Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The background and use of the term 'idea' by Malebranche, Locke and Leibniz 

      Esterline, Albert Crawford (University of St Andrews, 1978) - Thesis
      The general distinction between uses of the term "idea" which we draw is between occurrences in the mind and dispositions for them as opposed to concepts. Locke uses "idea" in the first way, Malebranche uses it in the ...

    • The ideas of the Sophists in Plato's dialogues 

      Chang, K. -C. (University of St Andrews, 1992-07) - Thesis
      Aiming, in contrast to the traditional attitude, to arrive at general distinction of the role of the Sophists and the Sophistic Movement, this research concentrates on the individual Sophists rather than Socrates in five ...

    • Remembering dreams 

      Robertson, Michael (University of St Andrews, 1994-07) - Thesis
      This thesis concludes that our commonplace conviction that dreams are dreamt during sleep and remembered or forgotten upon waking is, at best, a speculative hypothesis open to a very reasonable scepticism. The conclusion ...

    • The concept of application 

      Stoothoff, Robert H. (University of St Andrews, 1960-01) - Thesis

    • What do I know? scepticism : reasoning and knowledge 

      Carrick, Laurence (University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - Thesis
      This thesis concerns approaches to solving the problem of paradoxical sceptical arguments from ignorance within contemporary epistemology. In chapter 1, I critically discuss three frameworks for approaching the sceptical ...