School of Humanities: Recent submissions
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“Truth is Subjectivity” in Johannes Climacus’ Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments: Developing an Understanding of Kierkegaard on Truth
Published 2017-01-01This thesis investigates what the statement “truth is subjectivity” means within the context of Concluding Unscientific Postscript to Philosophical Fragments, the last work written under the Søren Kierkegaard’s pseudonym, ...Open AccessThesis -
Retribution and the Evolution of Human Punishment
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): Social scientists have long considered punishment to be one of the most promising ...Open AccessThesis -
Iris Murdoch on the role of Art in Moral Perception
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): Throughout her work, Iris Murdoch often touches on the intersection between ethics and aesthetics, in particular focussing on art’s role in moral perception. As ...Open AccessThesis -
The Point of Our Words
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): On the Origin of Species(1) marked a shift in the appreciation not only of ...Open AccessThesis -
On Moral Hedging, the Problem of Intertheoretic Value Comparisons, and Vagueness
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): When we are confronted with decisions of moral significance, the ideal course of action, at least according to most moral philosophers, is to look to the moral ...Open AccessThesis