Theses

A list of all students who have defended a PhD thesis, with accompanying info as to when, the title, the supervisor, and a link if available
Last Name First Name Year Thesis Title Thesis Supervisor(s)
Oswick Derek 2022 Michael Anderson
Athanasiou Dimitrios 2022 Christomer Smeenk
Goldstein Corey 2022 Charles Weijer
Small Matthew 2022 John Thorp
Crosby Alastair 2021 Lorne Falkenstein
Stewart Heather 2021 Carolyn McLeod
Lehmann John 2021 Robert DiSalle
Fox Craig 2021 Christopher Smeenk
Hurry Dylan 2021 Robert Stainton
Horn Austin 2021 Carolyn McLeod
Murphy Nicholas 2020 Tracy Isaacs
Boudreault Pierre-Luc 2020 John Thorp
Li Jiangtian 2020 Robert Stainton
Woodcox Adam 2019 Devin Henry
Slothouber Nicholas 2019 Dennis Klimchuk
Lanthier Jaclyn 2019 Jackie Sullivan
Winters David 2019 John Bell
Liu Chang 2019 Robert Stainton
Moore Nathaniel 2019 Christopher Smeenk
Shirreff Christopher 2019 Samantha Brennan
Gueguen Marie 2019 Christopher Smeenk
Koberinski Adam 2019 Wayne Myrvold
Creek Richard 2018 Corey Dyck
Arsiradam Veromi 2018 Carolyn McLeod
Shaw Jamie 2018 Kathleen Okruhlik
Banville Frederic-Ismael 2018 Jackie Sullivan
Papagiannopoulos Filippos 2018 Wayne Myrvold
Booth Daniel 2018 Christopher Viger
Nash Nicholas 2017 Lorne Falkenstein
Fenton Cameron 2017 Samantha Brennan
Ryman Emma 2017 Carolyn McLeod
Wright Jessey 2017 Jackie Sullivan
Harley Dione 2017 Devin Henry
Roy Mathieu 2017 Tracy Isaacs
Hogarth Sarah 2017 Henrik Lagerlund
Jenkinson John 2017 Christopher Viger
Kantymir Lori 2016 Anthony Skelton
Bzovy Justin 2016 Eric Desjardins
Jacquart Melissa 2016 Christopher Smeenk
Graham Mackenzie 2016 Charles Weijer & Anthony Skelton
Peterson Andrew 2016 Charles Weijer
Pelot Lisa 2016 Robert Stainton
Pearce Stephen 2016 Angela Mendelovici
Epp Jennifer 2016 Tracy Isaacs
Kao Molly 2016 Wayne Myrvold
Anis Saad 2016 Christopher Smeenk
Walschots Michael 2015 Corey Dyck
Young Christopher 2015 Andrew Botterell and Angela Mendelovici
Ivanowich Matthew 2015 Christopher Viger
Benetreau-Dupin Yann 2015 Christopher Smeenk
Morew-Buchanan O'Neal 2015 Gillian Barker
Luczak Joshua 2015 Wayne Myrvold
Wuest Amy 2015 Kathleen Okruhlik
Kapusta Stephanie 2015 Carolyn McLeod & Richard Vernon
Nickel Kenneth 2015 Dennis Klimchuk
Shiller Aviva 2015 Dennis Klimchuk
Life Jonathan 2015 Robert Stainton
Borgida Michael 2015 Dennis Klimchuk
McGinnis Nicholas 2015 Robert Stainton
Vezer Martin 2015 Wayne Myrvold
Middleton Ryan 2015 John Thorp
MacAulay Melissa 2015 Robert Stainton
Brandt Reuven 2015 Carolyn McLeod
Bieber Trevor 2014 Anthony Skelton
Beaulac Guillaume 2014 Christopher Viger
Southworth James 2014 Louis Charland
Rossiter Elliot 2014 Benjamin Hill
Cameron Billy 2014 Tracy Isaacs
Doyle Emerson 2013 John Bell
Beldan Alexander 2013 Anthony Skelton
Samaroo Ryan 2013 Robert DiSalle
Biniek Kristina 2013 Karen Nielsen
Moir Robert 2013 Robert Batterman & John Bell
Coughlin Sean 2013 Devin Henry
Hebert S. Michel 2013 Anthony Skelton & Samantha Brennan
Spring Jeffrey 2013 Samantha Brennan
Binik Ariella 2013 Charles Weijer
Petropanagos Angelique 2013 Carolyn McLeod
Parker Rodney 2013 Helen Fielding & Antonio Calcagno
Cuffaro Michael 2013 Wayne Myrvold
Sangster Lee-Anna 2013 Robert Stainton
Fulfer Katherine 2012 Helen Fielding & Carolyn McLeod
Fillion Nicolas 2012 Robert Batterman & John Bell
Lamoureux Lucien 2012 Kathleen Okruhlik
Clipsham Patrick 2012 Anthony Skelton
Overton James 2012 Robert Batterman
Ray Nicholas 2012 Robert DiSalle
Yates Arthur 2012 Dennis Klimchuk
McDonald Darren 2012 John Bell
Marsh Jason 2012 Samantha Brennan & John Thorp
Tait Morgan 2012 Wayne Myrvold
White Angela 2011 Michael Milde
Manafu Alexandru 2011 Robert Batterman
Fawcett W. W. Nicholas 2011 John Thorp
Hey Spencer 2011 Charles Weijer
Chow Sheldon 2011 Christopher Viger
Ducharme Alain 2011 John Thorp
Porter Amanda 2010 Samantha Brennan
Sirkel Riin 2010 Henrik Lagerlund
Paxman Katharina 2010 Lorne Falkenstein & Willem Lemmens
Chung Kenneth 2010 Dennis Klimchuk
Watt Julia 2010 Moral Feelings and Participation in Collective Harms Tracy Isaacs
Jordao Leonardo 2010 Elements of a New Constructional System John Bell
Doherty Gareth 2010 Intuitions, Cross-Cultural Cognition and Experimental Philosophy
Gault Dylan 2009 Contemporary Cosmology as a Case Study in Scientific Methodology
Kuchar Philip 2009 Naturalism, Norms, and Mental Content
Hickson Michael 2009 Solomon's Cipher: Evil, Skepticism, and Toleration in Bayle Tom Lennon
Walsh Julie 2009 Intentional Volitions: Malebranche and Locke on Human Freedom Tom Lennon
Jerzykiewicz Luke 2009 A Cognitive Approach to Benacerraf's Dilemma
Lublink Sarah 2009 Critical Thinking and the Ethics of Teaching Samantha Brennan
Lawson Brian 2009 Collective Responsibility and Individual Complicity Tracy Isaacs
Bland Steven 2009 Conventionalism in Early Analytical Philosophy
MacBean Jeremy 2008 Sellars, Scientific Realism, and the Philosophy of Mind
Barth Aaron 2008 Applications of Linguistic Analysis
Robb Ryan 2007 Rights, Interests, Choices and Autonomy Dennis Klimchuk
Ponesse Julie 2007 Aristotle on Constitutive Moral Luck John Thorp
Dea Shannon 2007 Peirce and Spinoza's Surprising Pragmaticism Kathleen Okruhlik
Andres Gregory 2007 The Metaphysical Basis of Logic
Mulligan Sean 2007 If Fishes Were Made of Iron: Aristotle's Thought Experiments John Thorp
Boutillier David 2006 Basic Logical Knowledge and its Justification Bill Demopoulos
Silver Zachary 2006 On the Nature and Possibility of an Ethics of Belief
Raymond Dwayne 2006 QUA John Thorp
Crozier Gillian 2005 A Critical Examination of Cultural Evolution Wayne Myrvold
Bluhm Robyn 2005 The Hierarchy of Evidence and EBM John Nicholas
Peaker Darin 2005 Locke's Direct Realism
Frappier Melanie 2004 Heisenberg's Notion of Interpretation
Campbell Catherine 2004 Descartes's Theories of Visual Depth Perception
Laverty David 2004 Fregean Logicism and Conceptual Analysis
Lavers Gregory 2004 Meaning and Determinacy in the Foundations of Mathematics Robert DiSalle
Stoyles Byron 2004 The Value of Death Samantha Brennan & John Thorp
Brown Derek 2004 Relativity, Inversion, Color, Analytic Philosophy
Shani Itay 2004 Content and Its Problems
Meynell Letitia 2003 Representing, Imagining and Understanding Kathleen Okruhlik
Vopat Mark 2003 The Moral Status of Children: A Contractarian Approach Samantha Brennan
Grandi Giovanni 2003 Thomas Reid's Theory of Vision
Klatt Carrie 2003 Spacetime in Modern Physical Theories
Stapleford Scott 2003 Transcendental Arguments and Kant's Refutation
 Lorne Falkenstein
Cocos Cristian 2003 The Generic Epistemic Subject
Dempsey Liam 2003 Identity Theory and the Metaphysics of Conscious Experience
Hreno Travis 2003 Jury Nullification in Anglo-American Criminal Law
 Richard Bronaugh
McDermid Kirk 2003 Systematic Dependencies and Scientific Explanation
Hynes Darren 2003 Descartes as Faust
Gildert Robin 2003 Deriving Restorative Justice from Retributivism
 Dennis Klimchuk
Calder Todd 2002 The Nature of Evil: A Study in Moral Theory
 Samantha Brennan
Burrow Sylvia 2002 Showing Some Humean Sympathy
 Samantha Brennan
Ramsay Marc 2002 THE PLURALIST CRITIQUE OF LIBERALISM
 Michael Milde
Sheridan Patricia 2001 LOCKE'S ETHICS AND THE BRITISH MORALISTS
 Thomas Lennon
Hundleby Catherine 2001 FEMINIST STANDPOINT THEORY AS A FORM OF NATURALIST EPISTEMOLOGY
 Kathleen Okruhlik
Vanderburgh William 2001 DARK MATTERS IN ASTROPHYSICS: THEORY CHOICE AND EVIDENCE
 Kathleen Okruhlik
Snyder Eric 2000 The Philosophy of Mathematics of Wittgenstein's Tractatus
 John Bell
Callaghan Gerald 2000 Concepts and Frege's Concept-Script
 William Demopoulos
Bennett Bryce 1999 The Keplerian Revolution
 William Harper
Ketchen James 1999 Legality and Legitimacy in the Hart-Fuller Debate
 Richard Bronaugh
Jakubowicz Sammy 1999 The Trouble with Touching
 John Thorp
Howes Moira 1999 Immunology and the Indiscrete Self John Thorp
Boulos Pierre 1999 The Entrenchment of Newton's Ideal of Empirical Success
 William Harper
Lindahl James 1999 Anthropological Approaches to the Philosophy of Translation
 Alison Wylie
Feist Richard 1999 Hermann Weyl's Mathematics, Science and Phenomenology
 John Bell
Holt Jason 1999 Blindsight William Demopoulos
Delaplante Kevin 1998 TOWARD A GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF ECOLOGY
 Kathleen Okruhlik
Guarini Marcello 1998 THE CLASSICISM-CONNECTIONISM DEBATE
 Ausonio Marras
Kenyon Timothy 1998 PHILOSOPHICAL APPLICATIONS OF SEMANTIC ANTI-REALISM
 William Demopoulos
Mason-Grant Joan 1998 RETHINKING PORNOGRAPHY AS A PRACTICE
 Alison Wylie
Flores Francisco 1998 LEVELS OF THEORY AND TYPES OF THEORETICAL EXPLANATION
 Robert DiSalle
Gannett Lisa 1998 GENETIC VARIATION: DIFFERENCE, DEVIATION, OR DEVIANCE?
 Kathleen Okruhlik
Lariviere Darrell 1998 THE CONCEPT OF METHOD AMONG THE CARTESIANS, 1650-1690
 Thomas Lennon
Landry Elaine 1997 CATEGORY-THEORETIC REALISM
 John Bell
Temple Daniel 1997 LEIBNIZ ON THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATION OF PHYSICS
 Robert DiSalle
Hiscock D. Michele 1997 SCIENCE AND SCEPTICISM IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
 Lorne Falkenstein
Martens Rhonda 1997 KEPLER'S ARCHETYPES IN DISCOVERY & JUSTIFICATION
 William Harper
Neill Elizabeth 1997 RITES OF PRIVACY AND THE PRIVACY TRADE
 Barry Hoffmaster
Reynolds Andrew 1997 IRREVERSIBILITY AND EVOLUTION IN PEIRCE'S COSMOLOGY
 Kathleen Okruhlik
Minto William 1997 FOUNDATIONS FOR A REALIST THEORY OF CAUSALITY
 John Thorp
Wray Kenneth 1997 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY IN INQUIRY: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY
 John Nicholas
Cutler Darcy 1996 CONCEPTS OF LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE
 William Demopoulos
Muhit Md 1996 REGULATIVE IDEAL OF SYSTEMATICITY IN KANT'S CRITICAL PHILOSOPHY
 Robert E. Butts
Woolcott Glen 1996 BERKELEY'S IDEALISM: ARGUMENTS OF THE FIRST DIALOGUE
 Robert Muehlmann
Gallay Beata 1996 ON SEARLE ON THE BACKGROUND OF COMMUNICATION
 Bruce Freed
Proessel Dean 1996 ROLE OF THE CONCEPT OF SHOWING IN WITTGENSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHY
 Irving Block
Simpson M. Carleton 1996 THE CULTURAL CONTEXT OF PERCEPTION
 Patrick Maynard
Devidi Richard 1995 FREGE ON INDEXICALS: SENSE AND CONTEXT SENSITIVITY
 William Demopoulos
Hagen Gregory 1995 LEIBNIZ'S PUZZLE AND THE SMOOTH CONTINUUM
 John Bell
Hogarth Kent 1995 KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES: A CRITIQUE OF SCIENTIFIC IDEOLOGY
 Alison Wylie
Kerr Ian 1995 LEGAL FICTIONS
 Richard Bronaugh
Kernaghan Michael 1995 CONTEXTUALISM AND NONLOCALITY IN QUANTUM MECHANICS
 R. DiSalle
McRobert Jennifer 1994 CONCEPT CONSTRUCTION IN KANT'S METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS
 K. Okruhlik
Henry Wayne 1994 NONREDUCTIVE MATERIALISM AND THE COMPUTATIONAL THEORY OF MIND
 A. Marras
Lu Zhaolu 1994 A DIRECT-REALIST MODEL OF PERCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE
 Bruce Freed
Devidi David 1994 TERM FORMING OPERATORS IN FIRST ORDER LOGIC
 J. Bell
McCurdy Christopher 1994 PROPENSITIES, CHANCE, CAUSATION, AND CONTRASTIVE EXPLANATION
 W. Harper
Heyd Thomas 1993 LOCKE'S THEORY OF COGNITION OF THE EXTERNAL WORLD REASSESSED
 Tom Lennon
Schneider Angela 1993 DRUGS IN SPORT, THE STRAIGHT DOPE
 R. Binkley
Easton Patricia 1992 THE MYTH OF CARTESIAN RATIONALISM Tom Lennon
Butcher Robert 1992 MORAL DILEMMAS AND VIRTUES R. Binkley
Marinov Marin 1992 CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF CONNECTIONIST COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES W. Demopoulos
Hudson Robert 1992 WHY IS OBSERVATION IMPORTANT TO SCIENCE? R. Butts
Overduin Hendrik 1991 ASSERTORIC VALIDITY IN JOURNALISTIC NEWS JUDGEMENT R. W. Binkley
Metcalfe John 1991 ASPECTS OF VICTORIAN PSYCHOLOGISM R. Butts
Mosca Aldo 1991 PSYCHOANALYTIC EXPLANATION: A COGNITIVIST APPROACH A. Marras
Catton Philip 1990 Science and the Systematicity of Nature W. Demopoulos
Morris L. Joel 1990 KANT AND CONSERVATION OF MATTER K. Okruhlik
Morton Peter 1990 NATURAL CONSTRAINTS IN COMPUTATIONAL THEORIES OF VISION W. Demopoulos
Ross Donald 1990 A COGNITIVE THEORY OF METAPHOR PROCESSING
Forster Paul 1989 COMMUNITY, CONSENSUS ANDPROGRESS: PROBLEMS IN PRAGMATISM R. Butts
Solomon Graham 1989 LEIBNIZ'S ANALYSIS SITUS IN MATHEMATICAL CONTEXT R. Butts
Baylis Francoise 1989 The Ethics of Ex Utero Research on Spare 'IVF' Human Embryos B. Freedman & C. Barry Hoffmaster
Charland Louis 1989 EMOTIONS AND THE REPRESENTATIONAL MIND A. Marras
Flynn Patrick 1989 THE SKEPTICAL PARADOX AND POSITIVE EPISTOMO- LOGY
Naor David 1988 SCAFFOLDINGS FOR POLICY THEORIES: CONTEXT-SENSI-TIVE RATIONALITY J. Leach
Clark Ronald 1988 FORMAL SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS OF BELIEF W. Harper
Egan Mary 1988 FOUNDATIONAL ISSUES IN THE REPRESENTATIONAL THEORY OF MIND A. Marras
Davies David 1987 THE INFIRMITIES OF EXTERNALISM
Donohue Brian 1987 JUDICIAL RIGHT ANSWERS IN THE COMMON LAW R. N. Bronaugh
Morrison Margaret 1987 DIMENSIONS OF THEORY ACCEPTANCE: METHODOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTS R. Butts
Killoran John 1987 A NATURAL LAW PERSPEC- TIVE ON LEGAL OBLIGATION Harold Johnson
Chan Kwok 1986 FOUNDATIONS OF LOGIC PROGRAMMING WITH EQUALITY William Demopoulos
Clarke Murray 1986 RELIABILITY, JUSTIFICATION AND KNOWLEDGE Bruce Freed
Whitt Laurie 1985 The Promise and Pursuit of Scientific Theories John Nicholas
Griener Glenn 1984 On the Social Control of Science Jim Leach
Forster Malcolm 1984 Probabilistic Causality and the Foundations of Modern Science Jeffrey Bub
Collier John 1984 Progress in Scientific Revolutions: The Problem of Semantic Incommensurability W. Demopoulos
Irwin Glenn 1984 Ontological Understanding and the State Model of Process Robert Muehlmann
Gudmundsson Kristjan 1983 The Emergence of B.F. Skinner's Theory of Operant Behaviour: A Case Study in the History of Science John Nicholas
Hahlweg Kai 1983
Ip Po 1983 Epistemic Decision and the Duhem People John Nicholas
Man Si-Wai 1983 Unification for Confirmability: The Search for an Understanding of the Goals of Science John Nicholas
Balasubramaniam Arunasalam 1983
Pitowsky Itamar 1983 The Logic of Fundamental Processes Jeffrey Bub
Farnsworth Neil 1982 Aspects of Intentional Explanation William Demopoulos
Melkom Raymond 1982 Wittgenstein on the Philosophy of Mathematics William Harper
Groarke Leo 1982 Skepticism: A Defence
Fargen Gilbert 1981 A Physicalist Theory of Scientific Theoretical Explanation R. E. Butts
Korte Herbert 1981 A Realist Interpretation of the Causal-Inertial Structure of Spacetime W. Demopoulos
Arthur Richard 1981 Time and Temporal Becoming in the Foundations of Physics William Demopoulos
Brown James 1981 Models of Rationality and the History of Science Robert Butts
Duncan Howard 1981 Kant's Foundations of Natural Science and the Methodology of the Copernican Revolution in Philosophy Robert Butts
Elugardo Reinaldo 1980 Analytic Functionalism and the Qualia Objection R. W. Binkley
Dwyer Larry 1980 The Thesis of the Value Neutrality of Economic Science: A Philosophical Critique J. J. Leach
Knopf Alexander 1980 Inquiry and the Problem of Freedom Harold J. Johnson
Hanna Allan 1980 Settlement and Energy Policy in Perspective: A Theoretical Framework for the Evaluation of Public Policy C. A. Hooker
Hodgson Bernard 1979 The Logic and Moral Foundations of the Economic Theory of Individual Choice J. J. Leach
Holdsworth David 1979 A Functorial Semantics for Quantum Logic: Towards a Realist Interpretation of Logical Structure in Quantum Theory Jeffrey Bub
Horban Peter 1979 God, Evil, and the Metaphysics of Freedom: An Evaluation of the Free Will Defense of Alvina Plantinga John W. Davis
Wallace Rachel 1979 A Logic for Mechanics: A Generalised Logic for Mechanical Theories with Applications to Modalities and Probabilities William Harper
Shiva Vandana 1978 Hidden Variables and Locality in Quantum Theory Jeffrey Bub
Walker Foster 1978 Knowing and Education: An Epistemological perspective on Whitehead's Education Theory A. H. Johnson
Stairs Allen 1978 Quantum Mechanics, Logic, and Reality William Demopoulos
Howe Richard 1977 An Explication of the Nature and Function of the Unmoved Mover in Aristotelean Metaphysics Sara Shorten
Bjerring Andrew 1977 Toward a Theory of Rational Interaction: Game Theory and Social Power W. Demopoulos
Foss Jeffrey 1977 Knowledge and Values Robert Butts
Houston Barbara 1977 The Paradox of Moral Education: An Attempted Resolution Richard Bronaugh
Buijs Joseph 1976 Negative Language and Knowledge about God: A Critical Analysis of Maimonides' Theory of Divine Attributes Harold Johnson
Reed Ronald 1976 Towards a New Interpretation of Hobbes' Political Philosophy Harold Johnson
Lithown Robert 1975 Actions: Their Identification and Explanation Ausonio Marras
Slack Ransom 1975 The Secondary Qualities in a Physicalist System of Philosophy C. A. Hooker
McCrimmon Mitchell 1975
Demopoulos William 1974 On the Possibility Structure of Physical Systems Jeffrey Bub
Steel Margaret 1974 The Structure of Language: Chomsky and Quine Don Hockney
English Parker 1974 Empiricistic Philosophical Stories C. A. Hooker
Friedman Marilyn 1974 The Explanation of Human Behaviour in Terms of its Rationality R. W. Binkley
Wilder Hugh 1973 Towards a Naturalistic Theory of Meaning Donald Hockney
McPeck John 1973 A Logic of Discovery: Lessons fro History and Current Prospects R. E. Butts
Dayton Eric 1973 Desire and Practical Reason R. W. Binkley
Cupples Brian 1973 Explanations in Science J. J. Leach
Gochnauer Myron 1973 Analysis of Knowledge Bruce Freed
Anthony Clifford 1973 Language as a Mirror of the World in Wiggenstein's Tracttatus R. W. Binkley
Pitt Joseph 1972 An Analysis of Wilfrid Sellars' Theory of Justification as Explanation J. J. Leach
Todd George 1968 Art and the Concept of Expression R. W. Binkley
Ripley Robert 1968 The Grammar of Common Sense: A Study in the Philosophy of Everett Hall R. W. Binkley