Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Making sense of response-dependence 

      Busck Gundersen, Eline (University of St Andrews, 2007-06) - Thesis
      This thesis investigates the distinction, or distinctions, between response-dependent and response-independent concepts or subject matters. I present and discuss the three most influential versions of the distinction: ...

    • Being art - a study in ontology 

      Weh, Michael (University of St Andrews, 2007-06) - Thesis
      I present and defend a two-category ontology of art. The basic idea of it is that singular artworks are physical objects, whereas multiple artworks are types of which there can be tokens in the form of performances, ...

    • The metaphysics of agency 

      Schlosser, Markus E. (University of St Andrews, 2007) - Thesis
      Mainstream philosophy of action and mind construes intentional behaviour in terms of causal processes that lead from agent-involving mental states to action. Actions are construed as events, which are actions in virtue of ...