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    • Aristotle on the limits of final causes. The case of extended teleology 

      Hernández Villarreal, Andrés (University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - Thesis
      In this thesis, I discuss the concept of Aristotelian extended teleology (i.e., non-theistic teleological causation in which more than one substance is involved). I argue that some passages of Aristotle’s corpus and ...
    • Trust, audit, and public engagement 

      Kelsall, Joshua James Clarke (University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - Thesis
      Public auditors such as Audit Scotland aim to provide independent assurance to the public that money is spent effectively, efficiently and that it, and the activities of public organisations, provide public value. This ...
    • Moral inquiry : we're all in this together 

      Küspert, Nick (2024-06-10) - Thesis
      Moral inquiry is often thought of as an individualistic enterprise. This is in large part because morality not only seems to require doing the right thing, but being in touch with moral reality in the right way: to act ...
    • Christianity, stigma, and mass conversion among Spanish Gitanos 

      Montañés Jiménez, Antonio (University of St Andrews, 2021-06-28) - Thesis
      My doctoral thesis examines the emergence of religiously based worldviews, values, and collective imaginaries among Roma/Gitanos in Spain. Juxtaposing long-term ethnographical observation, interviews with religious leaders, ...
    • The epistemology of inquiry : individuals, groups & institutions 

      Ross, Lewis Dylan (University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - Thesis
      Inquiring—roughly, the attempt to answer a question—is one of the most common intellectual undertakings. This thesis is comprised of a set of four essays that investigate the epistemology of inquiry. The first essay looks ...