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Hans Herlof Grelland
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Angstens filosofi
2003
Angst har vært et viktig tema i nyere filosofi. Etter en kort introduksjon til fenomenologisk metode, gis det i denne artikkelen en presentasjon av Søren Kierkegaards, Martin Heideggers og Jean-Paul Sartres bidrag til angstens filosofi. Her relateres angstfølelsen til erfaring av intethet og til den grunnleggende eksistensielle friheten. Med utgangspunkt i denne filosofiske teorien gis en drøfting av hvordan angsten kan oppfattes som et uttrykk for en indre spenning. Til slutt vises det hvordan den filosofiske angstteorien kan relateres til konkrete angstformer og angstlidelser.
Space-Time, Phenomenology, and the Picture Theory of Language
2010
To estimate Minkowski’s introduction of space-time in relativity, the case is made for the view that abstract language and mathematics carries meaning not only by its connections with observation but as pictures of facts. This view is contrasted to the more traditional intuitionism of Hume, Mach, and Husserl. Einstein’s attempt at a conceptual reconstruction of space and time as well as Husserl’s analysis of the loss of meaning in science through increasing abstraction is analysed. Wittgenstein’s picture theory of language is used to explain how meaning is conveyed by abstract expressions, with the Minkowski space as a case.
Quantum Mechanics as a Semantic Problem
2018
Physics, like all science, is grown out of a desire to understand the world. However, modern physics with its mathematical form has become increasingly removed from the world of everyday experience and visual imagination. In quantum mechanics it is impossible to visualize the reality represented by the theory. All we have is a consistent mathematical structure. Although the theory works perfectly well instrumentally, the question remains, how can the mathematics of the theory impart understanding? If we look at mathematics as a language, we are faced with the semantic problem: how does the language of mathematics acquire meaning? In an attempt to answer this question, I study Derrida’s earl…
The Phenomenology of Space and Time: Husserl, Sartre, Derrida
2016
The notions of space and time have been a subject of philosophical discussion since antiquity. In modern philosophy, Newton’s concepts of absolute space and absolute time was subject to criticism by empiricists like Berkeley and Hume, who prepared the ground for Einstein and the ideas behind his theories of relativity. In this article, I will consider the concept of space-time from a phenomenological point of view, with particular reference to Jean-Paul Sartre and Jacques Derrida. Sartre presents a phenomenological notion of space as nothingness, and I argue that this notion corresponds closely to Einstein's view, and can be extended to include the notion of time, and hence of space-time. I…
Sustainability and Care: On a Philosophical Contribution to the Project of Sustainability
2015
In this chapter, Hans Herlof Grelland argues that care is an inherent element in how we can see the world. It is included in our lifeworld perspective. By using Heidegger and Kierkegaard, Grelland thereby shows how sustainability and care can be argued from a philosophical perspective. This provides a thought-provoking introduction to concern or care, setting the scene for a strategy in philosophical terms which highlights the role of education. “Care implies responsibility, and awareness of this responsibility is the beginning of the change which has to come”.
Derridas filosofi og kvantefysikken : om Derridas filosofi som grunnlag for en lingvistisk-empiriristisk forståelse av fysikken, med anvendelse på kv…
2005
Med utgangspunkt i Derridas kritikk av Husserl beskrives og kritiseres det tradisjonelle intuisjonistiske synet på fysikken. Dette foreslås erstattet med en lingvistisk empirisme, basert på Derridas språkfilosofi. Ved å betrakte matematikken i kvantemekanikken som et språk, oppnås en ny tilnærming til kvantemekanikkens tolkningsproblem.