BA and MA Defenses in Philosophy

MA thesis in Philosophy of Science
May 21, Jakobi 2 - 336

12.15 Mert Salkim
Contrastive Evaluation of Explanations in Studies of Scientific Knowledge
Supervisor Endla Lõhkivi, reviewer Jaana Eigi

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MA theses in Practical Philosophy
May 29, Jakobi 2 - 336

12.00 Anastasiia Babash
Feminist Perspectives on Cybersex
Supervisor Francesco Orsi, reviewer Kadri Simm

13.00 Aurimas Mikšys
Euthanasia as a Way of Experiencing a Good Death
Supervisor Kadri Simm, reviewer Siobhan Kattago

14.30 Ayesha Rehman
Against the Narrative Self
Supervisors Vivian Puusepp, Siobhan Kattago, reviewer Jaanus Sooväli

15.30 Luis Roberto Vera Cariño
Philosophical Alternatives to Populism
Supervisor Siobhan Kattago, reviewer Mats Volberg

16.30 Pablo Miguel Veyrat Cendoya
Two Problems Surrounding the Universality of Human Rights
Supervisor Siobhan Kattago, reviewer Karel Pajus

18.00 The results

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MA theses in Practical Philosophy
May 30, Jakobi 2 - 337

10.00 Märt Hallasoo
Neoliberalism as an Ideology Entrenching the Power of the Economic Elite (in Estonian)
Supervisor Mats Volberg, reviewer Helen Eenmaa-Dimitrieva

11.00 Sergei Sazonov
On Separation of State from Taxes
Supervisors Mats Volberg, Helen Eenmaa-Dimitrieva, reviewer Francesco Orsi

12.00 Viktoriia Rozumna
Does an Argument for a Detached School Contain an Incoherence?
Supervisor Alexander Davies, reviewer Mats Volberg

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MA theses in Theoretical Philosophy
May 30, Jakobi 2 - 336

15.30 Kyle Nathaneal York
A Defense of the Existence of Emotions in Birds
Supervisors Vivian Puusepp, Francesco Orsi, reviewer Bruno Mölder

16.35 Patrick Keenan
Can computers be creative?
Supervisor Eve Kitsik, reviewer Bruno Mölder

17.40 Maksim Grigorev
Reversible and Irreversible Whorfian Effects as Empirical Evidence for the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Supervisors Alexander Davies, Bruno Mölder, reviewer Uku Tooming

19.00 All the results (both for PP and TP theses)

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BA theses in History of Philosophy and Practical Philosophy
June 4, Jakobi 2 - 336

10.15 Tiina Suur
Atheism in Thomas Hobbes's Philosophy (in Estonian)
Supervisor Roomet Jakapi, reviewer Meelis Friedenthal

11.00 Ingrid Suuder
Moral Enhancement: A Comparison of Artificial Intelligence and Neurobiological Intervention (in Estonian)
Supervisor Kadri Simm, reviewer Marek Volt

12.00 Egle Erik
How the Virtue of Compassion Requires Us to Be Vegan
Supervisor Heidy Meriste, reviewer Francesco Orsi

12.45 Daria Dreilikh
F. M. Christensen’s Critique of „Sexual Harassment“
Supervisor Marek Volt, reviewer Kadri Simm

14.00 The results

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