Search Results for:
math
15 January, 2019

Mats Ingelström

CFO and Head of Research CoordinationTel: +46 8 402 12 00 (vx)E-mail: [email protected] In my role as the Manager of Research Coordination, I lead our team of research coordinators. Research at

Read more
06 March, 2020

Mistake is to Myth What Pretense is to Fiction: A Reply to Goodman.

Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
Read more
27 February, 2025

Future of food: A technology-centered path towards sustainable production in 2100

Futures, vol. 167 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and formulate a specific technology-centered path to reach it. In this scenario, the human population

Type of publication: Journal articles | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
Read more
03 September, 2020

The Relation Between Gender Egalitarian Values and Gender Differences in Academic Achievement

Frontiers in Psychology, 11:236 Abstract Gender differences in achievement exhibit variation between domains and between countries. Much prior research has examined whether this variation could be due t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Vartanova, Irina
Read more
17 December, 2024

Backcasting the Future of Food: A Technology-Oriented Path to Sustainable Production in 2100

Institute for Futures Studies Working Paper 2024:18 Abstract We stipulate a normatively desirable scenario for food production in 2100 and identify a technology-centered path to attain it. The target ou

Type of publication: Working papers | Jebari, Karim , Engström, Emma
Read more
18 December, 2023

Implicit Gender Bias

In Duarte, M., Losleben, K. & K. Fjörtoft (red.) Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia. Routledge. Abstract This chapter explores the phenomenon of implicit gender bias within a higher

Type of publication: Chapters | Berndt Rasmussen, Katharina
Read more
25 August, 2007

Wage Differences Between Women and Men in Sweden – the Impact of Skill Mismatch

This paper investigates skill mismatch and its impact on gender differences in wage gap and in returns to education in Sweden 1993 to 2002. It shows that over- and undereducation contribute far more t

Type of publication: Working papers | Mats Johansson and Katarina Katz
Read more
17 September, 2002

Pathways to Retirement and Retirement Incentives in Sweden

The paper describes retirement behavior in different groups of the Swedish labour force and economic incentives to exit the labour market for them, in order to see to what extent these match up. The r

Type of publication: Working papers | Mårten Palme and Ingemar Svensson
Read more
06 March, 2020

Does semantic information need to be truthful?

Synthese 196(7): 2885–2906. doi.org/10.1007/s11229-017-1587-5 Abstract The concept of information has well-known difficulties. Among the many issues that have been discussed is the alethic nature of a se

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
Read more
22 January, 2020

David Sumpter: Reasons why we should NOT worry about fake news, echo chambers, filter bubbles and Cambridge Analytica

David Sumpter, Professor of Applied Maths at Uppsala University Abstract Much of the recent media reporting about social media has revolved around the potential dangers. Terms such as fake news, filter

Read more