Beyond reductionism: Contingent grounding and the Mind-Body Problem

I det här projektet undergrävs de två traditionella sätt på vilka man har betraktat kropp-medvetandeproblemet och föreslår en ny teori.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016, pp. 224, £25. Ratio. doi:10.1111/rati.12151 What does being disabled mean for the disabled individual’s life? Does being a disabled individual have inherent negatregarding disability.

Stina Björkholm

My research interests broadly concern evaluative and normative aspects of linguistic communication. I defended my PhD thesis The Duality of Moral Language: On Hybrid Theories in Metaethicsat Stockholm U

Springer, New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50874-0 This book takes the reader on a journey, navigating the enigmatic aspects of cooperation; a journey that starts inside the body and continues via our

Demography, Volume 55, Issue 3,  pp 929–955. Abstract A growing body of research has examined whether birth intervals influence perinatal outcomes and child health as well as long-term educational and s

PLoS ONE Abstract Primate brains differ in size and architecture. Hypotheses to explain this variation are numerous and many tests have been carried out. However, after body size has been accounted for

Democratization, vol 27, issue 5, p. 699-716 Abstract Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the r

Anandi Hattiangadi

I am a professor of philosophy at Stockholm University and a researcher here at the institute. I received my PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, at the University of Cambridg

A new theory about the relation between cognitive ability and moral opinions

Why is it that people with higher cognitive ability tend to have more liberal opinions on moral issues? This project will try to offer an explanation.

Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.