Browsing Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap by Title
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Anti-Representationalism, Naturalism, and Placement Metaphysics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)A perennial issue in contemporary philosophy is the question of how, in Wilfrid Sellars’ terms, categories of the ‘manifest image’ relate to those of the ‘scientific image’. A widespread kind of naturalism assumes that the ... -
Antikapitalismens ømme punkt?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Tredje venstre. For en radikal individualisme av Magnus Marsdal og Bendik Wold er blitt behørig omtalt i pressen, og forfatterne har forsvart sine synspunkter i en rekke debattinnlegg. Anmeldere har karakterisert utgivelsen ... -
An apology for conflicts between metaphysics and science in naturalized metaphysics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)According to naturalized metaphysics, metaphysics should be informed by our current best science and not rely on a priori reasoning. Consequently, naturalized metaphysics tends to dismiss metaphysicians’ attempts to quarrel ... -
Appreciation through use: How industrial technology articulates an ecology of values around Norwegian seaweed
(Journal article, 2018)This paper offers a moral history of the industrialisation of seaweed harvesting in Norway. Industrialisation is often seen as degrading natural resources. Ironically, we argue, it is precisely the scale and scope of ... -
Are Natural Kind Terms Ambiguous?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Recent experimental studies have claimed to find evidence for the view that natural kind terms such as “water” are ambiguous: that they have two extensions, one determined by superficial properties, the other by underlying ... -
Arguments from Need in Natural Resource Debates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)With regard to any natural resource, we can ask whether we should obtain (more of) it. We may further hold that the answer to this question depends, at least in part, on whether there is a need in our society for the ... -
Art and linguistic bodies: a transformative view
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article takes its point of departure from the second (embodied) linguistic turn represented by the enactivist notion of humans as linguistic bodies, using resources from Hans Georg Gadamer in order to propose a view ... -
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; ... -
«Å bli til i det å bli sett». Om sammenvevingen av det etiske og det estetiske i Trondheims minnepark for 22. juli-ofrene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Artikkelen er en fenomenologisk og hermeneutisk betraktning av Trondheims minnepark for 22. juli-ofrene. Bakgrunnen ligger i et etisk moment av hermeneutisk selvkritikk, som utspilte seg i storsamfunnets reaksjoner på ... -
Bachelor i generell fiosofi - Utforsking av Livskvalitet fra James Grifin og Derek Parfit sett gjennom dataspillverdener gjennom David Chalmers og Miguel Sicart
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Gjennomgåelse av livskvalitet (well-being) og dens sammenheng til dataspill, og om dette kan lede til økt livskvalitet, både for livet til de som har et normalt liv og andre potensielle med handikapp. Spill kan være ledeveien ... -
Back to the Future: The potential of Intergenerational Justice for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The establishment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) bolstered momentum to achieve a sustainable future. Undeniably, the welfare of future generations is a fundamental value of sustainable development since the ... -
Barad, Bohr, and quantum mechanics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The last decade has seen an increasing number of references to quantum mechanics in the humanities and social sciences. This development has in particular been driven by Karen Barad’s agential realism: a theoretical framework ... -
"Because Modern People Believe in New Skydaddy": Shifting Buddhist Identities and Authorities on Reddit
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Online religion may challenge traditional forms of practice, ideas, values, hierarchies, and authorities. This article explores some of the complex ways in which Buddhism is practiced as a lived religion on the internet. ... -
Begrunnelse for straff
(Bachelor thesis, 2024)Teksten undersøker de to hovedteoriene om straff: gjengjeldelsesteori og preventiv teori, representert ved Kant og Bentham. Gjengjeldelsesteorien, som foreslått av Kant, fokuserer på at straffen skal være proporsjonal med ... -
Between Darwin and the Devil: Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self
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Between science and society: the role of scientific expertise in conflict management
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Beyond the West: Towards a New Comparativism in the Study of Esotericism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This article has two main objectives: 1) to account for the relation between definitions, boundaries and comparison in the study of “esotericism” in a systematic manner; 2) to argue for an expansion of comparative research ... -
Biomaktens gisseltak på kroppene
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)I denne oppgaven skal jeg argumentere for hvorfor biomaktbegrepet til Foucault undergraver autonomi. Dette skal jeg sette opp mot et liberalistisk maktsyn for å vise forskjellene mellom de og sette de opp mot hverandre og ... -
Body, Nature and the Phenomenological Perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)I denne avhandlingen utforsker jeg materialiseringen av fenomener, forståelse av natur og menneskets rolle i samspillet mellom verden og mening i lys av Jane Bennetts og Karen Barads nymaterialisme og Maurice-Merleau-Pontys ...