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Honors Undergraduate Theses from 2024

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Subjectivity in Circulation: Jean Baudrillard and the Image as Objective Reality, Jacob Crawley

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The Ethics of Brain-Machine Interfaces, Devon J. Lynn

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A Holistic Approach to Animal Farming: Integrating Bioregionalism and Socialist Ecofeminism Within the Context of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, Sarah R. Spears

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Metaontological Dismissive Strategies: Implications and Applications in Metaphysics of Race and Gender, Ethan F. Stumpp

Theses from 2023

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Defining Creativity and Its Role in Marx's Philosophy, Carlos Avila

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"Auto"-Exploitation: A Marxist Examination of Self-Driving Cars, Parker DuVall

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Avicenna's Doctrine of Emanation and the Sphere of the Heavens, Brian C. Manere

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Wild Wild Country: Netflix, Orientalism, and the Guru, E. K. D. Wood

Theses from 2022

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Transformations of Hanbok in the Age of Hallyu: Fashion, Cultural Hybridization, and the Construction of Vernacular Korean Nationalism, Katharine V. Smith

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The Concept of Grief: A Phenomenological Account with Continual Reference to Kierkegaard, Nathan Sweetman

Theses from 2021

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Rule-Following, Enculturation, and Normative Identity, Nicholas Odom

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The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain: On the Contributions of Phenomenology in Understanding Chronic Pain Disorders, Riley C. Smith

Theses from 2020

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Rethinking Causality: Thomas Aquinas' Argument From Motion & the Kalām Cosmological Argument, Derwin Sánchez Jr.

Theses from 2019

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Culture, Power, and Control: A Discussion of Autonomy and Responsibility, Loren A. Alonso

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An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Ready-made Garment Industry in Bangladesh, Yasmin Fakhoury

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The Metaphysics of the Collective Unconscious, Oscar B. Jablon

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Collective Nobility: Spinoza and the Politics of Emotion, Ethan K. Uhlig

Theses from 2018

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The Power in Multiplying: Growth in New Religious Movements, Nicole Wrobel

Theses from 2017

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Faith in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Star Wars as Religion, Darryl B. Hunter II

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Flocks, Swarms, Crowds, and Societies: On the Scope and Limits of Cognition, Zachariah A. Neemeh

Theses from 2016

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Situating Political Obligation in Political Ontology: Ethical Marxism and the Embedded Self, Chris A. Chambers

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The History of Inequality in Education and the Question of Equality Versus Adequacy, Diana Carol Dominguez

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Process and Mind: Exploring the Relationship Between Process Philosophy and the Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Science of Cognition, Larry A. Moralez

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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The Death Penalty Debate: A Critical Examination of the Moral Justifications for Capital Punishment, Whitley Mann

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Deconstructing Presence: Rethinking the Intentionality of the Subject on the Basis of the Existentiality of Dasein, Edgar Diaz

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The Incompatibility of Freedom of the Will and Anthropological Physicalism, Ariel Gonzalez

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Positive Individualism, Rebecca Perdomo

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Levinas on the 'Origin' of Justice: Kant, Heidegger, and a Communal Structure of Difference, Olga Tomasello

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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The relationship between consciousness and intentionality, Jordan Bell

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Direct Reference and Empty Names, Benjamin Cook

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The Meaning of Being in Speech: Language, Narrative, and Thought, Leah Kaplan

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Upbuilding Oppositions: Kierkegaard, Camus, and the Philosophy of Love, Jesus Luzardo

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Reason Leads: A Reconciliation in Ethics, Stephen Oldham

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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A marxian concept of human nature in defense of alienation a revolutionary exegesis of a revolutionary philosophy, Christopher Byron

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Story lines moving through the multiple imagined communities of an asian-/american-/feminist body, Athia Choudhury

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Art as a questioning process, Elizabeth Perez

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The nature of love a phenomenological approach, Samantha Schroeder

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American revolutionary thinkers unjust wars, limited government and natural rights, Adam Spera

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My peace i give unto you christianity's critique of roman and american exceptionalism, Ryan Tindall

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Resurrecting Inanna: lament, gender, transgression, Kimberly Torres

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Navigating authenticity in the age of the internet a phenomenological exploration of the existential effects of social media, Douglas Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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Aristotle on mind, Rachel R. Adams

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Two conceptions of the mind, Benjamin J. Aguda

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A critical phenomenology of civilization, J. C. Brinson

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Mindfulness and authentic creativity developing a healthy lifestyle, Brittany B. Cockrell

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Ethics in a shrinking world exploring the ethical implications of the proliferation of technology on world hunger, Kevin M. Dupree

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How am I not myself? a semiotic analysis of images, Michael G. Main

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Paul Verhoeven, media manipulation, and hyper-reality, Emmanuel William Malchiodi

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Critical white feminism interrogating privilege, whiteness, and antiracism in feminist theory, Caroline McFadden

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

Faith as an interpretation of an ultimate concern which engenders an authentic trust within the faithful : clarifying the concept of faith through the works of Paul Tillich, John Hick and Robert Solomon, Jessica A. Fredeman

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

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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