Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The source of modal truth 

      Cameron, Ross P. (University of St Andrews, 2006) - Thesis
      This thesis concerns the source of modal truth. I aim to answer the question: what is it in virtue of which there are truths concerning what must have been the case as a matter of necessity, or could have been the case ...

    • Kant on love 

      Rinne, Pärttyli (University of St Andrews, 2016-12-01) - Thesis

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      Paris, Panagiotis S. (University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - Thesis

    • Being and thinking in the social world : phenomenological illuminations of social cognition and human selfhood 

      Higgins, Joe (University of St Andrews, 2017-06-22) - Thesis
      At least since the time of Aristotle, it has been widely accepted that “man is by nature a social animal”. We eat, sleep, talk, laugh, cry, love, fight and create in ways that integrally depend on others and the social ...

    • Acta and omissions 

      Donald, Alexander Paul (University of St Andrews, 1989) - Thesis
      I identify and examine the grounds on which we describe an agent's non-doing as an omission to do X, and a cause of Y. I distinguish between the formal and material aspects of an omission. This is useful in setting aside ...