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The dissertation represents the culmination of several years of hard but rewarding work as a graduate student. Below are some of the ambitious and original projects pursued by our recent and not-so recent graduates. Click on the titles for a copy of the work hosted on our digital library.<\/p>\n

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\n Gurskey, Laura (2025). Taking People as They Are: The Role of Culture in Public Reason Liberalism<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Foster, Jennifer (2025). Courage in Conviction: Holding Firm and Letting Go in the Face of Doxastic Anxiety<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Van Fossen, Stephanie (2025). Person-Directed Contractualism<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Nicoara, Laura (2025). Kind-First Social Ontology <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Castillo Gamboa, Jaime (2024). Vagueness, Ontology, and the Social World<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n San, Kin (2024). Aggregation and the Structure of Value<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pham, Quyen (2024). The Metaphysics of Social Groups: Structure, Location, and Change<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Garofalo, Paul (2024). Toward a more Perfect Liberalism: Perfectionism in Kantian Political Philosophy<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Stewart, Andrew (2024). Five Roles of the Political Philosopher<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Wilson, Jesse (2023). Cognitive Boundaries for Rational Coherence Requirements<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Jalloh, Mahmoud (2023). Dimensional Analysis: Essays on the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Quantities<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Goodsell, Zachary (2023). Unbounded Utility<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Clark, David (2023). Responding to Harm<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Wadle, Douglas (2023). Minimal Sensory Modalities and Spatial Perception<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Chi, Xiangyuan (2023). Four Stages of Blame<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Ward, Shane (2023). Extending Credit<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Gunkel, Jasmine (2023). On Intimacy: A Philosophical Account<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Gordon, Noah (2023). Theism and Secular Modality<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Hong, Frank (2023). Uncertain Knowledge<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Lee, Junhyo (2022). What “Ought” Ought to Mean <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Donahue, Sean (2022). Public justification beyond legitimacy. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pallies, Daniel (2022). Feeling good and living well: on the nature of pleasure and its role in well-being.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Sridharan, Vishnu (2022). Getting our act(s) together: the normativity of diachronic choice. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Ashfield, Michael (2021). The virtue of reasonableness: on the normative epistemic implications of public reason liberalism.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Kostochka, Tatyana (2021). Capturing moods: a philosophical exploration. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Blessenohl, Simon (2021). Political decision-making in an uncertain world. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Wright, Jonathan (2020). Conceptually permissive attitudes.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Leonard, Matt (2019). What it is to be located.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pressman, Michael (2018). Aggregating Happiness: Seeking and Identifying a Single Plausible Unifying Theory.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Basu, Rima (2018). Beliefs that wrong. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Dietz, Alexander (2018). Units of agency in ethics.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Fairchild, Maegan (2018). Unlimited ontology and its limits. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Fairchild, Maegan (2018). Unlimited ontology and its limits. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Gorman, August (2018). The minimal approval view of attributional-responsibility. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Hall, Keith (2018). Instantial terms, donkey anaphora, and individual concepts.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Horton, Joe (2018). Aggregating complaints.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Lee, Woo Ram (2018). Rationality and the primacy of the occurrent. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Astourian, Ara (2017). A new defense of public reason.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Bero, Stephen (2017). Responsibility and the emotional structure of relationships. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Bolinger, Renee (2017). Mistaken defense and normative conventions.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Hatcher, Michael (2017). A deontological explanation of accessibilism.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Laskowski, Nicholas (2017). Rethinking reductive realism in ethics.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pearl, Caleb (2017). Positivist realism.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Silver, Kenneth (2017). The constitution of action.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Ackerman, Greg (2016). Representation, truth, and the metaphysics of propositions.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Babb, Matthew (2016). Telling each other what to do: on imperative language.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Encarnacion, Erik (2016). Contract, from promise to commodity.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Milona, Michael (2016). A perceptual model of evaluative knowledge.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Podgorski, Abelard (2016). Process-oriented rationality.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Webster, Aness (2016). Responsibility and rights: a search for a principled distinction between criminal law and tort law.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Crabill, Joshua (2015). Describing authority. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Dallmann, Justin (2015). Belief as credal plan.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Liberman, Alida (2015). The mental states first theory of promising.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Lutz, Matthew (2015). The case for moral skepticism.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Chang, Tiffany (2014). Distributive equality and labor burdens.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Lennertz, Benjamin (2014). Reasoning with uncertainty and epistemic modals.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Nair, Shyam (2014). Reasons, obligations, and the structure of good reasoning.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pearce, Kenneth (2014). Language and the structure of Berkeley\u2019s world.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Reiland, Indrek (2014). Meaningfulness, rules, and use-conditional semantics.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Tang, Yingying (2014). Intrinsic and extrinsic values of distributional equality.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Folescu, Marina (2013). Thomas Reid on singular thought.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Snedegar, Justin (2013). Contrastive reasons.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Staffel, Julia (2013). Reasoning with degrees of belief.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Yovetich, Luka (2013). Merely verbal disputes in philosophy.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Bowman, Brian (2012). Linguistic understanding and semantic theory.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Asgeirsson, Hrafn (2012). Vagueness, legal content, and legal interpretation.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n DeClark, Kory (2012). On being bound: law, authority, and the politics of obligation.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Johns, Brandon (2012). The boundaries of the intentional.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Schmitt, Johannes (2012). Iffy confidence.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Villanueva, Eduardo (2012). Constraining assertion: an account of context-sensitivity.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Wei, Xiao (2012). Defending Rawls’s Law of Peoples against cosmopolitan critiques. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Lee, Hsin-Wen (2011). National identity and the right to self-government.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Powell, Lewis (2011). Just imagining things: Hume\u2019s conception-based account of cognition.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Shpall, Samuel (2011). Enkrasia, rationality, and commitment.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Weil, Jonathan (2011). Dispositions: properties of powers.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Kwon, Daniel (2010). Lesson\u2019s from Frege\u2019s Puzzle.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Secchi, Luigi (2010). A critical examination of the three main interpretations of probability. <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n German, David (2009). Cause and consequence: confronting ethical challenges in models of morally informed legal practice.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Pryor, Francis (2009). Thick concepts, reflection, and the loss of ethical knowledge.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Talbot, Brian (2009). How to use intuitions in philosophy.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Zhu, Xiaoyu (2009). Defending compatibilism: a paradigm case argument.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Considine, Daniel (2008). Descartes creation doctrine and modality.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Erwin, Keith (2008). Morality with Humean foundations: a proposal for a solution to the accommodation problem.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Qudrat, Maryam (2008). Hobbes, education and the long run stability of nations: toward a Hobbesian model for contemporary religious theocratic societies.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Sadagopan, Shoba (2008). Negotiating pluralism and tribalism in liberal democratic societies.<\/a>\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDissertations - School of Philosophy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The dissertation is the culmination of several years of hard but rewarding work as a graduate student. 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