Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions
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A nonstandard re-evaluation of Lewisian metaphysics for the material world
(2025-06-30) - ThesisThis Thesis is an attempt to look at the nature of the material world and some of the riddles that trouble our understanding of it from a broadly nonstandard -- or heterodox if you like -- Lewisian point of view. That is, ... -
Aggregating value. Trade-offs, thresholds, and total goodness in lives
(2024-12-04) - ThesisI present my research on value aggregation. It aims to provide new answers to questions about value aggregation. In particular, after examining and proposing new objections to some prominent answers to the challenges of ... -
Philosophy and philosophy : the subject matter and the discipline
(2021-06-28) - ThesisThe last two decades have seen the proliferation of the empirical study of philosophy. This dissertation defends the practice and argues that to understand the way contingent features of the practice of philosophy affect ... -
Believing, imagining, and their relationship : a new theory of belief via the imagination
(2021-06-28) - ThesisThis thesis defends that to better grasp the nature of human belief and why imagining can lead to belief change (for example through propaganda), we must revise the 'Standard View' of belief, of imagining, and of the ... -
Intuition, metacognition, and philosophical inquiry
(2019-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis examines whether appeals to intuition provide warrant for philosophical positions and claims. Recent empirical studies suggest that people’s intuitions are sensitive to a host of epistemically irrelevant ...