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The Concept of Betterness and Sport Competitions
(Turun yliopisto, 2015-03-20)
It is common that people disagree on a question which athlete or team was the best in a particular sport competition. This thesis attempts to clarify these disputes by analysing the concept of betterness in the context of ...
Populism in the hybrid media system : populist radical right online counterpublics interacting with journalism, party politics, and citizen activism
(Turun yliopisto, 2019-10-05)
Media systems of the 21st century have been described as “hybrid”, referring to flows of information being increasingly disseminated, circulated, consumed, and interacted with in overlapping publics at various times by ...
Concepts and Reference. Defending a Dual Theory of Natural Kind Concepts
(Turun yliopisto, 2008-11-22)
In this thesis I argue that the psychological study of concepts and categorisation, and the philosophical study of reference are deeply intertwined. I propose that semantic intuitions are a variety of categorisation ...
IN DUBIO PRO NATURA? A Philosophical Analysis of the Precautionary Principle in Environmental and Health Risk Governance
(Turun yliopisto, 2008-06-10)
In this book, I apply a philosophical approach to study the precautionary principle in environmental (and health) risk decision-making. The principle says that unacceptable environmental and health risks should be anticipated, ...
Queering bioethics: a queer feminist framework for vulnerability and principles
(Turun yliopisto, 2021)
Gender and sexual variance invite a cornucopia of philosophically salient inquiries. My dissertation considers them in the realm of bioethics. Bioethics can be defined as a field of philosophy that interrogates ethical, ...
Among friends and strangers: The influence of residential context on attitudes and deliberation on immigration
(Turun yliopisto, 2021-12-10)
This dissertation analyzes how living environment influences the majority population’s attitudes toward immigration and the way they deliberate on the issue in small groups. It examines the potential of established theories ...