Browsing Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap by Title
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Moral og dydsetikk i psykoterapi
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)Psykoterapi er, i tillegg til å være en vitenskapelig fundert praksis, også er en moralsk fundert praksis. Den psykoterapeutiske kontekst er også en arena for kultivering av dyder. Dette kan tenkes å få store konsekvenser ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
New Age and Norwegian Conspirituality
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No cosmopolitan morality without state sovereignty
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article takes issue with the common view that cosmopolitan normative commitments are incompatible with recognition of state sovereignty as a basic principle of international law. Against influential cosmopolitans, who ... -
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’ ... -
Non-supernaturalism: Linguistic Convention, Metaphysical Claim, or Empirical Matter of Fact?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper examines our pre-theoretic conception of non-supernaturalism; the thesis that all that exists is natural. It is argued that we intuitively take this thesis to be a substantive, non-dogmatic, empirically justified, ... -
Norms of Testimony in Broad Interdisciplinarity: The Case of Quantum Mechanics in Critical Theory
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While much interdisciplinarity brings together proximate fields, broad interdisciplinarity sees integration between disciplines that are perceived to be non-neighboring. This paper argues that the heterogeneity among ... -
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 ... -
Næss og moderne argumentasjonsteori
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Old problems for neo-positivist naturalized metaphysics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In her paper “Neo-positivist metaphysics” (Philosophical Studies, 160(1), 53–78, 2012), Alyssa Ney promises a naturalized metaphysics that is acceptable even by positivists’ – and specifically Carnap’s – standards. This ... -
”Om å gjenvinne stemmen – Merleau-Ponty. Psykoanalysen og kroppens fenomenologi“
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Denne artikkelen forsøker å vise hvordan Merleau-Pontys analyser av kropp og persepsjon kan gjøres fruktbare for aktuelle begrepsutviklinger innen psykoanalytisk og klinisk diskurs. Merleau-Pontys tilnærming og kritikk ... -
Om dyrs moralske status : hvordan tenke på våre forpliktelser overfor dyr
(Master thesis, 2017)The question of the moral status of animals is a central problem in animal ethics. A range of questions arises when discussing the moral status of animals. How should we understand the concept of moral status? What kind ... -
Om forholdet mellom tekst og meningsdannelse
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On Deriving Essentialism from the Theory of Reference
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08)Causal theories of reference for natural kind terms are widely agreed to play a central role in arguments for the claim that theoretical identity statements such as “Water is H2O” are necessary, if true. However, there is ... -
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 ... -
Padmasambhava in the Conjured Past
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Panpsykisme, idealisme og Arthur Schopenhauer
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, I discuss consciousness oriented views on the mind body problem from the viewpoint of Arthur Schopenhauer's philosophy of the world as will and representation. I will show that his system indeed can be ... -
På nett med Gud: En religionssosiologisk studie av hverdagsreligiøsitet, sosiale relasjoner og religiøs identitet på Jesusonline.no
(Master thesis, 2012)The past 500 years there has been a state church system in Norway. It is therefore possible to speak of an official model when it comes to religion in the Norwegian society, which is represented by The Church of Norway. ...