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A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil (2022)
Thesis
O’Neill-Adkins, H. E. (2022). A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil. (Thesis). Keele University

The problem of evil is possibly the most difficult question facing the theist. How are we to resolve the presence of evil in the world with the belief in an all loving, all powerful, God? For generations Western theists have offered possible solution... Read More about A solution to the Problem of Evil: Advaita Vedanta and the challenge of horrendous evil.

Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction (2022)
Thesis
Kings, A. E. (2022). Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis is designed to develop an understanding of the problems, limitations and potential uses of Kant's aesthetic deduction. Motivated by an interest in environmental aesthetics, this thesis offers a critical analysis of Kantian aesthetics in o... Read More about Ecoaesthetics: Environmental aesthetics and Kant's deduction.

Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques (2021)
Thesis
Orlander, S. O. J. (2021). Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis examines the idea of world in Kant’s Critical philosophy. This is a central idea in the Kantian corpus and plays an important role in different contexts. While interpretations of Kant’s philosophy tend to emphasize the theoretical aspect... Read More about Kant's 'World': an interpretation of a central idea in the Three Critiques.

Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars (2021)
Thesis
Wynne, H. S. (2021). Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars. (Thesis). Keele University

Plastic pollution has reached a crisis point, with scientists estimating that, by 2050, there could be more plastic in the oceans than fish by weight. This presents a major issue in the subject of environmental ethics and shows that our relationship... Read More about Environmental virtue ethics and the plastic pollution crisis: finding the missing exemplars.

Agrippa's trilemma: scepticism and contemporary epistemology (2020)
Thesis
Burns, A. S. (2020). Agrippa's trilemma: scepticism and contemporary epistemology. (Thesis). Keele University

Take any belief of yours – even one about which you feel supremely confident. The Sceptic will ask: why do you think it is true? You might take yourself to have a very good reason to believe what you do. But the sceptic will also want to know why you... Read More about Agrippa's trilemma: scepticism and contemporary epistemology.

Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion (2020)
Book
Baiasu, S., & Vanzo, A. (Eds.). (2020). Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315145501

Immanuel Kant’s work continues to be a main focus of attention in almost all areas of philosophy. The significance of Kant’s work for the so-called continental philosophy cannot be exaggerated, although work in this area is relatively scant. The book... Read More about Kant and the Continental Tradition: Sensibility, Nature and Religion.

Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1 (2020)
Book Chapter
Baiasu, S. (2020). Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1. In S. Baiasu (Ed.), The Sartrean Mind (38-51). (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315100500-2

This chapter focuses on the extent to which J. P. Sartre endorses significant claim in the context of several interpretations in the literature. An evaluation of those interpretations will enable us to determine more precisely Sartre’s place within t... Read More about Sartre and the transcendental tradition 1.

A collaborative approach to developing a shared morality to protect the natural environment (2019)
Thesis
Udrea, L. I. (2019). A collaborative approach to developing a shared morality to protect the natural environment. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413066

Given the limitations of current governmental approaches in influencing people to take pro-environmental action, especially in the longer term, this thesis explores whether a shared morality towards nature can be developed. Focusing on one community... Read More about A collaborative approach to developing a shared morality to protect the natural environment.

Sincerity in Politics and International Relations (2017)
Book
Baiasu, S., & Loriaux, S. (Eds.). (2017). Sincerity in Politics and International Relations. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203762257

This edited volume examines concepts of sincerity in politics and international relations in order to discuss what we should expect of politicians, within what parameters they should work, and how their decisions and actions could be made consistent... Read More about Sincerity in Politics and International Relations.

Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays (2013)
Book
Timmons, M., & Baiasu, S. (Eds.). (2013). Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780195395686.001.0001

The literature on Kantian accounts of practical justification has been growing of late. This is not surprising given that Kant’s approach seems so promising: he claims to be able to justify unconditional normative claims without recourse to assumptio... Read More about Kant on Practical Justification: Interpretive Essays.