Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • On subsistence and human rights 

      Tomalty, Jesse (University of St Andrews, 2012-06) - Thesis
      The central question I address is whether the inclusion of a right to subsistence among human rights can be justified. The human right to subsistence is conventionally interpreted as a fundamental right to a basic living ...

    • Types of conceptual enquiry : a case for thinking there is a type that does not depend on the notion of analyticity 

      Dawes, Ryan (University of St Andrews, 2011-11) - Thesis
      Many if not all Analytic Philosophers in the first seventy years or so of Analytic Philosophy thought that enquiry into concepts had a significant place in philosophy. This is not a view shared by most contemporary ...

    • On describing 

      Schoubye, Anders Johan (University of St Andrews, 2011-11-25) - Thesis
      The overarching topic of this dissertation is the semantics and pragmatics of definite descriptions. It focuses on the question whether sentences such as ‘the king of France is bald’ literally assert the existence of a ...

    • The ethics of globalisation, free trade and fair trade 

      Wood, Daniel (University of St Andrews, 2011-06) - Thesis
      In this thesis I take a broadly consequentialist normative position and argue that because fair trade is an inefficient method of aiding the poor, we should not support it and prefer free trade goods with an appropriate ...

    • The value of pleasure in Plato's Philebus and Aristotle's Ethics 

      Aufderheide, Joachim (University of St Andrews, 2011-11-28) - Thesis
      This thesis is a study of the theories of pleasure as proposed in Plato’s Philebus, Aristotle’s EN VII.11-14 and EN X.1-5, with particular emphasis on the value of pleasure. Focusing on the Philebus in Chapters 1 and 2, I ...