Browsing Philosophy electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2015 Fall"
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Epistemic democracy and political legitimacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)My dissertation aims to answer two questions: (1) Is democracy epistemically valuable? (2) Is the epistemic value of democracy, if it has any, necessary for justifying its legitimacy? I argue that democracy in certain form ... -
Niche construction and the role of environment : towards a new logic of natural selection explanations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] I argue that natural selection explanations are not necessarily externalist, i.e. they don't always cite features of the environment as explanans. In ... -
Niche construction and the role of environment : towards a new logic of natural selection explanations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Biological systems may move in, feed on, socialize with, and change the world around it. How should we explain how these systems develop, act, think, ...