Department of Philosophy: Recent submissions
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On the Practical Impossibility of Being Both Well-Informed and Impartial
(Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics (EJPE), 2019)Adam Smith argued that the ideal moral judge is both well-informedand impartial. As non-ideal moral agents, we tend only to be truly well-informed about those with whom we frequently interact. ...Journal article -
How to be a Good Sentimentalist
(The University of Bergen, 2019-10-18)How can one be a good person? That, in essence, is the question I ask in this dissertation. More specifically, I ask how we, in general, can best go about the complex and never-ending task of trying to figure out what ...Doctoral thesis -
Autentisk Eksistens
(The University of Bergen, 2019-10-22)I denne teksten presenterer jeg forskningen min på Autentisk Eksistens. Jeg argumenter for at autentisk væren ikke innebærer former for selv-aktualisering sett i moderne selv-hjelp litteratur. Istedenfor viser jeg hvordan ...Master thesis -
Plato - A Voice for Peace. Political Accountability and Dramatic Staging
(The University of Bergen, 2018-12-07)With this dissertation I intend to give a contribution to the field peace and peacethematic. The hypothesis of the dissertation is that it is possible to read the Platonic corpus as a body of critique where Plato in the ...Doctoral thesis -
Ludwig Wittgenstein and Us 'Typical Western Scientists'
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)This piece continues my efforts to identify the link between the Philosophical Investigations’ (PI) criss-cross form and its conception of philosophy and philosophical methods. In my ‘The Philosophical Investigations and ...Chapter -
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Wittgenstein on understanding: language, calculus and practice
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Searching for Deep Disagreement in Logic: The Case of Dialetheism
(Springer, 2019)According to Fogelin’s account of deep disagreements, disputes caused by a clash in framework propositions are necessarily rationally irresolvable. Fogelin’s thesis is a claim about real-life, and not purely hypothetical, ...Journal article -
A brief update on editions offered by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen and licences for their use (as of June 2018)
(2018)The paper presents the resources offered by the Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB) on Wittgenstein Source. Moreover, it describes the conditions for their use. Finally, the paper also briefly introduces ...Journal article -
Insanity: Our last taboo? On attitudes towards people with a mental disorder in light of Michel Foucault`s "The History of Madness".Galskap – vårt siste tabu? Om haldningane til menneske med psykiske vanskar i lys av Michel Foucaults «Galskapens historie».
(The University of Bergen, 2018-12-13)Master thesis -
Historical epistemology. An exegesis of the epistemological object in clinical psychology and psychiatry.Historisk epistemologi. En eksegese av det epistemologiske objektet i klinisk psykologi og psykiatri
(The University of Bergen, 2018-12-13)Master thesis -
Should we care about the existence and well-being of future generations? An inquiry into the non-identity problem
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)I vår tidsalder, har klimaendringer stått frem som et av de største utfordringene vi står ovenfor som en samlet menneskehet. Vi har allerede sett endringene i klimaet, og forskere anslår at de fremtidige effektene av ...Master thesis -
Natural normativity. An Aristotelian theory of practical reason. Naturlig normativitet. En Aristoteliansk teori om praktisk fornuft
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)Våre liv gjennomsyres av normativitet. Vi dømmer handlinger og oppfatninger hos andre og hos oss selv på bakgrunn av normative begreper som bra og dårlig, rett og galt. Vi handler i samsvar med normative grunner, normativitet ...Master thesis -
Bør eutanasi legaliseres i Norge? Should Euthanasia be legalized in Norway?
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-30)Enkelte svært syke mennesker ønsker hjelp til å dø. I land det er naturlig for Norge å sammenligne seg med, som Nederland, Belgia og Canada, er ulike former for dødshjelp legalisert. I denne oppgaven diskuterer jeg om ...Master thesis -
Thomas Hobbes naturtilstand og internasjonale relasjoner: Tolkninger av konflikten i Ukraina
(The University of Bergen, 2017-12-04)Is the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes still relevant in the study of international relations, and, if so, why and how? While the classical, often labeled «realist» interpretation of Thomas Hobbes’ state of nature is a state ...Master thesis -
The Cosmopolitan Rights of Foreigners. A Phenomenological Defense of Cosmopolitan Law
(The University of Bergen, 2018-06-18)This thesis argues that states have cosmopolitan obligations of a moral-legal character. These obligations are articulated as “cosmopolitan law”, which is a Kantian term referring to the morallegal norms that ...Doctoral thesis -
Crime, Punishment, and Understanding Justice through Injustice
(The University of Bergen, 2018-08-24)The thesis discusses the justice of state punishment in response to criminal wrongs. The introductory chapter explores the logic of the concept of justice itself, proposing that we understand justice as the function of ...Doctoral thesis -
Constructing motherhood: Russian women bringing up children in Bergen, Norway
(The University of Bergen, 2015-06-02)The main objective of this study was to explore how Russian women have constructed motherhood within the Norwegian context. The empirical material came from qualitative, loosely structured interviews with nine middle-class, ...Master thesis -
Hvorfor begjærer man sin egen undertrykkelse. En tekst om schizoanalysens relevans i gjeldsøkonomien
(The University of Bergen, 2017)Master thesis -
Filosofiske samtaler med innsatte i fengsel. En fordypning i samtalens form og innhold
(The University of Bergen, 2018-01-19)Since 2006 I have engaged in philosophical dialogues with inmates in Bjørgvin prison in Bergen, and these experiences form the foundation for my reflections in this thesis. In part one of this thesis I try to grasp ...Doctoral thesis
