Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The achievement of perceptual presence : to perceive by having access to the world 

      Gong, Qianrong (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      This dissertation provides an enactive approach to perception. It argues that perceptual presence is achieved by perceivers. They do this by having access to the world through the navigation of sensorimotor contingencies ...

    • The nature and rationality of trust and trustworthiness 

      Mitchell, Thomas James Arthur (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      Trust and trustworthiness are highly important concepts; Trusting well enables us to achieve things we cannot do alone and to discover things that we cannot check for ourselves. Issues of trust sit in the intersection of ...

    • Productive being : the continuity between life and action 

      Prokop, Mirko Alexander (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      What is the relationship between life and agency? Are all agents necessarily living organisms? How are we to understand the phenomena of life and action? This thesis aims to answer these questions against the background ...

    • The apriority of logical truth 

      Lobus, Indrek (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      I defend the claim that knowledge of logical truths does not depend on experience, that it is a priori knowledge. In chapter I, I introduce and clarify the idea of a priori knowledge, and in chapter II, I respond to a ...

    • Modal extensional mereology with an application to social groups 

      Schirripa, Giulia (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      How does Classical Extensional Mereology (CEM) interact with time and modality? In its first-order logical setting, CEM does not have the formal tools to deal with these dimensions. Nonetheless, it is often charged with ...