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- Hallengren, Anders, 1950-
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The code of Concord : Emerson's search for universal laws
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this work is to detect a pattern: the concordance of Ethics and Aesthetics, Poetics and Politics in the most influential American thinker of the nineteenth century. It is an attempt to trace a basic concept of the Emersonian transcendentalist doctrine, its development, its philosophical meaning and practical implications. Emerson’s thought is analyzed genetically in search of the generating paradigm, or the set of axioms from which his aesthetic ideas as well as his political reasoning are derived. Such a basic structure, or point of convergence, is sought in the emergence of Emerson’s idea of universal laws that repeat themselves on all levels of reality.A general introduction is given in Part One, where the crisis in Emerson’s life is seen as representing and foreshadowing the deeper existential crisis of modern man.In Part 2 we follow the increasingly skeptical theologian’s turn to science, where he tries to secure a safe secular foundation for ethical good and right and to solve the problem of evil.Part 3 shows how Emerson’s conception of the laws of nature and ethics is applied in his political philosophy.In Part 4, Emerson’s ideas of the arts are seen as corresponding to his views of nature, morality, and individuality.Finally, in Part 5, the ancient and classical nature of Concord philosophy is brought into focus.The book concludes with a short summary.
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- Oetke, Claus
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Article on Nāgārjuna:Madhyamakakārikā
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Ingår i: Großes Werklexikon der Philosophie. - : Alfred Kröner Verlag. Stuttgart. - 3520829010 ; , s. 1063-1064
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- Östlund, David
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Ett manifest för processtolkande idéhistoria: 100 teser om tänkandet och dess historieskrivning
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Ingår i: Lychnos: Årsbok för idé- och lärdomshistoria. - 0076-1648. ; , s. 9-36
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The historiography of "ideas" and its basic conditions are treated under five headings: "Prepatory remarks"; "Cognitive work - its frames of interest and course through interrogative processes [spörsmålsprocesser]"; "The stylisation of thought by means of social interaction; "Thought as situated use of words"; "The responsibility of the thinker and the judicial interrogative process". Starting from a criticism against the blind use of everyday language in methodological self-reflection and historical analysis among intellectual historians - the habit of speech referring to "ideas" as ethereal things, not as human activities - the historical nature of the intellectual historians task is emphasised. A set of analytical tools and heuristic viewpoints are proposed, stressing the social nature of thinking: thought is nothing more or less than human acts and efforts which takes place in historical processes of interaction - processes to be reconstructed by the intellectual historian.
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- Amelin, Olov
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Medaljens baksida : Instrumentmakaren Daniel Ekström och hans efterföljare i 1700-talets Sverige
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis deals with scientific instrument-making in Sweden in the 18th century with an overview of the craft in the second half of the 17th century. The main character in this book, Daniel Ekström is introduced in chapter two. His position within the Swedish scientific community is described and the attempts by the Land Survey Board and the Academy of Sciences to institutionalise his business is discussed. Ekström travelled to England and France and the transfer of technology that followed from this journey is discussed. His followers, Johan Ahl and Johan Zacharias Steinholtz and their work are described. In 1762, Ahl moved to Denmark where the geographical circle, invented by Ekström, became an important technical condition for an ambitious mapping project. In Sweden on the other hand, J. Z. Steinholtz' business ended in bankruptcy. The optical instrument-makers are also described, the most prominent being Carl Lehnberg, who, just like Ekström, became a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences. In the final chapter a few comments on experimental physics and it's influence on Swedish instru-ment-making are given. Though most importantly, the failure of the attempt to establish scientific instrument-making is related to a more general change in how the sciences were regarded in Sweden around 1760.In appendix one, a comparison is made between a reflecting telescope by Ekström and a telescope by James Short. In appendix two, a list is given over Swedish instrument-makers and preserved Swedish scientific instruments. In appendix three, the workshops in Stockholm are displayed on a map.
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- Grandin, Karl
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Ett slags modernism i vetenskapen : Teoretisk fysik i Sverige under 1920-talet
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation considers the development of theoretical physics in Sweden in the 1920s. During this decade, the emphasis of the research in the theoretical physics departments of the Swedish universities changed from hydrodynamics to theoretical atomic physics. Research in hydrodynamics continued, but henceforth it was mainly conducted at the Technical College in Stockholm which, during this time, was fully occupied with developing its own research programme. This development took place through discussion, debate and strategic judgement.This development is investigated in terms of theoretical and experimental physics cultures, as well as through the study of 'theoretical technologies' and theoretical techniques. By applying these concepts it is easier to understand the developments and to formulate pertinent questions. Hydrodynamics constituted a theoretical technology where the education, the theoretical tools and the traditions for posing and dealing with problemsprovided the framework for the theoretical work.Four case studies have been made, each of the first three are centred on one main character, whilst the fourth study includes them all. C. W. Oseen is investigated first. His research was devoted almost exclusively to hydrodynamics, although he was well inclined towards, though critical of, the new physics. From the central position he occupied within Swedish physics, he was also to judge the new physics, partly as an expert atprofessorial appointments and partly through the evaluation work within the Nobel physics committee. Oskar Klein and Ivar Waller both belong to the first generation of Swedish theoretical physicists to concentrate their work on the new theoretical physics, but they followed different directions. In the last case study there are examples of how a decision was finally made in favour of the new physics, in connection with the appointment of a professor in Stockholm, and in connection with the Nobel Prize evaluations. In this way the focus of theoretical physics came to be changed.
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- Matti, Gunnar
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Det intuitiva livet : Hans Larssons vision om enhet i en splittrad tid
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study concerns the Swedish philosopher, Hans Larsson (1862-1944), who was also known as a writer, educator and cultural figure. The book concentrates on Larsson's philosophy of intuition, which is of central importance in his thinking as a whole. My aim is to examine the significance of the concept of intuition for Larsson, as well as the intentions behind his formulation of the doctrine of intuition. I show that the faculty of intuition was not merely an instrument of knowledge for Larsson, but symbolized a way of living, being and conducting oneself. It representented a life goal, "the intuitive life", and a utopia, "the intuitive culture". For Larsson, activating and stimulating one's intuitive talents was the route to a more authentic, active and meaningful life. It was through a more developed intuition that human beings could realize their human potential, that is, become truly human. The exercise of this capacity, he thought, brings unity and conciliation not only to the individual, but to relations between individuals.The study also shows how Larsson's doctrine of intuition offered an alternative to the dominant view of rationality at the time. In his view, intuition manifested the highest form of "logic". He sets this view against the mechanistic rationality emanating from the natural sciences which had begun to encroach upon spheres where it did not belong. Larsson's debut as an author, Intuition (1892), constituted a critique of the age which, in polemics against positivism and naturalism, argued for a rehabilitation of the significance of feeling and intuition in art, science and philosophy. A few years into the twentieth century, however, Larsson played a different role in the cultural debate. The new century brought with it a new cultural climate; anti-intellectual currents in which some sort of "intuition" was a prominent feature were growing stronger every day. Larsson increasingly came to emphasize the logical features of his own theory of intuition to offset what he viewed as a dangerous development.The intuition theme is combined with a biographical perspective aimed at bringing into sharper relief possible connections between Larsson's social background, his personality, his private affairs, and his intellectual concerns. The implications of the notion of "home" as a symbol for Larsson and his contemporaries will also be considered.
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