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Johan Westerman
Johan Westerman is a researcher who obtained his PhD in sociology from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) in 2020. His dissertation, entitled Motives Matter, investigated the intrinsic mo

Johan Mellberg
I am Adjunct Associate Professor in Finance at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen (NHH) and researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I received my PhD in 2020. My research is focused o

Johan E. Gustafsson
I am a Senior Lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and a Lecturer at the University of York. My research focuses on theoretical problems in ethics, value theory, and political philosophy. I also w
Explaining Swedish Sibling Similarity in Fertility: Parental Fertility Behavior vs. Social Background
Demographic Research, 39(32): 884-893. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.32 Abstract Objective: The aim of this descriptive study is to determine which of the family-specific factors, parental fertility behav
Rawlsian Constructivism and the Assumption of Disunity
Journal of Political Philosophy, 27/1 (2019): 48–66. DOI: 10.1111/jopp.12157 Read the article: Rawlsian Constructivism and the Assumption of Disunity

Lag eller näve? Intervju med Victor Lundberg och Johan A Lundin om SSU och en antifascistisk kamp
Historikerna Johan A Lundin och Victor Lundberg intervjuas av Gustaf Arrhenius och Erika Karlsson om sin artikel "Med ett våldsamt knytnävsslag och en välriktade spark? SSU och den nazistiska utmaning
Whatever You Want: Inconsistent Results is the Rule, Not the Exception, in the Study of Primate Brain Evolution
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
The Difference Principle Would Not Be Chosen behind the Veil of Ignorance.
The Journal of Philosophy 115 (11):588-604, DOI: 10.5840/jphil20181151134 Abstract John Rawls argues that the Difference Principle (also known as the Maximin Equity Criterion) would be chosen by parties
A Paradox for the Intrinsic Value of Freedom of Choice
in Noûs, Volume 34:4 AbstractA standard liberal claim is that freedom of choice is not only instrumentally valuable but also intrinsically valuable, that is, valuable for its own sake. I argue that eac
A patch to the possibility part of Gödel’s Ontological Proof
in Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 2 AbstractKurt Gödel’s version of the Ontological Proof derives rather than assumes the crucial (yet controversial) Possibility Claim, that is, the claim that it is possib