Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies (School of): Recent submissions

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    • Indeterminacy and the law of the excluded middle 

      Engler, Jann Paul (2024-06-10) - Thesis
      This thesis is an investigation into indeterminacy in the foundations of mathematics and its possible consequences for the applicability of the law of the excluded middle (LEM). It characterises different ways in which the ...

    • The mark of the cognitive 

      Pisano, Niccolò Aimone (2024-06-10) - Thesis
      Several philosophical debates in the philosophy of mind and of the cognitive sciences seem to require the elaboration of a mark of the cognitive (MOC). Some proposals for individually necessary and/or jointly sufficient ...

    • The promise of Andean khipu transcriptions : a multi-scale investigation 

      Medrano, Manuel Antonio (University of St Andrews, 2022-06-13) - Thesis
      Among the most distinctive documents from the early-colonial Andes are Spanish-language transcriptions of information rendered, in various settings, from khipus—undeciphered knotted string devices that served the function ...

    • In defence of a hyperintensional conception of properties 

      Snodgrass, J. J. (2023-11-29) - Thesis
      In contrast to an intensional conception of properties, which says that sameness of intension among properties implies property identity, a hyperintensional conception of properties says that sameness of intension among ...

    • The unity of virtues in Plato and Aristotle 

      Chong, I Xuan (2023-11-29) - Thesis
      “Unity of virtues” is the idea that virtues should be understood in holistic terms. Part I focuses on Plato’s Protagoras. It argues that, according to Plato’s Socrates, “unity of virtues” is true in the sense that all ...