Philosophy Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Fiction and its objects 

      Watkins, Ashley Everett (University of St Andrews, 2020-06-22) - Thesis
      This thesis develops a metaphysics of fictional objects that is embedded in a theory of fictional practice and maximally preserves the meanings of our fictional utterances. I begin by asking two questions: How can it be ...

    • The anatomy of aesthetic experience 

      Ursell, James (University of St Andrews, 2020-06-22) - Thesis
      The primary aim of this thesis is to formulate an intensional definition of aesthetic experience. Its secondary aims are (i) to show how this definition might be used for empirical research and (ii) to better understand ...

    • Generics, modality, and morality 

      Thakral, Ravi (University of St Andrews, 2019-12-04) - Thesis
      The issues in this dissertation reside at the intersections of, and relationships between, topics concerning the meaning of generic generalizations, natural language modality, the nature and role of moral principles, and ...

    • Taking moral indeterminacy seriously : in defence of compatibility between moral realism and indeterminacy 

      Kim, Jiwon (University of St Andrews, 2019-12-04) - Thesis
      Moral indeterminacy appears to be incompatible with moral realism at first glance because moral realists believe that there are objective moral facts in the world, which seem determinate. Given the commitment to objective ...

    • Analogy, rule-following and meaning 

      Williams, Andrew Simeon (University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - Thesis
      In this thesis, I argue that meaning something by a linguistic expression should be thought to consist, not in following a rule, but in drawing an analogy. I argue that using a linguistic expression meaningfully involves ...