Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • No tears for spilt milk : temporal neutrality and the rationality of future-bias 

      Nguyen, Anh-Quân (University of St Andrews, 2021-06-28) - Thesis
      Temporal neutrality has become widely accepted as a rational requirement for agents, due to recent arguments from Sullivan (2018), Greene and Sullivan (2015), Dougherty (2011, 2015) and Brink (2010), which build on older ...

    • Supersubstantival composition as identity 

      Manuel, Travis (University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - Thesis
      The most popular form of supersubstantivalism claims that each material object is identical to its location. Composition as Identity (CAI) claims that each material object is identical to its parts taken together. These ...

    • Skill-based acquaintance : a non-causal account of reference 

      Gové, Jean (2024-12-04) - Thesis
      This thesis provides an account of acquaintance with abstract objects. The notion of acquaintance is integral to theorising on reference and singular thought, since it is generally taken to be the relation that must exist ...

    • Voluntarism and virtue in Hume's moral philosophy 

      Galvagni, Enrico (2024-06-10) - Thesis
      The nature of morality and its foundations are prominent subjects of debate in the history of early modern ethics. A standard characterisation of the early eighteenth-century dispute opposes moral rationalism to moral ...

    • Conceptual baggage and how to unpack it 

      Wilson, Emilia Lynette (2024-06-10) - Thesis
      Our interpretive resources enable us to make sense of, navigate, and communicate about our shared world. These resources not only carve the world up into categories, but also guide how we, individually and collectively, ...