Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Love and madness in Plato's Phaedrus 

      Fan, Li (University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - Thesis
      The central thesis of the dissertation is that in the Phaedrus philosophy is presented as a kind of madness in a strict sense, that is to say, the claim is not that philosophy is necessarily unappreciated by the many, hence ...

    • Acting and understanding 

      Blomberg Stathopoulos, Alexander C. (University of St Andrews, 2016-06-23) - Thesis
      This thesis concerns the question of what it is for a subject to act. It answers this question in three steps. The first step is taken by arguing that any satisfactory answer must build on the idea that an action is something ...

    • Essentialism, nominalism, and modality: the modal theories of Robert Kilwardby & John Buridan 

      Johnston, Spencer C. (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      In the last 30 years there has been growing interest in and a greater appreciation of the unique contributions that medieval authors have made to the history of logic. In this thesis, we compare and contrast the modal ...

    • Testimony, context, and miscommunication. 

      Peet, Andrew (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      This thesis integrates the epistemology of testimony with work on the epistemology, psychology, and metaphysics of language. Epistemologists of testimony typically ask what conditions must be met for an agent to gain ...

    • Common human reason in Kant : a study in Kant’s moral psychology and philosophical method 

      Sticker, Martin (University of St Andrews, 2015-11-30) - Thesis
      In my thesis I explain why the common, pre-theoretical understanding of morality is an important part of Kant’s ethics, and I critically evaluate what the strengths and weaknesses are of doing ethics with the common ...