Browsing Philosophy (Theses and Dissertations) by Title

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    • Simple Bodies and Aristotle's Explanation of Change: De Caelo and De Generatione et Corruptione 

      Zhang, Jiayu (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2021)
      Why does Aristotle commit to the existence of simple bodies? Why does Aristotle conduct an investigation into simple bodies as part of his his natural philosophy? These are the two questions I want to focus on in this ...

    • The Structure of Forms in Plato's Theory of Forms 

      Toth, Robert (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2023)
      The overall aim of this PhD dissertation is to consider and examine the relations between Forms in Plato?s theory of Forms. Undertaking this task does not require a full account of Plato?s theory of Forms, rather it requires ...

    • Substantial priority : an essay in fundamental mereology 

      Inman, Ross (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2013)
      Philosophical inquiry concerning the relationship between wholes and their parts (mereology) has occupied center stage in some of the most fruitful periods in the Western philosophical tradition. With the recent resurgence ...

    • The argumentative unity of Plato's Parmenides 

      Horan, David (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Philosophy Department, 2014)
      The purpose of this thesis is to make the case that Plato's dialogue Parmenides constitutes an argumentative unity whereby certain philosophic difficulties presented in the first part of the dialogue are resolved by the ...

    • 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 ...

    • Transcendentalism without Idealism: An Essay on Kant and Wittgenstein 

      Nota, Simone (Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2024)
      In this work, I compare Kant and Wittgenstein’s critical philosophies with respect to Transcendental Idealism, as a doctrine meant to “prove” the possibility of Metaphysics. My Central Question is: Is the early Wittgenstein ...

    • 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) ...