The Department of Philosophy Dissertations and Theses Series is comprised of dissertations and theses authored by Marquette University's Department of Philosophy doctoral and master's students.
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
The Correctness of Names: Plato's Own "Nature" Thesis in the "Cratylus", Michael D. Palmer
Freedom and Necessity in the Metaphysics of Leibniz, Mark Schersten
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
The Ontological Connection Between Nietzsche's Will to Power and Eternal Return, Thomas Anthony Baker
PEIRCE'S SEMIOTIC APPROACH TO MIND, VINCENT MICHAEL COLAPIETRO
Peirce's Semiotic Approach to Mind, Vincent Michael Colapietro
Homo spectans and Homo particeps: The Non-optical Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, William Nicholas Cooney
The Disintegration of Divine Illumination Theory in the Franciscan School, 1285-1300: Peter of Trabes, Richard of Middleton, William of Ware, Patrick James Doyle
The Development of Fr. Bernard Lonergan's Thought on the Notion of Conversion, Michael Leonard Rende
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
The Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity: Husserl and After, Thomas Arthur Michaud
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Karl Marx on Property, Thomas William Keyes
Submissions from 1980
THE NATURAL LAW AND THE DECALOGUE IN ST. THOMAS AQUINAS AND BLESSED JOHN DUNS SCOTUS, WILLIAM PATRICK LEE
Logical Possibility and Necessary Truth: The Viewpoint From an Intentional Logic, Douglas Bruce Rasmussen
Freedom and Value: an inquiry into the possibility of a sartrean ethic, K. S. Walters
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
The Limits of Realism in the Philosophy of G.E. Moore, David O'Connor
Is Socrates' first speech in the Phaedrus a portrait of Socratic ignorance?, Jerome Palms
Mind and Mindlike Behavior, John M. Plecnik
MIND AND MINDLIKE BEHAVIOR, JOHN MATTHEW PLECNIK
Hume's two "Definitions" of "Cause": a different interpretation, Jane Marie Pratt
Karl Marx's Scientific Method in the "Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right'", Barbara Eileen Wall
Karl Marx's Scientific Method in the Critiques of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right', Barbara Eileen Wall
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Spinoza's Concept of the State and Political Authority, Douglas John Den Uyl
The De Anima of Alexander of Aphrodisias: A Translation and Commentary, Athanasios P. Fotinis
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
C.A. Campbell's Defence of Free Will, John P. Carmichael Jr.
The self in John Dewey's Empirical naturalism, Vincent Michael Colapietro 1950-
The ontological proof in Benedict de Spinoza's Ethica, Christine Hassler
A Critical Analysis of the Initial Condition in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, Volker Kriegisch
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Programs of Elementary Physical Education on the Self Concept, Knowledge of Physical Activity and Physical Fitness of Third Grade Children, Laura Lee L. Luebke
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF TWO PROGRAMS OF ELEMENTARY PHYSICAL EDUCATION ON THE SELF-CONCEPT, KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF THIRD-GRADE CHILDREN, LAURA LEE LILLIAN LUEBKE
Toward a Thomistic Philosophy of Death: The Natural Cognition of the Separated Soul, Mary F. Rousseau
Freedom in the social contract state, Michael J. Whalen
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
The Doctrine of Man's Self-Affirmation as Individual Person in the Philosophical Theology of Paul Tillich, John Martin Barbee
The Concept of Person in the Evolutionary Process of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Some Educational Implications, Donald Davidson
A Move to Positive Human Relationships: Sarte to De Beauvoir, Linda Marie Hansen
Hegel's Concept of Science, Thomas H. Lutzow
A Theology of Work and Its Implications for Counseling, Thomas J. Novak
The Meaning of "Real" According to Bernard Lonergan, Carl Zeno
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Nietzsche's dialectic of suffering, Thomas Anthony Baker
AN INTERPRETATION OF NIETZSCHE'S OVERMAN, JAMES JOSEPH CONLON
An Interpretation of Nietzsche's Overman, James Joseph Conlon
The Philosophy Operative in Contemporary Humanistic Psychology Knowing and Willing in Allport, Maslow and Rogers, Anne Marie Keyes
An Ontology of Human Acting: Person and Community in the Philosophy of Joseph de Finance, S.J., John Kennedy Pugh
Descartes on error in the understanding and the senses, Daniel Anthony Silvestri
The concept of Eros in Sigmund Freud, Nicholas George Studzinski
ΦΥΣΙΕ, ΝΟΜΟΣ, and ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ: The Concept of Nature and the Development of Greek Political Theory, Pamela Riesen Sytkowski
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
St. Albert's Use of Alfarabi's Intellectus Adeptus, Frederick B. McCullough Jr.
PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: INFERENCE OR INTUITION? A STUDY OF THE COSMOLOGICAL THEISM OF E. L. MASCALL, JOHN MANION PETERKIN
Proving the Existence of God: Inference or Intuition? A Study of the Cosmological Theism of E. L. Mascall, John Manion Peterkin
Wittgenstein's Notion of Description: From Logic to Grammar, Blanche Lillie Kolar Premo
Evil as a necessary aspect of human development, Tim Riordan 1948-
'Essence' and 'equivalence': Merleau-Ponty's The Visible and the invisible, Dennis R. Rose
The institution of being in Jacques Maritain, Denis A. Scrandis
Urban's Theory of Value and Its Relation to Ethical Obligation, John William Stergiades
Submissions from 1973
CAUSALITY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN SARTRE'S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE, STEPHEN ANTHONY DINAN
Causality and Consciousness in Sartre's Theory of Knowledge, Stephen Anthony Dinan
The Christian Metaphysics of Gerard Smith, Emerine Frances Glowienka
Altered States of Consciousness: A Philosophical Analysis of their Psychological, Ontological, and Religious Significance, Thomas A. Kerns
Altered States of Consciousness: A Philosophical Analysis of Their Psychological, Ontological and Religous Significance, Thomas A. Kerns Jr.
The Philosophical Implications of Jean Piaget's Theory of Mental Operations, James Mattea
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF "NEED" IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF KARL MARX, WILLIAM TIMOTHY O'HARE
The Significance of "Need" in the Philosophy of Karl Marx, William Timothy O'Hare
The general rational method and panentheism of Charles Hartshorne, Eugene G. Rohlman
Does Michael Polanyi's theory of tacit knowing support a moral theory?, Lana Kay Sammet
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
The origin and union of the human soul with the body in the Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Emanuel Carmel Buttigieg
Good Reasons in Ethics: A Critical Evaluation, Anthony M. Camele
Emmanuel Mounier's Personalist View of History, Eileen Cantin
Descartes and His Encounter with the Sceptical Dragon, Donald Cress
Sense, Nonsense and Senselessness: An Essay in the Continuity of The Thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lowell A. Dunlap
METAPHYSICAL PRESUPPOSITIONS OF THE EGO-CENTRIC PREDICAMENT IN THE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS OF P. W. BRIDGMAN, CARL D KOBELJA
Metaphysical Presuppositions of The Ego-Centric Predicament in the Operational Analysis of P.W. Bridgman, Carl d. Kobelja
Metaphysical Presuppositions of the Ego-centric Predicament in the Operational Analysis of P.W. Bridgman, Carl D. Kobelja
Metaphysical Presuppositions of the Ego-Centric Predicament in the Operational Analysis of P.W. Bridgman, Carl D. Kobelja
The various levels of unity in the thought of Gordon W. Allport, John P. Kowalski
The role of the grundnorm in Hans Kelsen's pure theory of law, J. A. Henry Paquin
An analysis of Ralph Barton Perry's theory of the relation between descriptive and normative statements, Kenneth G. Stofft
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Subjectivity in the Monism of Merleau-Ponty, Maryanne J. Bertram
SUBJECTIVITY IN THE MONISM OF MERLEAU-PONTY, MARYANNE JOSEPHINE BERTRAM
Studies of the Electrical Conductivity of Ca0 Doped Nonstoichiometric Ce02, Frank S. Brugner
The doctrine of divine ideas according to Saint Thomas Aquinas, John Andrew Golub
The notion of true love as seen in Søren Kierkegaard's Either/or and Works of love, Susan M. Kerr
The open-textured concept and real definition: Creative tension in aesthetics, Melvin L. Mrochinski
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Eternity and Time as Predicated of God, Angels, and Men, Robert E. Collins
ETERNITY AND TIME AS PREDICATED OF GOD, ANGELS, AND MEN, ROBERT EMMET COLLINS
The Notion of Nature in the Corpuscular Philosophy of Robert Boyle, Margaret Ellen Crowley
On the need for a noetic step between sensation and intellectual judgement of a corporeal object in St. Augustine's teachings, Sebastian J. Geraci
Bertrand Russell's Theory of Empiricism, John A. Giguere
Betrand Russell's Theory of Empiricism: An Analysis of His Later Works, John A. Giguere
The Epistemology of C.D Broad, James D. Guilfoil
The Epistemology of C.D Broad, James D. Guilfoil
Philipp Frank's Philosophy of Scientific Knowing, Brian D. Inglis
PHILIPP FRANK'S PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWING, BRIAN DESMOND INGLIS
Aristotle's analogy between art and ethics in the Nichomachean Ethics, James Mattea
The philosophical methodology of Bergson's Two sources of morality and religion, Mary A. McNulty
Light from the De Veritate of St. Anselm on His Proslogion Argument for the Existence of God, Bernard J. Mullen
PHILOSOPHY IS THEOLOGY: THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF PHILOSOPHY ACCORDING TO JOHN MACMURRAY, ALBERT HENRY NEPHEW
Philosophy is Theology: The Nature and Function of Philosophy According to John MacMurray, Albert Henry Nephew
The Constitution of Created Composite Being in Liber de Summo Bono, (Book IV, Tract II, 1-8), of Ulrich of Strasbourg, O.P.: Philosophical Study and Text, William Jude O'Callaghan
Mr. Strawson's treatment of the mind-body problem: an essay in grammatico-logical criticism, Robert A. Peterson
A "Paradox of faith" in the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, Patricia Radzin
Man in the philosophy of Martin Buber, Josephine Coffey Taaffe
The doctrine of death in the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, Barbara Eileen Wall 1943-