Browsing Filosoofia osakonna magistritööd – Master's theses by Issue Date
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Kant on manipulation and personal autonomy
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In my thesis, I argue (1) that Kant’s pragmatical anthropology and empirical psychology can provide us with an explanation why people are susceptible to manipulation. I show that people’s susceptibility to manipulation ... -
Re-configuring the concept of vulnerability: Inclusion of refugees in biomedical research
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Vulnerable populations in biomedical research have attracted attention in research ethics since the creation of the Nurnberg code in 1947. Research guidelines establish ethical principles in order to protect vulnerable ... -
The Human Prejudice and the Problem of Sustainability
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Chapter I will, using scientific research, explain the nature of the environmental crisis and show that it is indeed caused by what I refer to as the prevailing human culture. Key concepts used in this thesis will be ... -
Indexicals and the character shifting theory
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Kaplan’s (1989) theory provides rules, called characters, which determine the reference of indexicals "I", "here" and "now". Speaker intentions do not play a role in this and indexical reference is a matter of convention. ... -
Does Conciliationism Carry a Problematic Commitment to Uniqueness?
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In my thesis, I defend Conciliationism from an objection first articulated by Kelly (2010). He argues that Conciliationism is not compatible with Permissivism, and, for this reason, Conciliationism commits one to the ... -
Animal research and objectivity
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Oma magistritöös huvitusin ma loomauuringute objektiivsusest. Loomade uurimisega seondub interaktsioonist tulenev subjektiivne element, mis on vastuolus tavapärase arusaamaga objektiivsusest. Selle vastolu tõttu peetakse ... -
Denial of coevalness as an epistemic injustice
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In this thesis we explore the idea of denial of coevalness as an epistemic injustice. We start by defining what we consider are the relevant factors of an epistemic injustice and why we consider that the denial of coevalness ... -
Kas tippsportlastel on rohkem põhjust moraalne olla kui tavainimestel
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)This thesis is focused on the question, whether professional athletes have special reasons to act morally outside of the sporting arena? Professional athletes receive a tremendous amount of media attention, both on and off ... -
George Berkeley traktaadis “De motu” esitatud kriitikast Isaac Newtoni gravitatsioonikontseptsiooni suhtes
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)Current work analyzes the critical argumentation presented by George Berkeley in his essay De Motu towards the concept of gravity by Isaac Newton. In the wider historical context of different contemporary schools in ... -
Defending conditional analysis of the ability to do otherwise
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)I’m taking a compatiblist position between free will and determinism. I’m mainly discussing “could have done otherwise” (abbreviated as CHDO throughout my thesis) in the free will debate. My thesis is that conditional ... -
Politics of Imagination
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017)In a democratic society where elections are held to decide the holders of political office or referendums formulated to get a majority vote on national issues, the ability to get the most votes from eligible citizens ... -
Unconditional basic income and the epistemic problem of happiness
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-05)In this thesis, it will be argued that the introduction of an unconditional basic income will have positive consequences in terms of people’s happiness. The thesis consists of six chapters. The first chapter provides an ... -
Redefining the War on Terror
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-05)This thesis aims at achieving working definitions of terrorism and violence and to review the actions and political and legal considerations that the United States has made with the intention of arguing that there are few, ... -
Countering destruction with spontaneity, redescription, and playfulness: a philosophical reading of Kross
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-05)Antud magistritöö keskmes on kirjanduse filosoofiline analüüs. Keskne küsimus puudutab raskete valikute ees seismist totalitarismi kontekstis: seistes silmitsi moraalivalikutega sunnitöölaagris, millised on valikuvõimalused? ... -
What does it mean to listen to someone? Listening as an act of hospitality
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-05-15)This thesis puts forward a phenomenological account of what we refer to when we talk about the phrase ´to listen to someone´. On this account, listening is an intersubjective, and therefore ethical, relation in which the ... -
On Personal Identity: the Epistemic Problem, Personal Pronoun Revisionism, and De Se Attitudes
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-08)The thesis focuses on the contemporary ‘animalism vs. neo-Lockeanism’ debate on personal identity over time. I will look at Noonan’s defence on behalf of neo-Lockeanism against the version of animalism formulated and ... -
Demonstratives and the Audience-Control Theory
(Tartu Ülikool, 2017-08)According to the audience-control theory of demonstratives, the content of a demonstrative in a context is what an attentive and competent audience would reasonably take to be its content in the context. In this thesis, I ... -
Two problems surrounding the universality of human rights
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)This thesis points at two main issues in the concept of the universality of human rights. First, the obstacles it poses to the notions of the sovereign and the political as defined by Carl Schmitt. Second, the paradox ... -
Reversible and irreversible whorfian effects as empirical evidence for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)This thesis is aimed on research of two different types of empirical evidence for the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: reversible and irreversible Whorfian effects. Definition of reversible Whorfian effects and their properties ... -
Contrastive evaluation of explanations in studies of scientific knowledge
(Tartu Ülikool, 2018)In order to explain scientific practices, a study of science must organize its method of explanation. Symmetry requirement in the sociology of scientific knowledge demanded that explaining why scientists conclude their ...
