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Ex Nihilo is a student-run philosophy journal, which seeks to serve as an outlet for undergraduate philosophy essays of exceptional quality. The journal is produced by the Undergraduate Philosophy Association (UPA), and supported in large part by the Department of Philosophy at The University of Texas at Austin. Ex Nihilo is published in the spring.
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Item Ex Nihilo (Spring 2021)(2021) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Grim Reapers and Grounding Finitism / by Ethan Walker (p. 5-31) -- Neonatal Euthanaisa and Morality: What ought we to do with the sick child? / by Roslyn Valdespino (p. 32-44) -- Being and Death / by Russell Clarke (p. 45-71) -- The Provincializing Power of Mahāyāna Buddhism / by Ryan Curnow (p. 72-86).Item Ex Nihilo (Spring 2020)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2020) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Aristotelian Definitions and Convolution Neural Networks / by Brian Glucksman; Duke University (p. 6-27) -- Thrasymachus Unanswered: Is There a Circularity Within Rawlsian Metaethics? / by David Kraus; Covanent College (p. 28-45) -- Artificial Intelligence and the Threat to Free Will / by Matt Dunlap; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 46-62) -- The Ontology of Dance / by Juyoung Lee; Cornell University (p. 63-76) -- The First Sex? A Closer Look at Masculinity and Existentialist Freedom / by Athena Thomas; New York University Abu Dhabi (p. 77-93)Item Ex Nihilo (2017-2018)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2017) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Sex is About Power: Dissecting Pornography’s Role in the Sexual Language Game / by Hitaxhe Kupa; The University of Pennsylvania (p. 8-14) -- "Point and Proclaim": Possible Response to the Grounding Problem / by Eli Barrish; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 15-21) -- Choosing Eudaemonic Emotions: Aristotle and the Proto-Stoic Theory of Emotions / by Abdulwausay I. Ansari; The University of Houston (p. 22-29) -- Affirming Neo-Aristotelian Teleology And its Applications in Normative Medical Ethics / by Nathan Wong; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 30-40)Item Ex Nihilo (2015)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2015) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: The Systematic Interactivity of Electronic Games and Its Role in Existentialist Aesthetics / by KF Harlock; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 1-16) -- Roman Stoics on Suicide: Looking at Life and Death with Indifference / by Edwin Robert; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 17-30) -- Supposition and Naming: An Exploratory Linguistic Framework / by Oliver Lee; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 31-49)Item Ex Nihilo (2013)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2013) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Paying for Past Sins: Climate Change and Compensatory Justice / by Greg Yanke; Arizona State University (p. 1-15) -- The Aesthetic Divergence of Mirror Images / by Johnathan Ochs; The University of Maryland (p. 16-37) -- Testimony, Evidence, and Epistemic Individualism / by Kevin Dorst; Washington University in St. Louis (p. 38-51) -- The Deep Self View and Wolf's Sanity Condition: An Unnecessary Addendum / by Sabeen Ahmed; The University of Virginia (p. 52-66) -- Autonomy and Integrity / by Victoria Koc; The University of Pennsylvania (p. 67-89)Item Ex Nihilo (2012)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2012) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: The Compatibility of Aristotle and Evolution / by Justin Kundrak; Pepperdine University (p. 1-14) -- Subjective Truth: Russian Roulette with Kierkegaard / by Reid Sharpless; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 15-30) -- Marx's Interest and the Authority of the Material / by Jeremy Springman; University of Pittsburgh (p. 31-56) -- On the Standard of Passion / by Bethany Johnsen; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 57-68) -- On the Virtue of Compassion / by Dustin Vegas; The University of Texas at Austin (p. 69-84) -- Gorgias vs. the Eleatics and the Atomists: Gorgias' Antiplatonic Theory of Nonbeing as Imagery / by Dr. Michael Bakaoukas; Adjunct Lecturer, University of Piraeus and Aspaite, Greece (p. 85-116)Item Ex Nihilo (2011)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2011) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: The Purification of Not-Being: Gorgias' on Not-Being and the Philosophical Context of Plato's Sophist / by Matthew Lefavor (p. 1-12) -- Heidegger, Avatar, & the Gulf of Mexico Oil Leak / by Omar Quinonez (p. 13-28) -- Society and Justice for Victims of Sexual Enslavement: A Comparative Look at the Ianfu of the Japanese Imperial Army / by Catherine Wittkower (p. 29-43) -- Powerism / by Daniel Boyd (p. 44-50) -- Greatest Difficulty Argument in Plato's Parmenides 133c-134c / by John Lindsay (p. 51-58)Item Ex Nihilo (2008)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2008) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Editorial Foreword (p. 1) -- Zombies are Here to Stay / by Daniel Kirksey (p. 3-9) -- What Does the Liar Say About the Truth? / by Simona Aimar (p. 11-22) -- Causal Relevance in Brain Simulators / by Eve Rips (p. 23-32) -- A Modest Argument for the Hedonistic Account of Pain / by Joshua M. Mitchell (p. 33-41)Item Ex Nihilo (2006)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2006) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: Editorial (p. 1) -- What Causes Mary to Say "Wow"? / by Wesley H. Holliday (p. 3-17) -- Metaphysical Disputation on Haecceitism and the Principle of the Identity of Indiscernibles / by Samuel Henry (p. 19-34) -- Quine and the Bilingual Mind / by Melissa Fusco (p. 35-52) -- On the Analytical-Continental Distinction / Interview with Dr. Robert Solomon and Dr. Edwin Allaire (p. 53-69) -- How Hegel Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Thing-in-Itself: Hegel's Critique of Kant's Theoretical Philosophy in the Introduction to the "Phenomenology of Spirit" / by Malcolm McCollum (p. 71-87) -- Is Language a Requirement for Thought? / by Marissa Curran (p. 89-101) -- Teleology in Spinoza? / by Tyke Nunez (p. 103-120)Item Ex Nihilo (2004)(Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.), 2004) Undergraduate Philosophy Association (Austin, Tex.)Table of Contents: On the Supposed Duty of Humanitarian Intervention / by John Thrasher (p. 1-16) -- On the Logical Form of Indirect Discourse / by Michael Johnson (p. 17-33) -- Counterexamples to Van Inwagen's Consequence Argument Reconsidered / by Alex Grzankowski (p. 35-45) -- Are Human Beings Ends in Themselves? / by Jeff Sebo (p. 47-68) -- The Philosophy of Mathematics in the "Tractatus" / by Bryan Pickel (p. 69-81) -- A Defense of Eliminativism / by Jason Tippetts (p. 83-99)