substudies, which all investigate how deliberative democracy has been modelled on deliberative criteria for discussions. READ MORE