Honors Undergraduate Theses from 2024
Subjectivity in Circulation: Jean Baudrillard and the Image as Objective Reality, Jacob Crawley
The Ethics of Brain-Machine Interfaces, Devon J. Lynn
A Holistic Approach to Animal Farming: Integrating Bioregionalism and Socialist Ecofeminism Within the Context of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Sarah R. Spears
Metaontological Dismissive Strategies: Implications and Applications in Metaphysics of Race and Gender, Ethan F. Stumpp
Theses from 2023
Defining Creativity and Its Role in Marx's Philosophy, Carlos Avila
"Auto"-Exploitation: A Marxist Examination of Self-Driving Cars, Parker DuVall
Avicenna's Doctrine of Emanation and the Sphere of the Heavens, Brian C. Manere
Wild Wild Country: Netflix, Orientalism, and the Guru, E. K. D. Wood
Theses from 2022
Transformations of Hanbok in the Age of Hallyu: Fashion, Cultural Hybridization, and the Construction of Vernacular Korean Nationalism, Katharine V. Smith
The Concept of Grief: A Phenomenological Account with Continual Reference to Kierkegaard, Nathan Sweetman
Theses from 2021
Rule-Following, Enculturation, and Normative Identity, Nicholas Odom
The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain: On the Contributions of Phenomenology in Understanding Chronic Pain Disorders, Riley C. Smith
Theses from 2020
Rethinking Causality: Thomas Aquinas' Argument From Motion & the Kalām Cosmological Argument, Derwin Sánchez Jr.
Theses from 2019
Culture, Power, and Control: A Discussion of Autonomy and Responsibility, Loren A. Alonso
An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Ready-made Garment Industry in Bangladesh, Yasmin Fakhoury
The Metaphysics of the Collective Unconscious, Oscar B. Jablon
Collective Nobility: Spinoza and the Politics of Emotion, Ethan K. Uhlig
Theses from 2018
The Power in Multiplying: Growth in New Religious Movements, Nicole Wrobel
Theses from 2017
Faith in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Star Wars as Religion, Darryl B. Hunter II
Flocks, Swarms, Crowds, and Societies: On the Scope and Limits of Cognition, Zachariah A. Neemeh
Theses from 2016
Situating Political Obligation in Political Ontology: Ethical Marxism and the Embedded Self, Chris A. Chambers
The History of Inequality in Education and the Question of Equality Versus Adequacy, Diana Carol Dominguez
Process and Mind: Exploring the Relationship Between Process Philosophy and the Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Science of Cognition, Larry A. Moralez
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Death Penalty Debate: A Critical Examination of the Moral Justifications for Capital Punishment, Whitley Mann
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
The Incompatibility of Freedom of the Will and Anthropological Physicalism, Ariel Gonzalez
Positive Individualism, Rebecca Perdomo
Levinas on the 'Origin' of Justice: Kant, Heidegger, and a Communal Structure of Difference, Olga Tomasello
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The relationship between consciousness and intentionality, Jordan Bell
Direct Reference and Empty Names, Benjamin Cook
The Meaning of Being in Speech: Language, Narrative, and Thought, Leah Kaplan
Upbuilding Oppositions: Kierkegaard, Camus, and the Philosophy of Love, Jesus Luzardo
Reason Leads: A Reconciliation in Ethics, Stephen Oldham
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A marxian concept of human nature in defense of alienation a revolutionary exegesis of a revolutionary philosophy, Christopher Byron
Story lines moving through the multiple imagined communities of an asian-/american-/feminist body, Athia Choudhury
Art as a questioning process, Elizabeth Perez
The nature of love a phenomenological approach, Samantha Schroeder
American revolutionary thinkers unjust wars, limited government and natural rights, Adam Spera
My peace i give unto you christianity's critique of roman and american exceptionalism, Ryan Tindall
Resurrecting Inanna: lament, gender, transgression, Kimberly Torres
Navigating authenticity in the age of the internet a phenomenological exploration of the existential effects of social media, Douglas Zimmerman
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Aristotle on mind, Rachel R. Adams
Two conceptions of the mind, Benjamin J. Aguda
A critical phenomenology of civilization, J. C. Brinson
Mindfulness and authentic creativity developing a healthy lifestyle, Brittany B. Cockrell
Ethics in a shrinking world exploring the ethical implications of the proliferation of technology on world hunger, Kevin M. Dupree
How am I not myself? a semiotic analysis of images, Michael G. Main
Paul Verhoeven, media manipulation, and hyper-reality, Emmanuel William Malchiodi
Critical white feminism interrogating privilege, whiteness, and antiracism in feminist theory, Caroline McFadden
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Emotion and knowing : being attuned to the world, Carter M. Hardy
The role of magician and philosopher in society : the archetype of wonder and its cognitive implications in modern life, Konstantin Kimlat
Ethical applications of free culture applied for art education : piloting chinavine as an interactive model, Jonathan E. Lederman
"That Boy Ain't Right": How Disruptive Male Characters in Sitcom Satires Can Reinforce Normative Gender and Sexuality for the Dominant Audience, Sarah M. Nowak
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Epistemic rights and responsibilities in the age of the patriot act, Irina Gallagher
The way to freedom in existential philosophy, Benjamin B. Knob
Toward 'another cartography' : border negotiations with artists Frida Kahlo and Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Megan Peck
Degrees of Freedom and Responsibility: How Consciousness Impinges on Action, Tristan Reiniers
Redefining identities in art through Santeria, Wendy Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
The man and the creation : an inquiry into the modern fascination of king Tutankhamun, Sarah A. Doerr
Alexander the Great : anointed with lighting, Michael T. Jahosky
Drunk on new wine : Dionysian transformation and nascent Christianity, Jonathan J. Koscheski
Redefining Art as an Experience, Pedro Zasciurinskis Lopes
A comparison : the motives and practices of Western and Maasai culture, Daniel J. Razzano
On the moral relevance of nonhuman animals, Erin A. Rullo
Theses/Dissertations from 2007
In Support of Lynn White: Rethinking Christian Theology in light of the Ecological Crisis, Stephanie Cato
Civilized Dancing: The Evolution of Ballroom Dancing from African Trance and Folk Dance, Patsy Holden
On Surfing Films: An Aesthetic Study, John Storm
Musical Spirituality: The Transformative Power of Popular Music, Seth Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
Different Bodies, Different Selves: The Role of Physical Disability in the Formation of Personal Identity, John Anderson
The Best of All Possible Worlds Contains Evil: An Examination and Defense of Leibniz's Arguments that This Is the Best of All Possible Worlds, Joseph Anderson
Paradoxes of the American Megachurch, Matthew Fisk
Resplendent Ares: Critical Analysis of the Modernist Discourse of Mars, Jae Jerkins
Following a Religion without Religion: Is Derrida's Concept of "Pure Forgiveness" Merely and Impossible Dream?, Corey Stewart
Popularizing Philosophy Through Fiction and Popular Media: A Review and Analysis, Kellen Voss
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
Christian Nation: Evaluating the Claims of the New Christian Right, Kimberly Bevis
Kohlberg and the Social Contract: Human Moral Development In Light of Various Formulations of Social Contract Theory, Ryan Martin
Neo-Orientalism in Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Post-Colonial Response, Fatima Maxwell
Post-Pragmatic Ethics: Consequences of Neopragmatism on Truth in Ethics, Peter Olen
Practical Sexual Responsibility and Self-Control: A Foucaultian Analysis of Contemporary HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs, N. Anthony Palumbo
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Opposing Conceptions of Freedom In America: A Historical and Contemporary Investigation, Colin Moore
Defending the Personhood of Artificial Intelligence, Jennifer Persell
Three Feminist Artists Respond to The Last Supper, Wendy Walker
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
A dialectical discussion of Jean-Paul Sartre's concept of freedom and contemporary suicide bombers, Katharine Lacefield
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
An analysis of christian morality : inconsistency and self-interest, Elizabeth J. Bishop
Beyond misogyny : Penelope and Clytaemnestra as paradigms for society, Mitzi R. Stone
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
The problem with the problem of evil, Kevin W. Clark
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Life as a red blood cell in the artery of a cyborg, Steven M. Mason
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The 7th to haight : the language game exposed, David A. Huffaker