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Russell's metaphysical accounts of logic
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-08) - ThesisBertrand Russell’s works on logic, despite his reputation as a founder of mathematical logic, appear unnecessarily metaphysical and even naïve to contemporary logicians and philosophers. He offered several accounts of logic ... -
Commutative justice
(University of St Andrews, 2016-12-01) - ThesisThe purpose of this thesis is to present a conception of commutative justice. Commutative justice is defined as that part of justice in transfer (as opposed to justice in acquisition as well as distributive or rectificatory ... -
Knowledge-how : linguistic and philosophical considerations
(University of St Andrews, 2017-12-08) - ThesisThis thesis concerns the nature of knowledge-how, in particular the question of how we ought to combine philosophical and linguistic considerations to understand what it is to know how to do something. Part 1 concerns the ... -
Being : a dialetheic interpretation of the late Heidegger
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisIn my thesis, I present a novel interpretation of the so-called second Heidegger. In the first chapter I discuss the paradox of being, according to which talking and thinking about being leads to a contradiction. I also ... -
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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