"All humans by nature desire to know." - Aristotle
Senior Research
Extensive research opportunities exist for senior Philosophy majors that include: inviting a prominent international philosopher of their choice for a weekend celebration involving a talk, lunch, seminar, and reception; engaging with other visiting philosophers in talks and seminars throughout the year; researching, writing, and presenting an independent thesis project in close collaboration with a member of the faculty; and leading student discussions in introductory philosophy courses.
Select Senior Theses
- 2008 Conceptions of an Integral Being: A Deeper Look at the Philosophies and Psychologies of Abraham Maslow and Sri Aurobindo Ghose Dutta, Tia
- 2008 Making Sense of Socrates in a Dialogue of Contradictions: Studies in Plato's Protagoras Rodriguez, Evan
- 2008 Complex Unity: "Self" and Deliberation in Homer's Odyssey and Iliad Lebowitz, Willy
- 2008 Acting in Character: A Re-examination of the Hekousion in Aristotle Reuter, George
- 2008 Injury and Iterability-Can Hate Speech Be Legislated? Whalen-Cohen, Helen
- 2008 Theorizing Punishment: Rules and Care in Penal Systems Jasie, Lauren
- 2007 Primitivism, Transgression, and other Myths: The Philosophical Anthropology of Georges Bataille Fechter, John
- 2007 Just Take from the Rich and Give to the Poor: Critique of Charity as the Solution to Economic Inequality Richards, Jacquelyn
- 2007 Hatab's Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: a Post-Modern Experiment in Political Theory and Its Relevancy in Understanding Nietzsche. West, Brandon
- 2005 Speak: What Ought I to ________? : Freedom Revealed in Radical Inquiry Burgler, Lilian
- 2005 From the Phenomenon to the Phenomenology : An analysis of the first part of Hegel's System of Science, The Phenomenology of Spirit Knight, Splinter
- 2005 Capabilities, Labor Participation, and Women's Freedom : A Discourse on the Relation between Paid Employment and Female Agency Le, B. Khanh
- 2005 Convention and Intention Malde, Neil
- 2005 The Semantic Role of Narrow Content : Hope for Swampman Saint, Nicholas
- 2005 De Quo Jure? : Heidegger, Arendt, and Modern Questions of Law Davis, Allison
- 2005 The Particular and the General : A Study of Aristotle's Twofold Conception of Substance in Metaphysics VII Kallich, Lara
- 2005 The Silent Divine : Three Approaches to a Self-Conscious Spirituality Holby, Duncan
- 2005 Rights? A View On How Property And Injury-In-Fact Should Be Recognized Mullarkey, Matt
- 2005 Ethical and Philosophical Barriers to Organ Donation Cameron, Danielle
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