Theses - Philosophy
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Bildung : the relation between the self and culture in Schiller, Hegel, and Nietzsche.
(1991-06-21)I begin this thesis by introducing some of the key words which are relevant to the development of the concept of Bildung, or self-cultivation, in late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Germany. In the second chapter ... -
Austinian Disjunctivism Defended: A Presentational Theory of Visual Experience
(2019-07-31)This thesis develops a general theory about the nature of conscious visual experience. My starting point is with the naïve realist theory of visual perception. Whilst naïve realism is by no means universally endorsed, I ... -
Salience Perspectives
(2019-10-26)In the philosophy of language and epistemology, debates often centre on what content a person is communicating, or representing in their mind. How that content is organised, along dimensions of salience, has received ... -
Alterpieces: Artworks as Shifting Speech Acts
(2019-05-18)Art viewers and critics talk as if visual artworks say things, express messages, or have meanings. For instance, Picasso’s 'Guernica' has been described as a “generic plea against the barbarity and terror of war”, forming ...
