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The source of modal truth
(University of St Andrews, 2006) - ThesisThis thesis concerns the source of modal truth. I aim to answer the question: what is it in virtue of which there are truths concerning what must have been the case as a matter of necessity, or could have been the case ... -
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Being and thinking in the social world : phenomenological illuminations of social cognition and human selfhood
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - ThesisAt least since the time of Aristotle, it has been widely accepted that “man is by nature a social animal”. We eat, sleep, talk, laugh, cry, love, fight and create in ways that integrally depend on others and the social ... -
Acta and omissions
(University of St Andrews, 1989) - ThesisI identify and examine the grounds on which we describe an agent's non-doing as an omission to do X, and a cause of Y. I distinguish between the formal and material aspects of an omission. This is useful in setting aside ...
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