Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Time, self-consciousness, and categorial unity 

      Satija, Atul (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      These essays are an attempt to elucidate the notion of a category, which, broadly speaking, is a concept that accounts for the manner in which the constituents of experience are combined or held together. The relation of ...

    • From evidence to underdetermination : essays in the way of scepticism 

      Savino, Paolo (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      Scepticism about justification is the view that justification is impossible. Underdetermination scepticism is scepticism that turns on the idea that our beliefs are underdetermined by the evidence relative to certain ...

    • Working for each other : an account of the need for work in society 

      Thomas, Deryn Mair (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This dissertation evaluates a need for work. In doing so, it addresses a neglected topic – by systematically exploring the concept of work and its relation to basic needs – and situates that contribution in the context of ...

    • Identifying oneself as an element of the objective order : Nagel's question and Evans' response 

      McGrath, Jack Dylan (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      Frege leaves us with a task: to elucidate the fundamental character of the way in which we know which spatio-temporal particular is in question when we use the first person by formulating a semantic account of the first ...

    • Affective experience as a source of knowledge 

      Jost, Lara Apolline (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      In analytic philosophy, appropriate sources of knowledge do not include affective experience. In this thesis, I oppose this commonly accepted view and argue in favour of valuing the contribution of affective experience to ...