Dissertations on Pragmatism, 1940-1959

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Career information, where available, follows the dissertation information. Data for academic posts is found from a philosopher's cv, website, or personal communication. A variety of professional publications are also used, especially The Review of Metaphysics, UMI Dissertations, and OCLC First Search. References for publications are indicated as follows. WWIP = Who's Who in Philosophy, ed. D. Runes (New York: Philosophical Library, 1942). PAAPA = Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, APA Membership List, Year. DAP = Directory of American Philosophers. 62 = Vol.1, 1962-63; 64 = Vol. 2, 1964-65; 66 = Vol. 3, 1966-67; 68 = Vol. 4, 1968-1969; 70 = Vol. 5, 1970-71; 72 = Vol. 6, 1972-73; 74 = Vol. 7, 1974-75; 76 = 1976-77, Vol. 8; 78 = Vol. 9, 1978-79; 80 = Vol. 10, 1980-81; 82 = Vol. 11, 1982-83; 84 = Vol. 12, 1984-85; 86 = Vol. 13, 1986-87; 88 = Vol. 14, 1988-89; 90 = Vol. 15, 1990-91; 92 = Vol. 16, 1992-93; 94 = Vol. 17, 1994-95; 96 = Vol. 18, 1996-97; 98 = Vol. 19, 1998-99; 00 = Vol. 20, 2000-01, etc.

1959

Albright, Gary Lewis. The Concept of Perspective in George Herbert Mead and Jose y Ortega y Gasset. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. San Jose State University (DAP 74-00).

Amioka, Shiro. A Study of John Dewey's Theory of Value and Its Implications for Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Blewett, John Edward. The Origins and Early Mutations of John Dewey's Ethical Theory (1884-1904). Dissertation, Education Dept., Saint Louis University.

Burke, Richard John, Jr. George Herbert Mead and Harry Stack Sullivan: A Study in the Relations between Philosophy and Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Manley Thompson. Oakland University (DAP 74-00).

Burr, John Roy. Three Dimensions of Philosophic Intelligence: Private, Public and Visional in the Philosophies of Werner Fite, John Dewey, and George Santayana. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor John H. Randall, Jr. University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (DAP 74-00).

Chambliss, Joseph J. The Development of Bode's Pragmatism and its Influence on his Philosophy of Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois. Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education.

Haney, John Clifford, Jr. A Critical Comparison of the Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and George Albert Coe. Dissertation, School of Theology, Boston University.

Martland, Thomas Rodolphe. Some Evidence for Congruent Ontology in Religion and Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Albany (DAP 98-00).

McDermott, John Joseph. Experience is Pedagogical: The Genesis and Essence of the American Nineteenth Century Notion of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74), Texas A&M University (DAP 98-00).

Reilly, Francis Eagan. The Method of the Sciences According to Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.

Rieman, Timothy Wayne. A Comparative Study of the Understanding of Man in the Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr and John Dewey and Some Implications for Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.

Ruhlen, Ralph Lester. The Relationship of the Economic Order to the Moral Ideal in the Thought of Maritain, Brunner, Dewey, and Temple. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor P. A. Bertocci. Baker University (DAP 74).

Sweigart, John Winfield, Jr. The Epistemological Status of Ethical Statements for David Hume and C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Elizabeth Flower. Madison College (DAP 74).

Yu, Yung Juin. A Critical Examination of Dewey's Views on Human Nature, Human Behavior, and Morality. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

1958

Beauchamp, William Theodore. Peirce's Conception of the Symbolic Process: An Interpretation for Instructors in College Freshman Composition and Communication. Dissertation, English Dept., Columbia University.

Bernstein, Richard Jacob. John Dewey's Metaphysics of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. Haverford College (DAP 74), New School for Social Research (DAP 98-00).

Browning, Grayson Douglas. Judgment and Motivation in Contemporary Intuitionist Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. University of Miami, Coral Gables (1958-68), University of Texas at Austin (1968-1999).

Du Bose, Louisa Shannon. The Concept of Possibility in C. I. Lewis' Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-00).

Eames, Samuel Morris. Some Methodological Problems in John Dewey's Theory of Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Charles Morris. Southern Illinois University (DAP 74).

Estrada, Josefa Presbitero. A Critical Comparison of the Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and William Heard Kilpatrick. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas.

Gebre-Hiwet, Mengesha. Contrasting Philosophies of Education: Nunn and Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Goodwin, Robert Peter. The Metaphysical Pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisor Rudolf Allers. Bowling Green State University (DAP 74-98).

McCormack, Eric David. Frederick Matthias Alexander and John Dewey: A Neglected Influence. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor Thomas Goudge.

Rich, John Martin. Aspects of the Social Philosophies of John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr As They Relate to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Robin, Richard Shale. Critical Common-Sensism: A Study in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Connecticut (1958-62), Mount Holyoke College (1962-97).

Rosenstock, Gershon George. Trendelenburg's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor John H. Randall, Jr.

Suits, Bernard Herbert. The Aesthetic Object in Santayana and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Waterloo (DAP 74).

Uemura, Joseph Norio. A Critique of the Case for Small Community. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Hamline University (DAP 98-00).

Wheeler, Arthur Murray. The Concept of Rationality in the Ethics and Value Theory of Clarence Irving Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin. Kent State University (DAP 74).

Workman, Rollin Wallace. A Comparison of the Theories of Meaning of John Dewey and Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophers with some attention to that of F. C. S. Schiller. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Cincinnati  (1958-1988, DAP 74-00).

1957

Davenport, Manuel Manson. A Critical Study of the Value and Ethical Theory of C. I. Lewis Made by Reference to Current Psychological Theories of Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado State University, Texas A&M University (1967-2000, deceased 31 August 2000).

Faruki, Mohamed Zudhi Taji. The Universal Categories of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University.

Feldstein, Leonard Charles. The Norms of Science: An Evaluation of the Views of Meyerson, Duhem and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Ernest Nagel, Alfred Hofstadter, John Cooley. Fordham University (DAP 74).

Fontinell, Eugene. The Participation Theory of Being in Josiah Royce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).

Francisco, Felix Junior. The Concepts of Instinct, Habit, and Mind in the Educational Philosophies of William James and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Missouri, Columbia.

Goran, Morris Herbert. The Nature of Science for Dewey and Einstein and Certain Educational Implications of These Views. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.

Levi, Isaac. Positivism and Realism in the Epistemology of Moritz Schlick. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Ernest Nagel, Alfred Hofstadter, John Cooley. Western Reserve University (1957-1967), Case Western Reserve University (1967-70), Columbia University (1970- ).

Mannheim, Betty Friedmann. An Investigation on the Interrelationships of Reference Groups, Membership Groups and the Self Image: A Test of the Cooley-Mead Theory of the Self. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Panush, Irving. An Analysis of C. I. Lewis' General Theory of Value and Obligation as It Relates to Esthetics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Macomb County Community College (DAP 74), No affiliation (DAP 00).

Rucker, Egbert Darnell. Corporate Reform and Economic Reality: A Critical Study of Elijah Jordan's Social Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Colorado College (DAP 62-68), Skidmore College (DAP 70-90).

Stroh, Guy Weston. An Analysis of Santayana's Ontology and Epistemology in the Light of His Distinction between Essence and Existence. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor L. Wood. Rider University (1956- ).

Swimmer, George Gershon. A Comparison of the Intellectual Development of John Dewey and William H. Kilpatrick with Implications for Differences in Their Educational Theories. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.

Titus, James Emerson. Studies in American Liberalism of the 1930's: John Dewey, Benjamin Cardozo and Thurman Arnold. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

1956

Belth, Marc. The Concept of Democracy in Dewey's Theory of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.

Brodhead, Brickley Burns. A Comparison of the Ethics of John Dewey and Frederick Nietzsche. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University.

Frye, Robert Edward. Pragmatism in Recent Non-Pragmatic Systems: Santayana, Bergson, Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis (DAP 74-00).

Guth, Hans Paul Hermann. Threat as the Basis of Beauty: Pragmatist Elements in the Aesthetics of Richards, Dewey, and Burke. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Michigan.

Levitt, Morton. Freud and Dewey: A Comparative Study of Their Psychological Systems. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Michigan.

McGee, Charles Douglas. C. I. Lewis' Theory of Sense Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Bowdoin College (DAP 74).

McNitt, Harold Austin. John Dewey's Democratic Liberalism: Its Philosophical Foundations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.

Morgenbesser, Sidney. Theories and Schemata in the Social Sciences. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Columbia University (DAP 74-00).

Rorty, Richard McKay. The Concept of Potentiality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. University of Virginia (DAP 98), Stanford University (1998- ).

Scott, Frederick Joseph Down. The Pragmatism of Maurice Blondel: The Problem of Knowledge in the Perspective of Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University. California State University, San Jose (DAP 74).

Sleeper, Ralph William. Metaphysics and the Value Theories of Urban, Dewey, and Perry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-94).

Tamme, Anne Mary. A Critique of John Dewey's Theory of Fine Art in the Light of the Principles of Thomism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor Charles Hart.

Tejera, Victorino. Philosophy and the Art of Poetry: A Survey of Some Contemporary Relations among Poetic Criticism, Philosophy, and Poetry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74-00).

1955

Alamshah, William H. John Dewey's Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. California State University, Fullerton (DAP 74).

Blankenship, Earl Scott. Some Implications of Dewey's Theory of Knowledge for the Study of Economics. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Buchcik, Anthony A. The Concept of Morals in the Philosophies of St. Augustine and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

Bunker, Robert Manson. The Idea of Failure in Henry Adams, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Mark Twain. Dissertation, English Dept., University of New Mexico.

Haubrich, Vernon F. A Review of John Dewey's Educational Criteria. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Howard, Wendell T. A Critical Study of Peirce's Theory of Perceptual Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. University of Houston (DAP 74).

Kamins, Herbert. Aesthetic Claims: A Criticism of Collingwood's, Lewis's, and Richard's Theories, and an Alternative Analysis of Critical Evaluations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.

Keyt, David Alan. C. I. Lewis's Theory of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Washington (DAP 74-00).

Lentz, Oscar H. Pragmatism and Logical Positivism: A Critical Examination of the Logical Foundations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas.

Mathur, Dinesh Chandra. The Significance of "Qualitative Thought" in Dewey's Philosophy of Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York College at Brockport (DAP 74-00).

Parkins, Ivan W. John Dewey: Freedom as Intellectual Participation. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Chicago.

Robischon, Thomas Gregory. Objective Relativism in American Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Sosensky, Irving. John Dewey's Theory of Warranted Assertibility. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Purdue University (DAP 74).

Stryker, Sheldon. Attitude Ascription in Adult Married Offspring-Parent Relationships: A Study of the Implications of the Social Psychology Theory of G. H. Mead. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Minnesota.

1954

Angell, Richard Bradshaw. Designata, Language, and Truth: A Preface to a Pragmatic Rationalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, 1954. Wayne State University (DAP 74-00).

Fleckenstein, Norbert J. A Critique of John Dewey's Theory of the Nature and the Knowledge of Reality in the Light of the Principles of Thomism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.

Gould, James Adams. The Independent Origin of Pragmatism in France, Germany, and the United States. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan, 1954. University of South Florida (DAP 74).

Gutzke, Manford George. Some Implications for Education in Religion in John Dewey's Conception of Intelligence. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.

Handy, Rollo Leroy. The Philosophic Critique of Naturalistic Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo. State University of New York at Buffalo (DAP 74).

Hill, Knox C. Philosophic Method and Theory of Art in Croce and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Chicago (DAP 74-00).

Hochberg, Herbert Irving. An Examination of the Philosophy of W. V. Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. University of Minnesota (DAP 74-00).

Huggett, William John. Charles Peirce's Search for a Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. University of Toronto (DAP 74-00).

Kaelin, Eugene Francis. Alain, Aesthetician: An Essay in the Philosophy of Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. Florida State University (?-1996) (DAP 74-00).

Kennick, William E. A Methodological Approach to Metaphysics, with Special Reference to the Philosophies of Aristotle, Hume, Dewey, and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.

Mothersill, Mary. Lewis and Stevenson: A Critical Comparison of Two Theories of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Radcliffe College.

Murphey, Murray G. The Synechism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. University of Pennsylvania, History Dept. (1956-2000).

Myers, Gerald Eugene. An Analysis of Propositional Attitudes: A Linguistic Approach. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).

Peterson, Sven Richard. William James: The Formative Years, 1842-1884. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Union College (DAP 74-00).

Reck, Andrew J. Substance and Some Philosophers. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Tulane University (DAP 74-00).

Roelofs, Robert T. William James' Views on Metaphysics: A Study in the Justification of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Nevada (DAP 74).

Torres, Jose A. Philosophic Reconstruction and Social Reform in John Dewey and Jose Ortega y Gasset. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

Wilkinson, John. A Pragmatic Analysis of Communication. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

1953

Anderberg, Clifford William. The Impact of Evolution on Dewey's Theory of Knowledge and the Critics of Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin. University of Nebraska (DAP 74).

Boyer, Minor Waller. The Extent of C. I. Lewis' Kantianism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas.

DuChemin, Roderic Clark. Aspects of the Philosophies of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell and Their Relation to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Gardner, James Russell. The Role of Experience and Value in Naturalistic and Personalistic Thought as Represented by the Philosophies of Clarence Irving Lewis and Edgar Sheffield Brightman. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.

Harrington, John Beattie. William James's Theory of Religious Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Lewis and Clark College (DAP 74).

Hunt, Thomas Chapman. A Critical Analysis of John Dewey's Concept of Growth as the Aim of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.

Jaffe, Raymond. The Pragmatic Conception of Justice. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California at Berkeley. Wells College (DAP 74).

Keating, James W. The Function of the Philosopher in American Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America. DePaul University (DAP 74-00).

Kuenzli, Alfred Eugene. Organismic Conceptions of the Educative Process: A Study of the Functional and Configurational Psychologies of John Dewey and Kurt Lewin. Ed.D. Dissertation, Indiana University.

Kunz, Robert M. A Critical Examination of the Radical Empiricism of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.

Lieb, Irwin Chester. Logical Form. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Yale University (1953-59); Connecticutt College (1959-63); University of Texas (1963-81).

Maccia, George S. The Epistemology of Charles Sanders Peirce and its Implications for a Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.

Margolis, Joseph Zalman. The Art of Freedom: An Essay in Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Temple University (DAP 74-00).

McKinney, John Clifford. Systematic Sociological Theory in the United States: An Exposition, Analysis, and Synthesis of the Methodological and Substantive Theories of George H. Mead, Talcott Parsons, and George A. Lundberg. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Michigan State University.

Natanson, Maurice A. George H. Mead: Social Scientist and Philosopher. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., New School for Social Research.

Newbury, Dorothy June. A Theory of Discipline Developed from Dewey's Theory of Growth in Explicit Relationship to His Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.

Robertson, Robert E. The Concept of the Given in New Realism and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. Ball State University (DAP 74).

Schorsch, M. Delores. John Dewey's Philosophy of Education in Relation to Inquiry as Method and Process. Dissertation, Education Dept., Loyola University of Chicago.

Suri, Surindar Singh. The Philosophy of Mind of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University.

Tool, Marcus R. The Philosophy of Neo-Institutionalism: Veblen, Dewey, and Ayres. Dissertation, Economics Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder.

Vingoe, Robert Henry. F. H. Bradley and his Critique of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. Dalhousie University (DAP 74).

1952

Abel, Reuben. The Philosophy of F. C. S. Schiller. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School for Social Research. New School for Social Research (DAP 74).

Brownlee, Leon Woodrow. John Dewey's Theory of Value and Its Implications for Educational Theory and Practice. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas at Austin.

Butler, Broadus Nathaniel. A Pragmatic Study of Language and Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.

Doan, Frank Mellor. Emergence and Organized Perspectives: A Study in the Philosophy of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. Lakehead University (DAP 74).

Haworth, Lawrence Lindley. The Practical Philosophies of John Dewey and Elijah Jordan. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Waterloo (DAP 74).

Kennick, William E. A Methodological Approach to Metaphysics, with special reference to the Philosophies of Aristotle, Hume, Dewey, and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. Amherst College (DAP 74).

Kurtz, Paul W. The Problems of Value Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-2001).

Martin, Clyde Vincent. A Comparartive Study of the Concept of Interest in the Educational Philosophies of Johann Friedrich Herbart and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.

McKenney, John L. The Problem of a Science of Ethics in the Philosophies of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University. Muskingum College (DAP 74).

O'Connor, John Joseph. Dewey's Logical Theory: Some Clarifications and Criticisms. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Robinson, Edgar Stern. John Dewey's Political Thought. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Columbia University.

Rogers, Donald William. Will and Belief in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.

Scheffler, Israel. On Quotation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Harvard University (DAP 74-00).

Shields, Allan E. An Exposition and Critique of Humanist Voluntarism, the Philosophy of F. C. S. Schiller (1864-1937). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. California State University, San Diego (DAP 74).

Singer, Marcus George. Generalization in Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Thayer, Horace Standish. The Logic of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. City College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).

Walsh, George Vincent. The Concept of the Terminating Judgment in C. I. Lewis's Theory of Empirical Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Eisenhower College (DAP 74).

1951

Baker, Melvin C. A Critical Examination of the Theory of Schooling Underlying John Dewey's Laboratory School, 1896-1904. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Battle, John J. The Metaphysical Presuppositions of the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fribourg University. DePaul University (DAP 74).

Bowman, Andrew Lawrence. Meaning and Nature: George H. Mead's Theory of Objects. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Minogue, William J. D. The Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and Alfred North Whitehead. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Pfuetze, Paul E. The Concept of the 'Social Self' in the Thought of George Herbert Mead and Martin Buber. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Yale University.

Ramsden, Elizabeth G. [Mrs. Elizabeth R. Eames]. A Discussion of the Issues in the Theory of Knowledge Involved in the Controversy between John Dewey and Bertrand Russell. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 74-00).

Rescher, Nicholas. Leibniz's Cosmology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Ledger Wood. University of Pittsburgh (1961- ).

Simons, Leo. The Doctrine of Fallibilism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. University of Cincinnati (DAP 74-00).

Steibel, Gerald Lee. John Dewey's Philosophy of Democracy Applied in a Critique of Classic Liberalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Young, Frederick Harold. The Philosophy of Henry James, Sr. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

1950

Benard, Edmond P. The Problem of Belief in the Writings of John Henry Newman, William James, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.

Drummond, Donald Frasier. An Analysis of the Theories of Criticism of Henry Adams, George Santayana, and John Dewey for Teachers of English. Dissertation, Education Dept., Stanford University.

Jamison, Howard L. The Methodology of Scientific Social Practice: J. S. Mill and John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Harvard University.

Kent, William Phelps. The Political Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

Neff, Frederick C. A Pragmatic Interpretation of Freedom and Its Meaning for Education: A Study of the Writings of John Dewey and Boyd H. Bode. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.

Madden, Edward H. An Examination of Gestalt Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. State University of New York at Buffalo (DAP 74-00).

Moore, Edward Carter. Metaphysics and Pragmatism in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis (DAP 74).

O'Grady, Francis Thomas. The Theory of Good in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa.

Owen, David H. A Pattern of Psuedonaturalism: Lynd, Mead, and Farrell. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Iowa.

Savage, Willinda H. The Evolution of John Dewey's Philosophy of Experimentalism as Developed at the University of Michigan. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan.

Smith, John Edwin. Royce's Social Infinite: The Community of Interpretation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Yale University (DAP 74-00).

Wheeler, James Erskine. Confusions of Romantic Progressive Education with Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Education Dept., Yale University.

1949

Dewey, Robert Eugene. Operationalism as an Epistemological Theory of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Nebraska (DAP 74).

Haines, Wesley N. The Function of the Factor of God in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Harvard University.

Kilbridge, John Thomas. The Concept of Habit in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.

Nelson, Raymond J. Peirce's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Case Western Reserve (DAP 74).

Oliver, James Willard. Pragmatics and Probabilities. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-00).

Paulien, Gunther Berthold. An Analysis of the Concepts of Objectivity and Subjectivity in the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas at Austin.

Winston, Alexander P. The Concept of Human Freedom in Bergson and James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Washington.

Woldstein, Benjamin. Experience and Valuation: A Study in John Dewey's Naturalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Zau, Foo. The Individual and Social Dimensions of John Dewey's Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder.

1948

Ackley, Sheldon Carmer. John Dewey's Conception of Shared Experience as Religious. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74).

MacLeod, William John. Some Interrelations Between the Psychology and Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. University of Maine (DAP 74).

Newhall, David Havens. A Phenomenological Analysis of the Structure of the Moral Situation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Portland State University (DAP 98).

Peterfreund, Sheldon Paul. Three Current Theories of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Syracuse University (DAP 74).

Read, Waldemer P. John Dewey's Conception of Intelligent Social Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Utah (DAP 74).

Schlaretzski, Walter E. The Idea of Community in Royce, Peirce, and Mead. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Cornell University.

Sternfeld, Robert. Contemporary Philosophies of Experience: Philosophic Method in Dewey, Bradley, and Husserl. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74).

Welsh, Paul. Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. Duke University (DAP 74-00).

1947

Brodbeck, May Selznick. A Critical Examination of John Dewey's Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. University of Minnesota (DAP 74).

Browning, Robert Willard. Reason in Ethics and Morals: With Special Reference to the Contributions of Hume and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley. Northwestern University (DAP 74).

Davenport, Frances L. The Education of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.

Gilmore, Rueben Eugene. Recent and Contemporary Naturalism as Expressed in the Philosophies of Herbert Spencer and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.

1946

Young, Warren Cameron. Nature and Naturalism in the Thought of Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (DAP 74).

1945

Brady, Mary L. John Dewey -- Philosophy as a Methodology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University. College of Mount Saint Vincent (DAP 74).

Leslie, Charles Whitney. The Religious Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.

Mack, Robert D. The Appeal to Immediate Experience: Philosophic Method in Bradley, Whitehead and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

1944

Browne, Samuel Stanhope Stryker. The Moral and the Right. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Cincinnati (DAP 74).

Connor, Alice Mary. A Comparative Study of the Social Theories of Education of Otto Willmann and John Dewey. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.

Myers, Francis Milton. Conflicting Philosophies of Democracy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.

Robinson, Joseph Augustine. A Comparison of the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey with that of Scholasticism. Dissertation, Education Dept., Boston University.

1943

Peel, James Claudius. A Comparative Study of the Educational Theories of Lester F. Ward and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.

Sibley, William M. An Examination of Dewey's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. University of Manitoba (DAP 74).

White, Morton G. The Origin of Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

1942

Carlin, Joseph E. A Comparative Study of the Educational and Related Theories of Professor John Dewey and Professor William Hocking. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.

Dillick, Sidney. The Political Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto.

Gill, Clayton Harold. Dewey's Theory of Valuation and Its Bearing on Educational Aims. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.

Holmes, Eugene C. Social Philosophy and the Social Mind: A Study of the Genetic Methods of J. M. Baldwin, G. H. Mead and J. E. Boodin. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Kaplan, Abraham. The Language of Value: A Study in Pragmatics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.

Mills, C. Wright. A Sociological Account of Some Aspects of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Wisconsin.

Ouyang, Tze-hsiang. John Dewey's Concept of Experience in Its Relations to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Toronto.

Schipper, Gerrit. The Empirical Naturalism of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Miami (DAP 74).

Taylor, John E. An Essay on the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa.

Thompson, Manley Hawn, Jr. The Pragmatic Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Chicago (DAP 74).

Watson, Sarah Martha. James's Pragmatism and its Relations to Fascism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University.

1941

Burks, Arthur Walter. The Logical Foundations of the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Michigan (DAP 74-98).

Goldner, Sanford. The Language of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.

Gondin, William R. Prefaces to Inquiry: A Study in the Origins and Relevance of Modern Theories of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Smith, John Milton. A Comparison and Criticism of the Educational Philosophies of Plato and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Iowa.

Zink, Sidney. A Critique of the Ethical Theory of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Cincinnati.

1940

Chin Lee, Grace. Social Individualism: A Systematic Treatment of the Metaphysics of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College.

Fosnot, Pearl Beatrice. Tradition and Change in John Dewey's Social Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.

Gallagher, Eugene R. Two Interpretations of the State and Government: The Pragmatic Skepticism of Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Contrasted with the Natural Law Philosophy of Mr. Justice James Wilson. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Fordham University.

Kessler, Hubert. Basic Factors in the Growth of Mind and Self: Analysis and Reconstruction of G. H. Mead's Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.

Long, Marcus. The Relation Between the Logical Theories of Lotze, Bosanquet and Dewey: A Study in the Morphology of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto.

Murphy, Frances Harder. The Place of Moral Responsibility in the Philosophies of Whitehead and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University.

Ross, Ralph G. Scepticism and Dogma: A Study in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Scripps College of Claremont (DAP 74-00).