Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • The starry heavens above and the moral law within : Kant’s grounding of freedom in experience by way of a principle of intellectual causality, discovered in his third Critique 

      Paterson, Gareth Hugh (University of St Andrews, 2021-06-28) - Thesis
      Kant claims in his third Critique (1790) to have proven that the idea of freedom is scibilium, known with certainty. My aim is simply to take his claim seriously. This involves the attempt, which Kant himself suggests in ...

    • Spatial thought and active experience 

      Lindsay, Christopher J. (University of St Andrews, 2000) - Thesis
      In the following thesis I attempt to argue that some form of activity is necessary if a subject is to be able to partake in spatial thought and undergo conceptual, spatial experience. I approach this issue by considering ...

    • Consequentialism and moral demands 

      McElwee, Brian (University of St Andrews, 2006) - Thesis
      The aim of this thesis is to outline a form of consequentialism which denies the deeply unintuitive claim that we have a moral obligation to bring about the best consequences we can. Consequentialism should not be understood ...

    • Revising logic 

      Aberdein, Andrew (University of St Andrews, 2001) - Thesis
      In this thesis I explore the prospects for the revision of classical logic through an analysis of the philosophical arguments offered for and against such change. The body of the thesis is divided into two parts. In Part ...

    • Semantic theory and sentential understanding : a discussion of tacit knowledge and compositionality 

      Miller, Alexander, 1965- (University of St Andrews, 1989) - Thesis
      This essay is an attempt to look critically at some issues arising from the idea that competent speakers of a natural language can tacitly know an extensionally correct theory of meaning for their language. In the first ...