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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 uppsatser innehållade ordet rorty.
1. Achievements of the Rational : A comparative argumentation analysis of witch hunts and conspiracy theories
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : According to philosopher Richard Rorty, rational debate and reasoning has limited impact on normative development of society. This seems to be at odds with modern design of democratic institutions, which are built to facilitate rational debate. Through a comparative study of two cases, the present paper examines Rorty’s theory. LÄS MER
2. Between given and created value : Finding new grounds for justifying human rights
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis aims at formulating a human rights justification based on the assumption that disbelief in human rights is found in communicative grounds, rather than some sort of unreasonable evil. I first identify what I believe to be a flaw in the communicative strength of existing human rights justifications in explaining why rights should be. LÄS MER
3. Multiculturalism and Its Implications
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : This thesis relies on the works of Charles Taylor in the field of multiculturalism, more specifically the well-known essay The Politics of Recognition. Through a theoretical analysis, arguments from Kenan Malik as well as Amelie Rorty are used as tools to highlight challenges with communitarian theory in the face of multiculturalism. LÄS MER
4. Historia och det förflutnas spegel : Pragmatiska perspektiv på det senaste halvseklets historieteoretiska debatt
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikSammanfattning : This master thesis studies debates on historical theory in Sweden ́s two main historical journals, Historisk tidskrift and Scandia, during the last fifty years. The study investigates discussions of epistemological questions, the purposes of historical writing, and the influence of postmodernism. LÄS MER
5. Putnam's Moral Realism
Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kommunikation och informationSammanfattning : Moral realism is the view that there are such things as moral facts. Moral realists have attempted to combat the skeptical problem of relativism, which is that the truth of an ethical value judgment is often, or always, subjective, that is, relative to the parties it involves. LÄS MER