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Motivation As An Epistemic Ground [Pre-Print], Peter Antich Apr 2021

Motivation As An Epistemic Ground [Pre-Print], Peter Antich

Faculty Scholarship

In several papers, Mark Wrathall argued that French phenomenologist, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, identifies a sui generis type of grounding, one not reducible to reason or natural causality. Following the Phenomenological tradition, Merleau-Ponty called this form of grounding “motivation,” and described it as the way in which one phenomenon spontaneously gives rise to another through its sense. While Wrathall’s suggestion has been taken up in the practical domain, its epistemic import has still not been fully explored. I would like to take up the epistemic dimension of Wrathall’s thought in this paper. Following Wrathall, I explain how motivation can help us understand …


Kantian Just War Theory, Deven Anand Apr 2021

Kantian Just War Theory, Deven Anand

Senior Theses and Projects

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Auf Dem Weg Zum Cyberpunk (On The Way To Cyberpunk), Yuzhou Sun Apr 2021

Auf Dem Weg Zum Cyberpunk (On The Way To Cyberpunk), Yuzhou Sun

Senior Theses and Projects

"Cyberpunk" is a word that is both familiar and unfamiliar to us. In some ways, it is familiar to us. As a sub-genre of science fiction, Cyberpunk is a popular futuristic theme that greatly influenced pop culture in the 21st century. We are fascinated by the bizarre but realistic fictional world, a dystopian society characteristic of "high tech and low life" for the majority population, it presents. In most works of this genre, an overwhelming technology company monopolies most social resources and dominates society like a "leviathan". The majority population is alienated from the well-being brought by high technology. …


The Three “Cs” Of Animal Self-Consciousness: Complex Nervous System, Communication And Collaborative Social Play, Elena Bernewitz Apr 2021

The Three “Cs” Of Animal Self-Consciousness: Complex Nervous System, Communication And Collaborative Social Play, Elena Bernewitz

Senior Theses and Projects

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Can There Be An Existentialist Virtue Ethics? [Pre-Print], Peter Antich Feb 2021

Can There Be An Existentialist Virtue Ethics? [Pre-Print], Peter Antich

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.