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Recent Ph.D.s Jim Blackmon and Christian Coons at the 2007 Graduate Studies graduation ceremony
The following is a list of all Ph.D.s awarded by the UC Davis Graduate Program in Philosophy, with the dissertation title and faculty adviser(s). (Click here or on the name for links and current occupation.)
1971
George Daniel Gale, Jr.
Leibniz: the Physicist and the Philosopher
Marjorie Grene
Leibniz: the Physicist and the Philosopher
Marjorie Grene
1972
Frederick Joseph O'Toole
Qualities and Powers in the Corpuscular Philosophy of Robert Boyle
Ronald A. Arbini
Qualities and Powers in the Corpuscular Philosophy of Robert Boyle
Ronald A. Arbini
1974
John Michael King
Functionalist Explanations of Behavior
Ronald A. Arbini
Functionalist Explanations of Behavior
Ronald A. Arbini
Judy Carol Williams
The Philosophical Significance of the Notion of Seeing-as
Ronald A. Arbini
The Philosophical Significance of the Notion of Seeing-as
Ronald A. Arbini
1977
Bruce Alan Russell
Rawls and Utilitarianism: A Comparison and Critique
Fred R. Berger
Rawls and Utilitarianism: A Comparison and Critique
Fred R. Berger
1978
Stephen Richard Hibbard
Particular Identity and Particular Reality in Plato's Middle Dialogues
John F. Malcolm
Particular Identity and Particular Reality in Plato's Middle Dialogues
John F. Malcolm
1979
Jerald Lee Mosley
A Posteriori Necessity: Some Recent Views
Michael V. Wedin
A Posteriori Necessity: Some Recent Views
Michael V. Wedin
1981
Burke Hilden
Excluded-Opposite Arguments
Ronald A. Arbini
Excluded-Opposite Arguments
Ronald A. Arbini
Paula Blanche Hunter
Architectonic and Critical Philosophy
George J. Mattey II
Architectonic and Critical Philosophy
George J. Mattey II
1983
Linda Kay Bomstad
The Corpuscular Theory and the Semantics of Natural Kind Terms in Locke's Essay
Ronald A. Arbini
The Corpuscular Theory and the Semantics of Natural Kind Terms in Locke's Essay
Ronald A. Arbini
1984
Theodore Ambrose Gracyk
Epistemological Sources of Kant's Aesthetic Theory
George J. Mattey II
Epistemological Sources of Kant's Aesthetic Theory
George J. Mattey II
Alistair Moles
The Metaphysical Principles of Nietzsche's Cosmology
Joel I. Friedman
The Metaphysical Principles of Nietzsche's Cosmology
Joel I. Friedman
Timothy Dean Roche
Aristotle on the Good of Man
Michael V. Wedin
Aristotle on the Good of Man
Michael V. Wedin
1985
Katarina Elsbeth Helene Dulckheit
Hegel on Meaning and Reference
George J. Mattey II
Hegel on Meaning and Reference
George J. Mattey II
1987
Dirk Meier Leben
On the Possible, the Impossible and God: The Medieval Latin Philosophical Development of New Testament Sources
Neal W. Gilbert
On the Possible, the Impossible and God: The Medieval Latin Philosophical Development of New Testament Sources
Neal W. Gilbert
1988
Jay Wallis Gallagher
Staking a Claim to Knowledge in an Alien Framework: From Foucault's Critique of the Confessional to Mae West on Men
George J. Mattey II and Mary Anne Warren
Staking a Claim to Knowledge in an Alien Framework: From Foucault's Critique of the Confessional to Mae West on Men
George J. Mattey II and Mary Anne Warren
1991
Tony Daniel Roy
On Possibility and Possible Worlds
Michael E. Jubien
On Possibility and Possible Worlds
Michael E. Jubien
1992
David Lopez
The Question of a Sartrean Ethics
William H. Bossart
The Question of a Sartrean Ethics
William H. Bossart
1993
Melinda Lou Campbell
The Reality of Color: The Case for Subjective Realism
Richard Wollheim
The Reality of Color: The Case for Subjective Realism
Richard Wollheim
William Stafford Hirstein
The Problem of Self-Belief
Richard Wollheim
The Problem of Self-Belief
Richard Wollheim
Marina Alexandra Lisa Oshana
Autonomy as a Social Phenomenon
John Martin Fischer
Autonomy as a Social Phenomenon
John Martin Fischer
1994
Leonard David Olson
Hegel and the Doctrine of the Trinity
William H. Bossart
Hegel and the Doctrine of the Trinity
William H. Bossart
1995
Jordi Cat
Maxwell's Interpretation of the Electric and Magnetic Potentials: The Methods of Illustration, Analogy and Scientific Metaphor
Paul R. Teller
Maxwell's Interpretation of the Electric and Magnetic Potentials: The Methods of Illustration, Analogy and Scientific Metaphor
Paul R. Teller
1996
Nancy Elizabeth Shaffer
Understanding Bias in Scientific Practice
Paul R. Teller
Understanding Bias in Scientific Practice
Paul R. Teller
1997
Scott Andrew Merlino
Are Biological Species Individuals?
James R. Griesemer
Are Biological Species Individuals?
James R. Griesemer
Robert Wilson Mutti
The Semantic Content of Proper Names
Jeffrey C. King
The Semantic Content of Proper Names
Jeffrey C. King
David Eric Nachmanoff
A Moral Justification for the Right to National Self-Determination
David Copp
A Moral Justification for the Right to National Self-Determination
David Copp
Howard Mark Pressman
Hume on Geometry and Infinite Divisibility
George J. Mattey II
Hume on Geometry and Infinite Divisibility
George J. Mattey II
Leslie Elizabeth Stapp
A Revision of David Lewis's "Golden Card": The Classification of Relations Via a New Intrinsic/Extrinsic Property Relation
Michael E. Jubien
A Revision of David Lewis's "Golden Card": The Classification of Relations Via a New Intrinsic/Extrinsic Property Relation
Michael E. Jubien
1998
Elizabeth Volk Forrester
Emergent Properties
Paul R. Teller
Emergent Properties
Paul R. Teller
1999
Judith Worth Cross
The Nature of Events
Michael E. Jubien
The Nature of Events
Michael E. Jubien
Richard Constanz Shubert
Moral Judgments, Normative Reasons, and the Motivation of the Practically Rational
David Copp
Moral Judgments, Normative Reasons, and the Motivation of the Practically Rational
David Copp
2000
Sherry Lynn Deveaux
The Essence of Spinoza's God
Joel I. Friedman and Don Garrett
The Essence of Spinoza's God
Joel I. Friedman and Don Garrett
2001
Patrick John Findler
Moral Properties, Secondary Qualities, and Moral Motivation
David Copp
Moral Properties, Secondary Qualities, and Moral Motivation
David Copp
Robert Schofield
Skepticism and Analogical Reasoning in Law
David Copp
Skepticism and Analogical Reasoning in Law
David Copp
Christina Waters
Sartre on the Magical
William H. Bossart
Sartre on the Magical
William H. Bossart
2002
Todd Harris
The Construction and Evaluation of Data Models in Cell Biology
James R. Griesemer
The Construction and Evaluation of Data Models in Cell Biology
James R. Griesemer
William Russell Payne
On the Nature of Dispositions
Michael E. Jubien
On the Nature of Dispositions
Michael E. Jubien
2003
James David Byrd, Jr.
Is a Unified Account of Concepts Possible?
Robert C. Cummins
Is a Unified Account of Concepts Possible?
Robert C. Cummins
Martin Anthony Anderson Roth
The Role of Programs in Connectionist Explanations of Cognition
Robert C. Cummins
The Role of Programs in Connectionist Explanations of Cognition
Robert C. Cummins
2004
Lynn O'Neil Fox
Equality in Meeting Basic Needs: Reasons for, and Challenges to, a Theory of Distributive Justice that Focuses on Basic Needs
Gerald Dworkin and David Copp
Equality in Meeting Basic Needs: Reasons for, and Challenges to, a Theory of Distributive Justice that Focuses on Basic Needs
Gerald Dworkin and David Copp
2005
Matthew Horace Haber
The Centrality of Phylogenetic Thinking
James R. Griesemer
The Centrality of Phylogenetic Thinking
James R. Griesemer
2006
Christian Lang Coons
The Value of Individuals and the Value of States of Affairs
Pekka Väyrynen and Connie S. Rosati
The Value of Individuals and the Value of States of Affairs
Pekka Väyrynen and Connie S. Rosati
David James Freelove
The Axioms and Substance in Aristotle's Science of Metaphysics
Michael V. Wedin
The Axioms and Substance in Aristotle's Science of Metaphysics
Michael V. Wedin
Alexa Heidi Lee
A Defense of Descriptivism
Michael Glanzberg and Robert C. Cummins
A Defense of Descriptivism
Michael Glanzberg and Robert C. Cummins
2007
James Craig Blackmon
Computationalism and the Putnam-Searle Thesis
Paul R. Teller and Robert C. Cummins
Computationalism and the Putnam-Searle Thesis
Paul R. Teller and Robert C. Cummins
2008
Brooke S. Roberts
A Reactive Attitudes Account of Desert
Gerald Dworkin and Pekka Väyrynen
A Reactive Attitudes Account of Desert
Gerald Dworkin and Pekka Väyrynen