Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Intuition, metacognition, and philosophical inquiry 

      Egler, Miguel (2019-12-04) - Thesis
      This thesis examines whether appeals to intuition provide warrant for philosophical positions and claims. Recent empirical studies suggest that people’s intuitions are sensitive to a host of epistemically irrelevant ...

    • What people say : publicity without semanticity 

      Tamburini, Victor (2024-12-04) - Thesis
      When a speaker utters a declarative sentence, we may report her speech indirectly: ‘She said that p’. What determines the content reported as what is said (p in ‘she said that p’)? In this dissertation I argue in a novel ...

    • The liberal case for transformative manipulation 

      McLean, Colin Alexander (2024-12-04) - Thesis
      The liberal philosophical tradition is defined in part by a commitment to political conditions that reflect a view of persons as independent agents who are capable of determining for themselves what matters in life. ...

    • The ethics of harming 

      Joseph, Joel (2024-12-04) - Thesis
      Commonsense morality rejects an unqualified requirement to promote the overall good. Moral constraints prohibit you from bringing about the overall good. For example, you seem morally required to save five people over one. ...

    • Making transformative decisions 

      Randell, Petronella Ruth (2024-12-04) - Thesis
      This thesis investigates the question of whether we can make transformative decisions rationally. The first chapter introduces and explores the nature of transformative experiences: what are they, and how do they bring ...