Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Emotional responses to interactive fictions 

      Hagger, Andrzej (University of St Andrews, 2012) - Thesis
      We commonly feel a variety of emotional responses to works of fiction. In this thesis I propose to examine what we understand by the terms fictional and narrative, and to describe what sorts of narrator might be required ...

    • The concept of happiness in Kant's moral, legal and political philosophy 

      Pinheiro Walla, Alice (University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - Thesis
      This doctoral thesis analyzes the systematic role of Kant’s conception of happiness in his moral, legal and political theory. Although many of his conclusions and arguments are directly or indirectly influenced by his ...

    • Appealing to intuitions 

      Langkau, Julia (University of St Andrews, 2013-06-27) - Thesis
      This thesis is concerned with the ontology, epistemology, and methodology of intuitions in philosophy. It consists of an introduction, Chapter 1, and three main parts. In the first part, Chapter 2, I defend an account of ...

    • Epistemic theories of democracy, constitutionalism and the procedural legitimacy of fundamental rights 

      Allard-Tremblay, Yann (University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - Thesis
      The overall aim of this thesis is to assess the legitimacy of constitutional laws and bills of rights within the framework of procedural epistemic democracy. The thesis is divided into three sections. In the first section, ...

    • Concepts in context 

      Onofri, Andrea (University of St Andrews, 2013) - Thesis
      My thesis tackles two related problems that have taken center stage in the recent literature on concepts: • What are the individuation conditions of concepts? Under what conditions is a concept C₁ the same concept ...