Browsing Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap by Title
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Disagreement in metametaphysical dispute
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Recent years have seen several studies of metaphysical disputes as disagreement phenomena employing the resources from the research on disagreement in social epistemology. This paper undertakes an analogous study of the ... -
DISCOURSE ON POWER: An analysis of the academic discourse on Pashtuns in North-West Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masteravhandlingen samler og analyserer akademisk forskning som ser på utviklingene i makt og kjønn i Pashtun-dominerte regioner i nord-vest Pakistan. Den setter søkelys på utviklingen i diskursen fra 1960-tallet til ... -
Diskursteoriens differensiering – Hvorfor Habermas’ diskursetikk ikke er en etisk teori
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)I denne artikkelen forsøker jeg å vise at Habermas’ diskursteori gjennomgår en begrepsmessig utvikling som altfor ofte blir oversett, undervurdert eller misforstått i kommentarlitteraturen. Viktige endringer i hans egen ... -
Distinction between euthanasia and palliative sedation is clear-cut
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article is a response to Thomas David Riisfeldt’s paper entitled ‘Weakening the ethical distinction between euthanasia, palliative opioid use and palliative sedation’. It is shown that as far as euthanasia and palliative ... -
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 ... -
Dommedag i Waco - Amerikanske myndigheters ekspertbruk og konflikthåndtering overfor Branch Davidians
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis addresses the US authorities’ conflict with the Branch Davidians from the start of the investigation to the ending of the siege. The thesis is splitt into two main parts. The first concerns the Bureau ... -
Duties and Rights of Biobank Participants: Principled Autonomy, Consent, Voluntariness and Privacy
(Chapter, 2009)In this chapter the notion of principled autonomy is presented, and the perspective enabled by this notion is applied in the field of biobanking. Some consequences of the perspective of principled autonomy on aspects of ... -
Dynamic Perspectives on Defamation of Religion among Jewish NGOs
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Egenhetens grenser: Samtidens autentisitet
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne tekstens hensikt er å se nærmere på autentisitetsbegrepet i forbindelse med eksistensfilosofien, og hvordan dette kan anvendes i vår samtid. Jeg vil gå nærmere inn på den historiske sammenhengen og utviklingen av ... -
Eksistensiell lidelse - En filosofisk tilnærming til et medikalisert fenomen
(Master thesis, 2016)“Existential suffering” is a widely used concept within palliative care, however this far no precise definition has been forthcoming in the literature. The goal of this thesis is both to explore the rather confusing realm ... -
ELSA in Norway: How to shape innovation for better technology in a better society
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En avhandling om meningens natur
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne teksten undersøker muligheten for en naturalisert forståelse av fenomenet perseptuell mening, med utgangspunkt i David Humes filosofi. Humes prosjekt kan forstås som et forsøk på å naturalisere mentale emner, og gi ... -
En filosofisk vandring med objektivitet og erfaring som anliggende
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)I denne bacheloroppgaven har jeg undersøkt om det gir mening å snakke om objektivitet i erfaring, uten å anta det gitte. Dette krevde i første omgang at jeg avgrenset hva objektivitetsbegrepet ikke skulle forstås som, ... -
En undersøkelse av dømmekraften : om forholdet mellom smak, enighet og makt
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, I explore the faculty of judgment based on Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt and Pierre Bourdieus point of view. Kant argues that the faculty of judgment allows us to convey between the general and the particular. ... -
Enacting a jazz beat: Temporality in sonic environment and symbolic communication
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)What does it mean to enact a jazz beat as a creative performer? This article offers a critical reading of Iyer’s much-cited theory on rhythmic enaction. We locate the sonic environment approach in Iyer’s theory, and criticize ... -
Endorsement, disclosive coping and narratives : morality and action in a Korsgaardian response to Houellebecq's reflective nihilism in Submission
(Master thesis, 2018)Det antas av mange filosofer at kantianske teorier i prinsippet er for hardhjertete eller for abstrakte til å kunne fange hvordan vi handler og burde handle i verden. I møte med noen som spør «finnes det virkelige grunner ... -
Entanglement as the world-making relation: distance from entanglement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Distance, it is often argued, is the only coherent and empirically adequate world-making relation that can glue together the elements of the world. This paper offers entanglement as an alternative world-making relation. ...