Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions
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The meaning of quantifiers and the epsilon calculus : on the logical formalization of dependence relations
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis work argues that the expressive and inferential powers of quantified logic are not exhausted by the classical quantifiers ∀ and ∃. Indeed, based on both the Model and Proof theoretic semantics frameworks, the work ... -
The 'theoretical virtues' theory : towards a joint solution to the meta-descriptive and meta-normative problems
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThere are at least four main problems that the 'theoretical virtues' theory needs to solve. Those are the descriptive, meta-descriptive, normative, and meta-normative problems. The first two problems are about virtue ... -
Body, brain, and situation in sensorimotor enactivism
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis tackles issues that arise around Sensorimotor Enactivism’s (SMEn) conception of embodiment. SMEn is a theory that claims that perception is something perceivers do, that requires the possession and execution ... -
Attitudes first: rationality attributions and the normativity of rationality
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis has two distinct aims. The first is to shed light on our practice of attributing rationality to others. To begin, Chapter 2 demonstrates that we cannot rely on questions of what rationality requires to make ... -
Brain death : what we are and when we die
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisWhen does a human being cease to exist? For millennia, the answer to this question had remained largely unchanged: death had been diagnosed when heartbeat and breathing were permanently absent. Only comparatively recently, ...