Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies (School of): Recent submissions
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Supersubstantival composition as identity
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisThe most popular form of supersubstantivalism claims that each material object is identical to its location. Composition as Identity (CAI) claims that each material object is identical to its parts taken together. These ... -
Skill-based acquaintance : a non-causal account of reference
(2024-12-04) - ThesisThis thesis provides an account of acquaintance with abstract objects. The notion of acquaintance is integral to theorising on reference and singular thought, since it is generally taken to be the relation that must exist ... -
Voluntarism and virtue in Hume's moral philosophy
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThe nature of morality and its foundations are prominent subjects of debate in the history of early modern ethics. A standard characterisation of the early eighteenth-century dispute opposes moral rationalism to moral ... -
Conceptual baggage and how to unpack it
(2024-06-10) - ThesisOur interpretive resources enable us to make sense of, navigate, and communicate about our shared world. These resources not only carve the world up into categories, but also guide how we, individually and collectively, ... -
Essays on indiscernibility
(2024-06-10) - ThesisThis Thesis is a collection of essays on qualitatively indiscernible entities, i.e. entities which agree with respect to all the qualitative properties they instantiate. In Chapter 1 I introduce various accounts of ...