Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Productive being : the continuity between life and action 

      Prokop, Mirko Alexander (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      What is the relationship between life and agency? Are all agents necessarily living organisms? How are we to understand the phenomena of life and action? This thesis aims to answer these questions against the background ...

    • The apriority of logical truth 

      Lobus, Indrek (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      I defend the claim that knowledge of logical truths does not depend on experience, that it is a priori knowledge. In chapter I, I introduce and clarify the idea of a priori knowledge, and in chapter II, I respond to a ...

    • Modal extensional mereology with an application to social groups 

      Schirripa, Giulia (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      How does Classical Extensional Mereology (CEM) interact with time and modality? In its first-order logical setting, CEM does not have the formal tools to deal with these dimensions. Nonetheless, it is often charged with ...

    • Affective engagement with narrative 

      Studt, Eric Michael (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This thesis takes the work of psychologists James Russell and Lisa Feldman Barrett on core affect and applies it to engagement with narrative. In the first part, I situate core affect in the philosophy of emotion and, ...

    • Demystifying normativity : morality, error theory, and the authority of norms 

      Gerritsen, Eline (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      We are subject to many different norms telling us how to act, from moral norms to etiquette rules and the law. While some norms may simply be ignored, we live under the impression that others matter for what we ought to ...