Philosophy Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions

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    • Pragmatism as a Theory of Truth 

      Duer, Guy Robert (University of Kansas, 1909)
      Pragmatism is a recent movement in philosophy in the field of epistemology, that has attracted world-wide attention. It is my purpose in this paper; first, to give an historical sketch of pragmatism, the development of the ...

    • Apology, Forgiveness, and Revenge 

      Waldschlagel, Matt (University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)
      This dissertation makes a contribution to moral philosophy by inquiring into the nature, content, justification, and scope of apology and forgiveness. In doing so, I get a theoretical purchase on their ethical importance. ...

    • Pragmatism: A New Method in the Theory of Knowledge 

      Dickinson, Lucy Dee (University of Kansas, 1907-06-05)

    • The Esthetic Element in the Origin of Mythology 

      Clarke, Helen Maude (University of Kansas, 1907)

    • England in the Soudan 

      Seyster, Oscar B. (University of Kansas, 1904)

    • The Ethics of Punishment 

      Filkins, Walter Warren (University of Kansas, 1904)

    • The Will in Physical Education 

      Robbins, Charles Lenoidae (University of Kansas, 1903)

    • Schopenhauer’s Theory of the Will 

      Lewis, Benjamin E. (University of Kansas, 1902)

    • Nondoxastic Attitudes and Religious Propositions 

      Marsh, Andrew Charles (University of Kansas, 2011-08-31)
      Doxastic (from the Greek work doxa, meaning belief) attitudes are those propositional attitudes that are equivalent to, or entail, belief. Discussions of faith, particularly its rationality, generally presume that it is ...

    • Atomism, Ancient and Modern 

      Williams, Harriet Tracy (University of Kansas, 1889)

    • Slave Morality and the Revaluation of Values 

      Dopf, Aaron Andrew (University of Kansas, 2011-07-09)
      What exactly does Nietzsche mean when he describes himself as an 'immoralist'? Does he really reject all morality? Confounding the issue, Nietzsche himself seems to take a number of conflicting positions on the topic of ...

    • Theories of Emotion: Integrating philosophy and the social sciences 

      Stolzle, Michael (University of Kansas, 2011-02-28)
      The study of emotion is being taken on by many different fields of research. In particular, the social sciences are providing many new areas of development within the field. Philosophy is specially equipped to add to the ...

    • Substance and Skepticism in Hume's Treatise 

      Cox, Nathan Robert (University of Kansas, 2011-04-25)
      Abstract Nathan Robert Cox, Ph.D. Department of Philosophy, April 20th 2011 University of Kansas 1.4.5 of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature provides several reasons for close, sustained reading and general concern for ...

    • Other Than Omniscient: An Interpretation and Defense of Kant's Rejection of Aristotle's Notion of Finite Reasoning 

      Colaner, Nathan (University of Kansas, 2011-04-25)
      Although actual human omniscience is unimaginable, it is not obvious what it means to be limited with regard to thought. One of Kant's significant contributions to epistemology was his redefinition of the limits of thought. ...

    • What Moral Responsibility Requires 

      Simkulet, William (University of Kansas, 2011-04-27)
      The primary goal of this dissertation is to articulate and defend a robust commonsense libertarian theory of moral responsibility; that moral agents are the causes, and owners, of their actions, and in virtue of this it ...

    • Illuminating the Meaning of 'being' in the later Heidegger Through Aspects of the Theologies of Pseudo-Dionysius and Meister Eckhart 

      Garitta, Mario (University of Kansas, 2010-07-03)
      The dissertation involves an attempt to illuminate the meaning of being in Heidegger through the dialectic of negation, the complex and subtle relation between affirmation and negation which is present in the 'negative' ...

    • From Africa of States to United Africa: Towards Africana Democracy 

      Danabo, Pelle Darota (University of Kansas, 2008-08-21)
      Since Western Liberal Democracy's philosophical, cultural, and value foundations are radically different from that of Africa and; based on post-disciplinary approach and review of the vast literature on theories and ...

    • Arguments for an Alternative Account of Analyticity 

      Sexton, Clark Alan (University of Kansas, 2009-11-09)
      This dissertation presents an alternative account of analyticity, as well as arguments for that account. Although an analysis and interpretation of previous accounts of analyticity are presented, the focus is on the analysis ...

    • An Ethic of Freedom 

      Morgan, Anne Marie (University of Kansas, 2009-02-09)
      The dissertation argues that what is moral is to act in accordance with one's prior interest in choice; knowledge of that prior interest instructs one (and especially all choosers) to help provide the pre-conditions of ...

    • Dialectical Humanism: An Ethic of Self-Actualization 

      Carrillo, Hernan D. (University of Kansas, 2008-01-01)
      Abstract In the history of western philosophy, few thinkers have managed to generate as much controversy and confusion as Karl Marx. One issue caught in this controversy and mired in confusion the presence of evaluative ...