Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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A Naturalistic Theory of Perceptual Representation
Published 2012-01-01I propose a theory of representation concerning the perceptual events that are posited and studied by the cognitive and neuro-sciences. The theory is intended to help explain relationships between the perceptual and executive ...Thesis, Honours -
Thrown Impossibility: The Ontological Structure of Despair
Published 2012-01-01This thesis is a phenomenological analysis of the ontological structure of despair. It begins with an analysis of Heidegger’s work on ‘Affectedness’ whereby through the critique given by Ratcliffe it is seen that moods are ...Thesis, Honours -
Metaphysical accounts of modality: A comparative evaluation of Lewisian and neo-Aristotelian modal metaphysics
Published 2012-01-01In this essay I comparatively evaluate two realist metaphysical accounts of modality: David Lewis’ (1986) genuine modal realism (GMR), and neo-Aristotelian modal realism (AMR) as put forth by Alexander Pruss (2011). GMR ...Thesis, Honours -
Objects, objectivity and idealism: Robert Brandom's analytic Hegelianism
Published 2011-01-01Thesis, Honours -
Commonwealth, Conversion and Consensus: An Examination of the Medieval Icelandic Free State and Political Liberalism
Published 2011-01-01Thesis, Honours