Darbellay, Aurélien (Date of defense: 2017-09-27)
This thesis has four chapters which, together, offer a non-exhaustive but still quite extensive account of social reality. In Chapter 1, I defend an analysis of the notion of sociality which has it ...
Chilovi, Samuele (Date of defense: 2019-06-12)
The four main chapters of this thesis, while each largely autonomous, collectively provide a study of the relation between grounding and supervenience, and a comprehensive application of grounding theory ...
Milić, Ivan (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
In this thesis, I propose and defend a theory according to which committing oneself to knowing the proposition expressed counts as an assertion of that proposition. A consequence of this view is the ...
Delgado Aqueveque, Laura Angelina (Date of defense: 2018-05-25)
This essay is devoted to the study of proper names. Although the view that sees proper names as referential singular terms is widely considered orthodoxy, there is a growing popularity to the view that ...
Picazo Jaque, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-11-29)
The aim of this dissertation is to explore the hypothesis that language is occasion- sensitive. To hold that language is occasion-sensitive is to hold that the truth-conditions of most of our utterances ...
Serrahima Balius, Carlota (Date of defense: 2019-07-01)
In this dissertation the feasibility of Experientialism about the sense of bodily ownership (SBO) is explored and defended. An original experientialist proposal on the SBO is presented. On this view, ...
Zuppone, Romina (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)
The goal of this thesis is to show, against Harry Collins, that there are scientific and internal grounds for the resolution of controversies in experimental practice. The approach I take is twofold: ...