Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Real impossible worlds : the bounds of possibility 

      Kiourti, Ira Georgia (University of St Andrews, 2010-06-25) - Thesis
      Lewisian Genuine Realism (GR) about possible worlds is often deemed unable to accommodate impossible worlds and reap the benefits that these bestow to rival theories. This thesis explores two alternative extensions of GR ...

    • The structure of logical consequence : proof-theoretic conceptions 

      Hjortland, Ole T. (University of St Andrews, 2010-06-25) - Thesis
      The model-theoretic analysis of the concept of logical consequence has come under heavy criticism in the last couple of decades. The present work looks at an alternative approach to logical consequence where the notion of ...

    • Lewis, counterfactual analyses of causation, and pre-emption cases 

      Landsberg, David (University of St Andrews, 2009-10-16) - Thesis
      Over the past few decades analyses of causation have proliferated in almost immeasurable abundance, and with two things in common; firstly, they make much of counterfactual dependence, and secondly, none of them successfully ...

    • Why death can be bad and immortality is worse 

      Kalnow, Cara (University of St Andrews, 2009) - Thesis
      This thesis examines the moral implications of the metaphysical nature of death. I begin with the Epicurean arguments which hold that death is morally irrelevant for the one who dies, and that one should regard it ...

    • Possible preferences and the harm of existence 

      Larock, Marc (University of St Andrews, 2009-06-20) - Thesis
      How good or bad is a person’s life? How good or bad is a world? In this dissertation, I will attempt to answer these questions. Common-sense would dictate that if a person’s life would be extremely bad, then bringing ...