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The dignity of persons : Kantian ethics and utilitarianism
(University of St Andrews, 2020-07-27) - ThesisThis work is an attempt to develop a general ethical framework, the product of the synthesis of Kantian ethics and Utilitarianism, giving us a basic account of the dignity of persons and the structure of the moral community. ... -
Plato on time as a cosmic phenomenon
(University of St Andrews, 2020-06) - ThesisThe thesis presents an original interpretation of the account of time in the Timaeus (37c6-39e2), arguing that time in Plato is best conceived of as a cosmic phenomenon. In Part I, my view is contrasted in crucial respects ... -
Remember the medium! : film, medium specificity, and response-dependence
(University of St Andrews, 2020-06-22) - ThesisMedium specificity is a theory, or rather a cluster of arguments, in aesthetics that rests on the idea that media are the physical material that makes up artworks, and that this material contains specific and unique features ... -
Fiction and its objects
(University of St Andrews, 2020-06-22) - ThesisThis thesis develops a metaphysics of fictional objects that is embedded in a theory of fictional practice and maximally preserves the meanings of our fictional utterances. I begin by asking two questions: How can it be ... -
The anatomy of aesthetic experience
(University of St Andrews, 2020-06-22) - ThesisThe primary aim of this thesis is to formulate an intensional definition of aesthetic experience. Its secondary aims are (i) to show how this definition might be used for empirical research and (ii) to better understand ...
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