Nils-Eric Sahlin – författare

F. P. Ramsey was a remarkably creative and subtle philosopher who in the briefest of academic careers (he died tragically in 1930 aged 26) made significant contributions to logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language and decision theory. His few published papers reveal him to be a figure or comparable importance to Russell, Carnap and Wittgenstein in the history of analytical philosophy. This book was the first critical study of Ramsey's work, offering a thorough exposition and interpretation of his ideas, setting the ideas in their historical context, and assessing their significance for contemporary research. The study is intended to complement the reissue of Ramsey's papers edited by Professor Hugh Mellor.

Decision theory and the theory of rational choice have recently been the subjects of considerable research by philosophers and economists. However, no adequate anthology exists which can be used to introduce students to the field. This volume is designed to meet that need. The essays included are organized into five parts covering the foundations of decision theory, the conceptualization of probability and utility, pholosophical difficulties with the rules of rationality and with the assessment of probability, and causal decision theory. The editors provide an extensive introduction to the field and introductions to each part.

F. P. Ramsey was a remarkably creative and subtle philosopher who in the briefest of academic careers (he died tragically in 1930 aged 26) made significant contributions to logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language and decision theory. His few published papers reveal him to be a figure or comparable importance to Russell, Carnap and Wittgenstein in the history of analytical philosophy. This book was the first critical study of Ramsey's work, offering a thorough exposition and interpretation of his ideas, setting the ideas in their historical context, and assessing their significance for contemporary research. The study is intended to complement the reissue of Ramsey's papers edited by Professor Hugh Mellor.

Rankning och bibliometriska mätningar breder ut sig. Forskningens och forskares kvalitet uttrycks många gånger i termer av citeringsanalyser och andra bibliometriska mått. Sådana bedömningar läggs också till grund för bland annat initiativ till samarbeten, sakkunnigprövningar och resursfördelning. Vid ett seminarium i maj 2010 diskuterades mätningarnas utbredning samt dess konsekvenser för forskning och kunskapsutveckling. I denna rapport sammanfattas delar av seminariets presentationer och diskussioner. Några frågor som diskuterades är: går det att mäta vetenskaplig kvalitet på det sätt som görs, och ger dessa mätningar en rättvis och på lång sikt hållbar bedömning av kvalitet? Särskilt uppmärksammades den begränsade användbarheten av bibliometri och rankning för att mäta kvalitet i humanistisk och samhällsvetenskaplig forskning. Vid seminariet ägnades också stort utrymme åt frågor rörande vilka konsekvenser den utbredda länkningen och bibliometrin kan förväntas få för forskares och forskningens villkor - och i förlängningen för forskningens kvalitet och för kunskapsutvecklingen i stort.

TRUST IS HARD TO EARN and easy to lose. This is well-known. Public trust in research is decreasing - why? Is it a problem? Have ghostwriting, salami publications, misconduct and distrust something to do with this loss? Is the reason simply that contemporary science seems to focus on productivity more than creativity? From various perspectives the papers and presentations in this volume focus on the ways in which factors affecting distrust and trust, including criteria of quality, are identified, measured and dealt with by universities and other institutions. But the authors do not merely identify a set of problems. They also discuss what is currently being done - and what could and should be done - to deal with the problems. Editors: Göran Hermeren, Kerstin Sahlin & Nils-Eric Sahlin. The volume is a collection of n papers and presentations by participants in a symposium at Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities).

Med sin kreativitet har människan erövrat världen, men också tagit livet av miljoner. Vill vi ha kreativa människor? Och vad är kreativitet? Nils-Eric Sahlin reder ut begreppet och till sin hjälp tar han krigare och matematiker, kockar och höjdhoppare, komponister och filosofer. De kreativa möter de okreativa. Den sanna kreativiteten ställs mot den falska. Ett enkelt recept på hur man skapar kreativa miljöer avslutar boken. I våra effektivitetskrävande tider prioriteras det enkelt mätbara och kortsiktigt produktiva på det svårmätbaras bekostnad. Vem behöver då en bok om kreativitet?