Browsing by Subject "Philosophy, Ph.D."

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    • The metaphysics of 18th century natural religion 

      Curtin, Thomas John (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2011)
      The main focus of this dissertation concerns the influence that Malebranche's conception of causation, which understands causal power in terms of absolute necessity, had upon the writings of George Berkeley and David Hume, ...

    • The role of Kinêsis and Statis in Plato's Sophist : an inquiry into the two forgotten Megista Genê of the Sophist 

      Sabrier, Pauline (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2017)
      This dissertation addresses the general question of the relation between the problem of being and the theory of the five great kinds (megista genê) in Plato’s dialogue the Sophist. In contemporary scholarship, the two ...

    • The Schreber case : towards a philosophical construction of madness 

      Lees, Lorna (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2009)
      Daniel Paul Schreber, lawyer and judge, is better known as a "psychiatric patient par excellence". Schreber's case is also interesting in terms of the debate as to what constitutes health and what, disease. The three main ...

    • Weakness of will and practical reason 

      Halley, Karina M. (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2004)
      This thesis argues that a correct understanding of weakness of will (that is, freely failing to act as one thinks one has most reason to act) is crucial to a correct understanding of practical reason. Central to a theory ...

    • What does it mean to say that truth is plural? 

      Antonsen, Paal (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2014)
      This essay is an attempt to make sense of idea that truth is plural. I begin with presenting some motivations for pluralism about truth. I then move on to discuss the standard objections, and give some arguments for why ...

    • Wittgenstein and scepticism about meaning and rule-following : a Kripkean reading 

      McNally, Thomas (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2011)
      In this thesis, I propose a defence of Saul Kripke's interpretation of Wittgenstein's later discussion of meaning and rule-following. The most striking feature of Kripke's Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language (WRPL) ...