Essays about: "what is truth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 165 essays containing the words what is truth.

1. 1. Tabooing Dirty Hands?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Henning Bollmark; [2024]
   Keywords : Dirty Hands; torture; crisis; utilitarianism; weak rule utilitarianism; Sartre; moral fictionalism; political theory; unspeakable; taboo; Smutsiga händer; tortyr; kris; utilitarism; svag regelutilitarism; Sartre; moralisk fiktion; politisk teori; onämnbar; tabu;

   Abstract : The normative political theory problem of dirty hands (DH) concerns the troubling possibility that political leaders, from a (mostly) consequentialist perspective, might sometimes be morally required to make exceptions from sensitive rules like prohibitions of extremely harmful practices (e.g. READ MORE

3. 2. "We're here, and we don't know why" : An analysis of the postmodernist rejection of a universal meaning to life in Ken Grimwood’s novel Replay

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Samuel Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The question of the meaning of life is at the centre of this study without being directly addressed. The study does not analyse the meaning of life but rather how the main characters of the novel Replay (Jeff and Pamela) approach the question. READ MORE

4. 3. Unsupervised Clustering of Behavior Data From a Parking Application : A Heuristic and Deep Learning Approach

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

   Author : Edvard Magnell; Joakim Nordling; [2023]
   Keywords : ML; Machine learning; clustering; unsupervised learning; deep learning; autoencoder; AI; artificial intelligence;

   Abstract : This report aims to present a project in the field of unsupervised clustering on human behavior in a parking application. With increasing opportunities to collect and store data, the demands to utilize the data in meaningful ways also increase. READ MORE

5. 4. Mathematical Unconcealment and the Surveying of Proofs

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Jim Skog Pirinen; [2023]
   Keywords : philosophy of mathematics; Heidegger; Wittgenstein; surveyability; unconcealment;

   Abstract : Ever since the advent of computerized methods for solving mathematical problems, the concept of surveyability has played a central role in the debate surrounding what constitutes a mathematical proof. Ordinarily, it is by surveying the argument presented that the mathematician ascertains the truth of the conclusion, but with the advent of computer assisted technologies, there are mathematical conclusions known to be true without anyone ever having been able to survey the argument in its entirety. READ MORE

6. 5. Aspects of Postcolonialism Critique within Environmental Communication Efforts in Indonesia : Case study of Environmental Organizations in Jakarta and Bali

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Vidi Amelia Ratnafury; [2023]
   Keywords : Indonesia; Sustainable Development; Postcolonialism; Anthropocene; Grassroots; Bali; Environmental Communication; Climate Change; Climate Injustice;

   Abstract : Covering the issue of climate change is not always talking about what we as humans can do to save the planet. For many people in the Global South, it is about climate injustice – how the marginalized become the most affected people by climate crisis, yet they contribute to so much less emission compared to the people in the North / Western countries. READ MORE