Search Results for:
something
21 December, 2017
a historic revolution

A revolution of norms

We are part of a historic revolution. This is how Pontus Strimling's TED-talk The Rise of Modern Values begun at TEDx Uppsala in November. In 18 minutes Pontus explains how norms are not something to be

Read more
17 March, 2021

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
Read more
14 May, 2014

IF starts a blog

The Institute for Futures Studies now has a blog named Framtider (Futures), a name it has inherited from a magazine that was previously published by the Institute. On this blog you will find posts on

Read more
13 July, 2015

What we talk about when we talk about equality

Equality seems like a simple enough notion. It is about everybody having the same amount of whatever resources we care about. But is it really that simple? The American philosopher Larry Temkin tells

Read more
18 December, 2020

New episode of The New World: Capitalism after the pandemic

Historian Adam Tooze is the guest in the second episode of The New World - a podcast from the Institute for Futures Studies and Aftonbladet Kultur.  Is the global response to the coronavirus outbreak a

Read more
11 January, 2016

Newsletter

If you want to get invitations to our seminars, get hold of documentation from previous activities and learn something about the research conducted at the Institute, please subscribe to our newsletter.

Read more
25 January, 2021
The New World - #2 Adam Tooze podcast

The New World - #2 Adam Tooze

Historian Adam Tooze is the guest in the second episode of The New World - a podcast from the Institute for Futures Studies and Aftonbladet Kultur. Is the global response to the coronavirus outbreak a

Read more
17 March, 2021

Dennett and Taylor’s alleged refutation of the Consequence Argument

in: Analysis, Volume 80, Issue 3 AbstractDaniel C. Dennett has long maintained that the Consequence Argument for incompatibilism is confused. In a joint work with Christopher Taylor, he claims to have

Type of publication: Journal articles | Gustafsson, Johan E.
Read more
27 February, 2025

Are Private Prisons Intrinsically Wrong? An Analysis

Jus Cogens, vol. 6 Abstract Several critics have argued that private prisons are not only problematic because of their worse effects but also intrinsically wrong. This article analyzes two prominent arg

Type of publication: Journal articles | Duus-Otterström, Göran
Read more
09 March, 2022
Lily Wahlman

Lily Wahlman

I work with criminology professor Jerzy Sarnecki, in the project "Effects of SIG in Stockholm". The aim of the project is to improve the state of knowledge about social action groups (SIG). SIG is a m

Master's degree in Criminology
Read more