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

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    • Thought and predication in Frege and Russell 

      Pereira Mestre Da Conceicao, Jose Manuel (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This dissertation offers a reappraisal of how Russell’s views about thought and predication around the time of his Principles of Mathematics relate to Frege’s own theorizing about those topics. It does so by telling a story ...

    • The bad guys with the good solutions? Energy elites, transitions, and the 'good life' in Norway 

      Seeger, Anna Raphaela Kyra Katharina (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      In this thesis I examine how strategically situated energy industry professionals conceptualise and act upon energy transitions in Norway. Analytically I refer to interlocutors as ‘energy elites’. This allows me to highlight ...

    • Time, self-consciousness, and categorial unity 

      Satija, Atul (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      These essays are an attempt to elucidate the notion of a category, which, broadly speaking, is a concept that accounts for the manner in which the constituents of experience are combined or held together. The relation of ...

    • Respectful witness : a midwife adopts an anthropological view on her practice 

      McHugh, Nessa Mary (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      This thesis explores midwifery in the United Kingdom (UK) from my perspective both as a midwife and a member of the Association of Radical Midwives (ARM). The rhetoric of contemporary midwifery and the ARM speaks to a ...

    • From evidence to underdetermination : essays in the way of scepticism 

      Savino, Paolo (2023-06-12) - Thesis
      Scepticism about justification is the view that justification is impossible. Underdetermination scepticism is scepticism that turns on the idea that our beliefs are underdetermined by the evidence relative to certain ...