Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Freedom as a moral concept 

      Kristjansson, Kristjan (University of St Andrews, 1990) - Thesis
      This thesis constitutes a conceptual inquiry into the nature of social freedom, which is held to be logically distinct from other freedom-concepts although it presupposes free-will/autarchy. The thesis argues for ...

    • The self and self-conciousness 

      Hamilton, Andrew J. (University of St Andrews, 1988) - Thesis
      It is the aim of this thesis to consider two accounts of 1st-person utterances that are often mistakenly conflated - viz. that involving the 'no-reference' view of "I", and that of the non-assertoric thesis of avowals. ...

    • Poincaré's philosophy of mathematics 

      Folina, Janet (University of St Andrews, 1986) - Thesis
      The primary concern of this thesis is to investigate the explicit philosophy of mathematics in the work of Henri Poincare. In particular, I argue that there is a well-founded doctrine which grounds both Poincare's negative ...

    • Equality, priority, and aggregation 

      Hirose, Iwao (University of St Andrews, 2004) - Thesis
      In this dissertation, I discuss two distributive principles in moral philosophy: Derek Parfit's Prioritarianism and Egalitarianism. I attempt to defend a version of Egalitarianism, which I call Weighted Egalitarianism. ...

    • An account of a valuable phenomenon found primarily in art, after Collingwood 

      McGuiggan, James Camien (University of St Andrews, 2011-11) - Thesis
      This dissertation enquires into the nature and value of a phenomenon which is typically found in art. Chapter 1 attempts to get clear on what phenomenon is being discussed by considering various thinkers' attempts to ...