Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Normativity and law 

      Markwick, Paul (University of St Andrews, 2000) - Thesis
      An action's illegality can be irrelevant to a reason not to perform it. A plausible example of a reason not to assault is that assault causes suffering. Since assault is illegal, the reason pertains to a legally proscribed ...

    • Causation and responsibility : four aspects of their relation 

      Tarnovanu, Horia (University of St Andrews, 2015-06-25) - Thesis
      The concept of causation is essential to ascribing moral and legal responsibility since the only way an agent can make a difference in the world is through her acts causing things to happen. Yet the extent and manner in ...

    • Ideals, reasons, and the second person 

      Grahle, André (University of St Andrews, 2014) - Thesis
      The aim of this thesis is to shed light on important aspects of the role ideals play in practical reasoning. In the first chapter an account of ideals as conceptions of admirable ways of being (a true friend, a great ...

    • Aristotle on mathematical objects 

      Gühler, Janine (University of St Andrews, 2015-06) - Thesis
      My thesis is an exposition and defence of Aristotle’s philosophy of mathematics. The first part of my thesis is an exposition of Aristotle’s cryptic and challenging view on mathematics and is based on remarks scattered ...

    • Generics in context : generalisation, context and communication 

      Sterken, Rachel (University of St Andrews, 2014-04) - Thesis
      This thesis consists of four chapters and an introduction. The first chapter is concerned with cases of purported genericity which are true despite only a minority of the kind in question satisfying the predicated property ...