RSS 1.0Philosophy (Theses and Dissertations)
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Transcendentalism without Idealism: An Essay on Kant and Wittgenstein
(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 ... -
The Structure of Forms in Plato's Theory of Forms
(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 ... -
Hannah Arendt's Unwritten Theory of Political Judgment
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2023)This project develops a new reading of Hannah Arendt’s interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic reflective judgment. The aim of this project is to justify Arendt’s claim that she brings Kant’s unwritten political ... -
A reliabilist-teleological account of Plato's theory of knowledge based on the Timaeus, the Republic and the Theaetetus
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2023)Whether, in Plato's epistemology, the Forms can be grasped without using the inferior epistemic capacities, and whether the inferior epistemic capacities contribute to one's grasp of F-ness and the Form F - These are the ... -
A Pragmatic Bishop: George Berkeley's Theory of Causation in De motu
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2022)In this doctoral thesis, I will argue that in his De motu (1721, 'On motion'), Bishop George Berkeley (c.1684-1753) develops a pragmatist theory of causation regarding mechanical theories outlined previously with Newtonianism. ...
