All Outputs (9)

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.

Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France (2022)
Thesis
Ibiši, S. (2022). Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France. (Thesis). Keele University

This thesis examines the regulations of religious symbols in public spaces in England and France. It contends that these cannot be understood just by reference to historical and cultural contexts, and argues they can only be more fully explained by t... Read More about Religious symbols in public spaces: the politics of regulation in England and France.

Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape (2022)
Thesis
Thacker, E. J. (2022). Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape. (Thesis). Keele University

The phenomenon of contract cheating in higher education is complex and a growing concern for those invested in the delivery of high-quality education and positive educational outcomes. This research explores the academic literacies practices, exchang... Read More about Contract cheating and academic literacies: Exploring the landscape.

Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015 (2022)
Thesis
Khan, S. (2022). Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015. (Thesis). Keele University

Informed by the critique of Eurocentrism in the discipline of International Relations, this thesis investigates the relationship between knowledge production defined as expertise, the ‘global war on terror’, and coloniality. It conducts a critical su... Read More about Coloniality, expert knowledges and the 'war on terror': a survey of three think tanks' discourses 2001-2015.

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.

Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham (2022)
Thesis
Elsayed, S. (2022). Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham. (Thesis). Keele University

Drawing upon ethnographic research undertaken in an area of Birmingham, this thesis investigates meanings and understandings of integration in a community deemed nonintegrated, namely the Muslim community. Exploring real-world stories and mundane exp... Read More about Sustainable integration: an ethnographic study of a British Muslim community in Birmingham.

Radical idealism and empirical metaphysics in the work of Mary Baker Eddy (2022)
Thesis
Sheldon, N. D. (2022). Radical idealism and empirical metaphysics in the work of Mary Baker Eddy. (Thesis). Keele University

The nineteenth-century American, Mary Baker Eddy, is well known in the United States for having founded the religion Christian Science, but she is not generally regarded as philosopher, let alone an original one. This dissertation argues that she is... Read More about Radical idealism and empirical metaphysics in the work of Mary Baker Eddy.

From quarks to cognition: in pursuit of a complete micropsychist theory of consciousness (2022)
Thesis
Hibbert, B. J. (2022). From quarks to cognition: in pursuit of a complete micropsychist theory of consciousness. (Thesis). Keele University

Despite having received a recent resurgence of interest, Panpsychism remains a worldview afflicted by various explanatory shortfalls. Chiefly, the literature is yet to provide a ‘proper’ panpsychist theory of consciousness with the potential to expla... Read More about From quarks to cognition: in pursuit of a complete micropsychist theory of consciousness.

In our own image: materialism’s impoverished image of humanity and what this means for our technological future (2022)
Thesis
Brayford, K. M. (2022). In our own image: materialism’s impoverished image of humanity and what this means for our technological future. (Thesis). Keele University

In this thesis, I seek to temper the commonly held faith in our technological endeavours. Recently this has taken the form of seeking to create humanlike technologies. In part one, I argue that progress in this is derailed by the image of humanity ad... Read More about In our own image: materialism’s impoverished image of humanity and what this means for our technological future.