Blar i Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap på utgivelsesdato
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Kosmologi i miniatyr? Narrativitet i hindustanimusikk sett i relasjon til indisk religion
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:93, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Sammendrag av avhandlingen: Avhandlingen tematiserer hvordan det dominerende fortellingsparadigmet uttrykkes i både musikk og religion. Hovedeksempelet er hvordan fortellingsparadigmet i indisk religion viser seg i ... -
Rescuing Solidarity from Its Carers. A Response to Professor ter Meulen
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)The paper points out three serious problems in Ruud ter Meulen’s view of solidarity and of its role in healthcare ethics. First, it is not clear whether and to what extent ter Meulen expects normative concepts to be rooted ... -
Situating the intellect : McDowell, Dreyfus, and Merleau-Ponty on mindedness and embodiment
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne avhandlingen utforsker begrepet om sinn og dets forhold til persepsjon og kropp slik dette forstås i John McDowell, Hubert Dreyfus og Maurice Merleau-Pontys filosofiske prosjekter. McDowells påstand om en gjennomsyrende ... -
Respekt for menneskerettighetene i et globalisert næringsliv - En analyse av aktsomhetsvurdering i transnasjonale forretningsrelasjoner
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:178, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Respekt for menneskerettighetene I et globalisert næringsliv – en analyse av transnasjonale forretningsrelasjoner I 2011 ble FNs Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights innført. Retningslinjene for aktsomhetsvurdering ... -
Mixed views about radical life extension
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background: Recent studies on public attitudes toward life extension technologies show a mix of ambivalence toward and support for extending the human lifespan (Partridge 2009; Dragojlovic 2013; Funk et al. 2013). Attitudes ... -
Intuitions in Philosophical Semantics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We argue that the term “intuition”, as it is used in metaphilosophy, is ambiguous between at least four different senses. In philosophy of language, the relevant “intuitions” are either the outputs of our competence to ... -
Kraften i den praktiske fornuft : en undersøkelse ut i fra Jürgen Habermas' moralfilosofi
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is an attempt to understand what kind of force that lies in the use of practical reason. I wish to show how practical reason can be used to discuss and establish moral norms that have universal validity by ... -
Why is integration so difficult? Shifting roles of ethics and three idioms for thinking about science, technology and society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Contemporary science and technology research are now expected to become more responsible through collaboration with social scientists and scholars from the humanities. This paper suggests a frame explaining why such current ... -
I skjæringspunktet mellom ritual og tradisjon : en studie av skolegudstjenester i VGS sett i lys av teori om ritualer, sekularisering og sosial kapital
(Master thesis, 2015)The subject of this thesis is end term services for upper secondary schools. School’s services have been a cause of debate in Norway for a long period of time, but the focus has been exclusively on elementary schools and ... -
Religiometer - En religionssosiologisk studie av den offentlige debatt om behandlingsprosessen av konvertitters asylsøknader
(Master thesis, 2015)UDI and UNE treats annually asylum applications where asylum seekers claim to have converted from Islam to Christianity. They seek asylum in Norway because leaving Islam puts their lives in danger if they get returned to ... -
Kva er moderne teknologi? : om Heidegger og teknikken i nyare tid
(Master thesis, 2015)Life in the modern age is becoming increasingly more reliant on machine technology. Still, do we know what modern technology is? In asking this ontological question, I will inquire into the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. ... -
Hvor stor er en ting? Om rommets partikulære subjektivitet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Et partikulært til forskjell fra konseptuelt rom finnes ikke som gjenstand for mulige sannheter uten en global målestokk for sammenlikning av relasjonelt ekvivalente verdener. I sin rolle som rasjonell aktør kan mennesket ... -
Norwegian salmon farming and the chase for social legitimacy
(Chapter, 2016)Norway is a world-leading producer of farmed Atlantic salmon, but despite economic success the industry is controversial, and public opinion and local communities are increasingly sceptical or even hostile. The industry ... -
Moving and feeling - An exploration of the play between motion, emotion and motivation in yoga practitioners in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne oppgaven tar for seg det dynamiske forholdet mellom bevegelse, følelser og motivasjon hos praktiserende avmyoga i Norge i dag. Teoriene til grunne for oppgaven er alle basert i grunntanken om «embodiment», eller ... -
Reason, Will, and Direction of Fit. Critical Reflections on the Objectivism of Derek Parfit's On What Matters
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Mediating patienthood - from an ethics of to an ethics with technology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The changes that happen to healthcare services after the implementation of new assistive healthcare technologies (also called ‘welfare technology’ in the Nordic countries) concern more than increased efficiency and reducing ... -
Attitudes towards assisted dying are influenced by question wording and order: a survey experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Surveys on attitudes towards assisted dying play an important role in informing public debate, policy and legislation. Unfortunately, surveys are often designed with insufficient attention to framing effects; ... -
Designkundskabens DNA: Udforskning af designkundskab gennem designprocessen Mit DNA
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:31, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Sammendrag av avhandlingen: I ph.d.-projektet Designkundskabens DNA har jeg haft et forskerblik på min egen designproces. Jeg har udforsket kundskaben, som jeg udvikler, mens jeg formgiver tekstile materialer til tre ... -
Nakent liv og lovens problematikk : en undersøkelse ut ifra Giorgio Agambens politiske filosofi
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis I explore the relationship between bare life and the law based on Giorgio Agambens theoretical position. To Agamben politics exist because humans exclude their natural life from their own self, thus exposing ... -
Think Global, Buy National: CSR, Cooperatives and Consumer Concerns in the Norwegian Food Value Chain
(Journal article, 2016)In a world where issues of food safety and food security are increasingly important, the social responsibility of central actors in the food chain—producers and the main grocery chains—becomes more pressing. As a response, ...