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Dissertations from 1997
Modal propositions in Aristotle's syllogistic., Adriane A. Rini, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1996
Knowledge underground : gossipy epistemology., Karen C. Adkins, Philosophy
Euthanasia and counterfactual consent., Deborah R. Barnbaum, Philosophy
Subjectivity and the objects of belief., Neil P. Feit, Philosophy
Intentional identity and reporting the beliefs of others., Geoffrey C. Goddu, Philosophy
Traditionalism and parallel distributed processing as qualitatively distinct models of the mind., Mary M. Litch, Philosophy
Can we infer our empirical beliefs from our sense experiences?, Rinita, Mazumdar, Philosophy
Philosophical perspectives on play from Homer to Hegel., Mechthild Euphrosyne Nagel, Philosophy
Confusion and cohesion in emerging sciences : Darwin, Wallace, and social Darwinism., Edward S. Rayher, Philosophy
Plato's project for education in the early Socratic dialogues., Heather Lynne Reid, Philosophy
Causal v. positivist theories of scientific explanation : a defense of the causal theory., Douglas H. Rice, Philosophy
Having a people : beyond individualism and essentialism in resistance to interlocked oppressions., Lisa, Tessman, Philosophy
Vegetarianism versus environmentalism., David B. Waller, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1995
Explaining metaphor : a pluralistic approach., Daniel J. Costello, Philosophy
On being deserving., James Owen McLeod, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1994
On the plurality of actual worlds., Andrew L. Blais, Philosophy
Leibniz on providence, foreknowledge and freedom., Jack D. Davidson, Philosophy
Socrates and Gregory Vlastos : the power of elenchos in the Gorgias., Asli, Gocer, Philosophy
Atomism and infinite divisibility., Ralph E. Kenyon, Philosophy
Supervenience relations and their significance., Richard Cranston Paull, Philosophy
Solipsistic contents., David C. Powell, Philosophy
Two modal paradoxes and their solutions., Jun, Ren, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1993
Latin American philosophy and the case of Mariátegui : philosophy as "Caliban" or a defense of philosophical cannibalism., Raúl Armando Cruz-Cortés, Philosophy
Heidegger and Levinas : the problem of ethics., Cheryl L. Hughes, Philosophy
Naturalness, intrinsicality, and duplication., Theodore R. Sider, Philosophy
On the temptation of Jesus., Thomas P. Sullivan, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1992
Occasionalism in the Malebranche-Arnauld debate., Andrew G. Black, Philosophy
Issues in Aristotelian essentialism., Angela F. Curran, Philosophy
Preestablished harmony and corporeal substance in Leibniz., José R. Silva, Philosophy
The shift from rationality to irrationality in German aesthetic theory : Kant, Schelling, Schopenhauer., Gita S. Van Heerden, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1991
What are thoughts?, Mark, Aronszajn, Philosophy
Kant's theory of the social contract., Kevin E. Dodson, Philosophy
Intuition, hypothesis, and reality., David K. Johnson, Philosophy
Desiring reason : reason as an unavoidable discourse of desire., Cynthia C. Kaufman, Philosophy
Contextual misreadings : the US reception of Heidegger's political thought., George R. Leaman, Philosophy
Habermas and Adorno on Dialectic of enlightenment., Alex, Pienknagura, Philosophy
The status of ecophilosophy and the ideology of nature., Nancy Huffman Shea, Philosophy
Leibniz's revelation-inspired metaphysics : an exercise in reconciling faith and reason., Brian D. Skelly, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1990
Semantic properties and the computational model of mind., Randall K. Campbell, Philosophy
Just war theory : an historical and philosophical analysis., Paul P. Christopher, Philosophy
Self-attributed belief and privileged access., B. A. Dixon, Philosophy
Right-making characteristics and morally right acts., Robert Lewis Frazier, Philosophy
Stalnaker and Field on truth and intentionality., Carol R. Gabriel, Philosophy
Does time pass., Ned, Markosian, Philosophy
The deontic quadecagon., Paul F. McNamara, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1989
One is many : democracy, communication and the self., Alison Leigh Brown, Philosophy
The problem of omnipotence and God's ability to sin., David S. Faber, Philosophy
The "inescapable" prisoner's dilemma., Ishtiyaque H. Haji, Philosophy
Gender, identity and the production of meaning., Tamsin E. Lorraine, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1988
Cause, definition, and explanation in Plato., Thomas A. Blackson, Philosophy
Moral realism and other issues., Eva D. Bodanszky, Philosophy
The moral status of human fetuses., Lucille R. Cormier, Philosophy
A Nietzschean critique of Kant's highest good., Donald M. Schneier, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1987
A Peircean theory of action., Donna J. Benedetti, Philosophy
On vagueness., Arnold Jensen Chien, Philosophy
A reconstruction and critique of Marx's theory of ideology., Phil, Cox, Philosophy
General rule in the philosophy of David Hume., Marie Ann Martin, Philosophy
The status of psychoanalysis and the question of science., Margaret M. Nash, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1985
On verbs and time., Dorit Abusch, Philosophy
What's the meaning of "this"? : a puzzle about demonstrative belief., David F. Austin, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1984
Freedom, foreknowledge, and the necessity of the past., Larry Wayne Hohm, Philosophy
Proper names, beliefs, and definite descriptions., Thomas C. Ryckman, Philosophy
A new perspective on the mind-body problem., Jesse L. Yoder, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1983
Psychological criteria of personal identity., Melinda Allien Roberts, Philosophy
Doubt, certainty, and the Cartesian Circle., Robert Stephen Welch, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1982
Hedonism in Plato's Protagoras and Gorgias., Richard Alan Bidgood, Philosophy
The social rule theory of law., Brian McCalla Miller, Philosophy
Demonstratives, indexicals, and tensed attributions of belief., Mark. Richard, Philosophy
Does foundationalism work?, Timm Ashford Triplett, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1981
Leibniz : unity, thought, and being., Thomas Anthony Steinbuch, Philosophy
An introduction to a theory of abstract objects., Edward N. Zalta, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1980
Pleasure and intrinsic goodness., Earl Brink Conee, Philosophy
The persisting problem of the ship of Theseus., Meredith W. Michaels, Philosophy
Truth-value gaps in natural language., James Hewins Waldo, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1979
The justification of empirical belief in Hume's Treatise., Norman Scott Arnold, Philosophy
Locke on primary and secondary qualities., Marcia Ann McKelligan, Philosophy
Mathematical objects and mathematical structure., Alan Frank McMichael, Philosophy
A theory of free human action., Michael J. Zimmerman, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1978
Studies in Bhartrhari's Vakyapadiya., Lawrence Ward Davis, Philosophy
The problem of conditional obligation., Judith Wagner Decew, Philosophy
Peirce's critique of introspection., Gayle Lynn Stephens, Philosophy
Legal rights and natural objects., Karen, Warren, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1977
Moral sentiment and moral judgment in Hume., Dennis Farrell Fried, Philosophy
Critical intelligence and its development., Jon Jørgen Nordby, Philosophy
A nominalistic account of mathematical truth., Edward Arthur Oldfield, Philosophy
Substance and attributes in Spinoza's philosophy., Linda, Trompetter, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1976
Refutation and justification in Moore's defense of common sense., William Dallas Anderson, Philosophy
The Cartesian circle., Peter J. Markie, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1975
Non-propositional analyses of belief., Richard Harold Feldman, Philosophy
Mathematical ontology in Aristotle., John Joseph Guiniven, Philosophy
God, freedom, and Plantinga., Delvin Lee Ratzsch, Philosophy
An analysis of the stone paradox., David E. Schrader, Philosophy
Skepticism and transcendental arguments., Jeffrey Stewart Tlumak, Philosophy
Prediction and unsaturation : an essay on Frege's philosophy of logic., William Harvey Walters, Philosophy
Dissertations from 1974
Plato's early theory of knowledge., David L. Conroy, Philosophy
Necessity and contingency in Leibniz., G. W. Fitch, Philosophy
Clearness and distinctness in Descartes., Stephen J. Herman, Philosophy
Essentialism and quantified modal logic : Quine's argument and Kripke's semantics., Thomas James McKay, Philosophy
Multiple quantifiers and restricted range in epistemic logic., Gregory Frank Mellema, Philosophy