Wittgenstein

In the present dissertation, I examine, critically reflect on, and evaluate D. Z. Phillips’ view of philosophy, religious language, religious truth, and God. One of the focuses is given to his attempts to overcome the dichotomy between the view of religious language as fact-asse…

This study seeks to situate the contribution of Leopold Godowsky and Franz Schmidt to the history of redefining left-hand piano music. Both were outstanding pianists and composers who came to the left-handed genres for their own individual reasons. They each defined their pianis…

This dissertation aims to show how the relationship between reification and music discloses problems in modern philosophy and critical musicology. In chapter one, I attempt to articulate the relationship between reification and music in order to put forward a vision for a non-re…

This thesis discusses some central aspects of Wittgenstein’s conception of language and logic in his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and brings them into relation with the philosophies of Frege and Russell. The main contention is that a fruitful way of understanding the Tractatus…

This thesis investigates the continuity of Wittgenstein’s approach to, and conception of, philosophy. Part One examines the rule-following passages of the Philosophical Investigations. I argue that Wittgenstein’s remarks can only be read as interesting and coherent if we see him…

This project provides a philosophy of surfing. Its purpose is to give an expansive, philosophical account of the lived practice of surfing. The primary thesis is that surfing cannot be whittled down to an essence, and that instead it is best brought into view through a variety o…

Scholarship on Islam and gender consistently questions as to whether or not Islamic norms oppress Muslim women's agency. One aspect of this discussion is the issue of a Muslim woman's consent in getting married and in sexual relations. The scholarship of Kecia Ali focuses on thi…