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Concepts and Reference. Defending a Dual Theory of Natural Kind Concepts
(Turun yliopisto, 2008-11-22)
In this thesis I argue that the psychological study of concepts and categorisation, and the philosophical study of reference are deeply intertwined. I propose that semantic intuitions are a variety of categorisation ...
Aspects of objectivity and objective reference in Kant’s transcendental idealism
(Turun yliopisto, 2020-11-27)
This study analyzes and lays out different aspects of Kant’s account of the concept of objectivity and objective reference in the broad view, as well as their conditions, to show the relevance of Kant’s view to contemporary ...
Queering bioethics: a queer feminist framework for vulnerability and principles
(Turun yliopisto, 2021)
Gender and sexual variance invite a cornucopia of philosophically salient inquiries. My dissertation considers them in the realm of bioethics. Bioethics can be defined as a field of philosophy that interrogates ethical, ...
Animal Experience in Kant’s Philosophy
(Turun yliopisto, 2016-04-23)
The role of animals in the philosophy of mind is primarily to help understand the human mind by serving as practical examples of cognition that differs from ours either in kind or in degree. Kant regarded animals as beings ...
Will and Mechanisms
(Turun yliopisto, 2013-04-26)
The Immediate Object of Perception : A Sense-datum
(Turun yliopisto, 2017-05-19)
The question of what we immediately perceive from the first-person point of view has been an issue of philosophizing since the beginning of Western philosophy. However, many philosophers have not considered all theoretical ...