Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Living on through future generations 

      Cecchinato, Mattia (2023-06-12) - Thesis
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    • Running out of time : the temporal case against the kalam 

      Bray, Nathan (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      In this dissertation, I argue that if the kalam cosmological argument works, then it must work on either the A-theory of time or the B-theory of time. I offer several arguments for thinking that the kalam does not work on ...

    • From immersion to understanding : an essay on virtual art and aesthetic cognitivism 

      Troesken, Colin (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This dissertation argues against a cognitive devaluation of virtual art. By cognitive devaluation, I am referring to the charge that an art-kind is less artistically valuable than other art-kinds due to it lacking cognitive ...

    • Towards a non-uniform epistemology of modality 

      Baron, Moritz Viktor Jakob (2022-11-30) - Thesis
      While most theories of a modal epistemology implicitly assume, or sometimes explicitly state, a uniform picture of the epistemology of modality, in this thesis I challenge this basic assumption. I argue that there is not ...

    • Moral decision-making : essays from philosophy and economics 

      Schönegger, Philipp (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This thesis investigates moral decision-making from the two disciplinary angles of philosophy and economics. Moral decision-making includes moral judgements (e.g., judgements as to the moral (im-)permissibility of actions) ...