Sökning: "epistemic virtues"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden epistemic virtues.

1. 1. Hardened hearts : Are the Swedish people being failed as moral agents by Swedish authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic?

   Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Författare :Andrea Johansson; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Pandemic ethics; virtue ethics; moral responsibility; epistemic injustice; collective agency;

   Sammanfattning : Almost since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweden has been criticised for doing too little to stop the spread of the virus. No lockdowns have been implemented and schools have stayed open throughout the pandemic. LÄS MER

3. 2. (Don't) Think for Yourself : On Thinking and Teaching Critically and Responsibly

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Författare :Evelina Edfors; [2021]
   Nyckelord :Critical Thinking; Credulity; Truth Conduciveness; Epistemic Responsibility; Epistemic Fluidity; Social Epistemology; Virtue Epistemology;

   Sammanfattning : In this thesis, I explore the issue of epistemic responsibility. I start by examining an argument against the use of critical thinking made by Michael Huemer. Huemer argues that critical thinking is not epistemically responsible, because it is not as truth conducive as credulity. LÄS MER

4. 3. Edward Westermarck : Forskare i vetenskapens vindskiften

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

   Författare :Olof Ehrenkrona; [2019]
   Nyckelord :vetenskapshistoria; Westermarck; Durkheim; sociologi; socialantropologi; darwinism; moralfilosofi; epistemic virtues;

   Sammanfattning : Edward Westermarck, finlandssvensk sociolog och filosof, studeras med Lorraine Dastons och Peter Galisons (D&G) metod för att analysera vetenskapshistoriska förändringar. Syftet är att testa ändamålsenligheten i D&G:s analysmodell för att studera metodologiska och innehållsliga förändringar. LÄS MER

5. 4. Ett genis trovärdighet : En retorisk analys av Albert Einsteins vetenskapliga ethos

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Rebecka Göransdotter; [2018]
   Nyckelord :rhetoric of science; rhetoric of inquiry; ethos; prior and secondary ethos; implied auditor; Albert Einstein; special and general theory of relativity; science; theoretical physics; scientific ideal and norms; epistemic virtues; nationalism; anti-Semitism; genre; popular science; popularization; retorik; vetenskapsretorik; ethos; primär och-sekundärethos; föreställd publik; Albert Einstein; allmäna och speciella relativitetsteorin; vetenskap; teoretisk fysik; vetenskapliga ideal; epistemologiska dygder; nationalism; internationalism; antisemitism; genre; populärvetenskap; popularisering;

   Sammanfattning : Albert Einstein published the English translation of Relativity: The Special and General Theory in the midst of two big events in 1920: the confirmation of the two theories of relativity and spacetime in 1919 and the Nobel prize in physics in 1921. The new global celebrity wanted to make the theories intelligible and readable for an international English-speaking audience, an audience that also included antagonistic scientists and even anti-Semites. LÄS MER

7. 5. Att skapa sig själv : Carl Peter Thunbergs persona konstruerad genom hans reseskildring

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

   Författare :Klara Nordström Sundborg; [2018]
   Nyckelord :persona; epistemic virtues; travel account; natural history; early modern science; persona; epistemiska dygder; reseskildring; naturalhistoria; tidigmodern vetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis by the name To create oneself: Carl Peter Thunberg’s persona constructed by means of his travel account draws inspiration from recent studies within the history of science regarding the concept of persona. It seeks to expand the notion of persona to examine how it could be constructed and refined by individuals. LÄS MER