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Fall 2012
Objectors to Hume’s sentimentalist moral theory charge that a system of morality grounded in sentiments cannot provide us with a set of standards that are stable across times and places. Hume addresses this worry in his appeal to what he calls the General Point of View, accounting for how we...
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Fall 2020
The ‘resolute’ reading of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s work is often taken to involve a kind of anti-realism about what the philosopher calls ‘logic,’ or ‘grammar’ – the order of meaning that structures our understanding of the world and which is expressed in our uses of language. Conversely, I argue...
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Fall 2013
Mathematical theories and entities may be praised for many reasons: for their truth, certainty, depth, applicability, fruitfulness, and beauty. Of these virtues, some (truth, certainty, and to a lesser degree applicability) have received a great deal of philosophical scrutiny and analysis while...
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Fall 2013
Drawing upon Marie McGinn's non-metaphysical interpretation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus, this thesis attempts to make a connection between the book’s opening and ending remarks. I argue that McGinn's non-metaphysical reading helps us, more than the metaphysical reading, to make a consistent...