Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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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, Honours -
“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, Honours -
HILARY PUTNAM AND CONCEPTUAL RELATIVITY
Published 2017-01-01First lines of the Introduction (as abstract not provided): In The Many Faces of Realism, Hilary Putnam suggests that although the phenomenon of conceptual relativity has become pervasive in contemporary scientific practice, ...Open AccessThesis, Honours -
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, Honours -
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, Honours