Blar i Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap på utgivelsesdato
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Communication, Cooperation and Conflict
(Journal article, 2012)According to Steven Pinker and his associates the cooperative model of human communication fails, because evolutionary biology teaches us that most social relationships, including talk-exchange, involve combinations of ... -
«De alternatives» virkelighetsforståelse – og media som formidler av «virkeligheten»: En religionssosiologisk undersøkelse av «det alternatives» fremstilling i media, og hvordan denne fremstillingen påvirker «de alternatives» virkelighetsforståelse
(Master thesis, 2012)This paper is a study in the sociology of religion on how New Age is presented in the media, and how this affects the «New Agers’» perception of reality. We have analyzed three examples from the media, where we look at how ... -
Justice Among States: Four essays
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:185, Doctoral thesis, 2012)The thesis is a defense of a cosmopolitan, yet state-based conception of international justice that emphasizes the normative significance of international law and international public institutions. Its starting point is ... -
The Great Dialogue: Overcoming the Dichotomising Logic of Orientalism
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:283, Doctoral thesis, 2013)I min doktorgradsavhandling har jeg forsøkt å demonstrere at Friedrich von Schlegel, Arthur Schopenhauer og Friedrich Nietzsche utgjør en revolusjonær hermeneutisk tradisjon som overskrider den vestlige forestillingen om ... -
The Realm of Right: On the Development and Final Formulation of Kant’s Legal Philosophy
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Questions
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Individ og fellesskap i bioetikken
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On envatment, experience and epistemology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This paper is about the relationship between anti-sceptical arguments that reflect on the (alleged) possibility that we might be a brain in a vat, and different conceptions of perceptual experience. I argue that while the ... -
«… så her må vi finne på noe annet.»: Hvorfor velger mennesker i dag personlig gravferdsseremoni? En religionssosiologisk analyse, basert på samtaler med gravferdskonsulenter
(Master thesis, 2013)This master thesis is a study in the sociology of religion, and the main theme for the thesis is religion and modernity. In this thesis, we focus on a new phenomenon within the field of funeral ceremonies. This new phenomenon ... -
Meta-Externalism vs Meta-Internalism in The Study of Reference
(Journal article, 2013)We distinguish and discuss two different accounts of the subject matter of theories of reference, meta-externalism and meta-internalism. We argue that a form of the meta-internalist view, “moderate meta-internalism”, is ... -
Virtuelle verdener og veseners virkelighet: Possibilisme, fiksjon og dataspill
(Master thesis, 2013)Oppgaven tar for seg forholdet mellom dataspill og skillet mellom fakta og fiksjon, og ser på muligheten for en possibilistisk løsning på hvorvidt dataspill er fiktive eller ikke. En generell innføring gir grunnlag for en ... -
Sorte brorskap, mørke korrespondanser og frelsende avsløringer. Konspirasjonsteori som esoterisk diskurs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Konspirasjonskulturen har ofte vært forbundet med fundamentalisme og høyreekstremisme. Ny forskning har analysert andre sider ved moderne konspirasjonskultur og foreslått at det nå har foregått en ny, paradoksal sammensmeltning ... -
Førkristne tradisjoner i bulgarsk folkeliv: Transformasjon og opptak i den kristne tro
(Master thesis, 2013)This paperwork explores the pre-christian traditions and folk customs in modern day Bulgarian folk life. The goal has been to discover how these traditions and customs have survived the coming of Christianity, and how they ... -
Non-reductive naturalism and the vocabulary of agency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Carl Sachs has recently provided a helpful discussion of Richard Rorty’s thinking concerning the question of naturalism, distinguishing between two positions he terms ‘non-reductive physicalism’ and ‘pragmatic naturalism’ ... -
The Prospects and Pitfalls of “Just-So” Storytelling in Evolutionary Accounts of Religion
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)I discuss problems importing evolutionary language into the study of religion. It is not impossible to do, but it is difficult to carry out properly in practice. I suggest five criteria for scholarship in the study of ... -
Do or don't: Why neuroscience hasn’t settled the question of free will (and a hint at a different answer)
(Master thesis, 2013)In recent years, scientists and science popularisers alike have seen profound consequences for our view of ourselves and the organisation of society in new findings about the functioning of the human brain. Prominent in ... -
We're not in it for the money - lay people's moral intuitions on commercial use of 'their' biobank
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Great hope has been placed on biobank research as a strategy to improve diagnostics, therapeutics and prevention. It seems to be a common opinion that these goals cannot be reached without the participation of commercial ... -
Vivaha i Norge - Hinduistisk ekteskapsinngåelse i Norge
(Master thesis, 2014)Diaspora Hinduism is Hinduism practiced outside India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The main focus of this master’s thesis is the diaspora Hinduism in Norway. The first Hindus settled in Norway in the 1960’s, while the majority ... -
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 ...