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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.

1989

Alai, Mario. A Critique of Putnam’s Anti-Realism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Maryland, advisor Allen Stairs.

Blanco, Hilda Joan. Pragmatism: Conceptual Framework for Planning. Dissertation, Urban and Regional Planning Dept., University of California, Berkeley, advisor Melvin Webber.

Cobb, John T. A. Double Consciousness: William James, W. E. B. DuBois, and Current Discussion of Race and Gender. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Elizabeth Eames.

Forrest, Barbara Carroll. Naturalism in Education: A Study of Sidney Hook. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck. Southeastern Louisiana University, Dept. of History and Government (1981- ).

Forster, Paul Dickenson. Community, Consensus and Progress: Problems in Pragmatism from Peirce and Dewey to Putnam and Rorty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Western Ontario, advisor R. E. Butts. University of Ottawa (1991- ).

Frey, Raymond. William James Durant: An Intellectual Biography. Dissertation, Drew University.

Goodman, William Martin. Preparing to Decide: Beyond Dewey and the "Training Game." Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Brian Hendley.

Grote, John Ewing. Community and Education in John Dewey and Martin Buber. Dissertation, Education Dept., Washington University, advisor Arthur Wirth.

Haskins, Casey Reed. Kant, Dewey, and the Autonomy of Art: Rereading a Tradition. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Paul Guyer. State University of New York, Purchase College (1987- ).

Kim, Jongjin. The Pragmatist Heritage in the American Criminological Tradition: Influence of the Social Thought of John Dewey and George Herbert Mead on the Criminological Works of Edwin H. Sutherland and Clifford R. Shaw. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Sam Houston State University, advisor Victor Stretcher.

Kruse, Felicia Ellen. The Scope of Semiosis in Peirce's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. Xavier University (1989- ).

Mahan, Brian. The Ethics of Belief: An Interpretation and Evaluation of William James's Notion of Spiritual Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

Marostica De Gomez, Ana Hortencia. Peirce’s Conceptions of Truth: A Tychist Approach. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University, advisor Hector-Neri Castañeda. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina (?- ).

Mehl, Peter John. Soren Kierkegaard, William James, and the Contemporary Search for an Ideal of Humanness: Toward a Comprehensive Perspective on Personhood. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Central Arkansas (?- ).

Mendell, Mark Steven. Pragmatism and Legal Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisors Abraham Edel and Elizabeth Flower. Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus (DAP 98-08).

Nnoromele, Patrick C. Rationality, Justification and Truth of Religious Beliefs: The Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Utah, advisor Peter Appleby. Eastern Kentucky University (?- ).

Nofsinger, Stephen Alan. John Dewey’s "Lectures in the Theory of Logic." Edited with an introduction by Stephen A. Nofsinger. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Michigan State University. Metropolitan State College of Denver (adjunct, ?- ).

O'Leary, Kevin Charles. John Dewey, Herbert Croly and Progressive Democratic Theory. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Yale University.

Santas, Aristotelis. Reasons, Reason, and Rationality: A Pragmatic Evaluation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Florida State University. Valdosta State University (1990- ).

Sartwell, Crispin Gallagher. Art and Articulation (Dewey, Schier, Goodman, Gombrich, Gadamer, Heidegger). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Virginia. University of Alabama (1993-1997); Humanities and Communication, Penn State University, the Capitol College (1997-2000); Humanities and Sciences, Maryland Institute College of Art (2000- ).

Simon, Percy Julius. The Thematic and Temporal Structure of Consciousness in William James’ The Principles of Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor Gerald Myers.

Steiner, David Milton. The Possibility of Paidea: Democratic Education in Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Harvard University.

Tower, Patrick Russell. From Absolutism to Instrumentalism: A Critical Study of Hegel’s Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor Victor Kestenbaum. United States Air Force Academy (DAP 98-00).

Trujillo, René, Jr. The Social Emergence of Self and World: George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Colorado. San Jose State University (DAP 98).

1988

Alcoff, Linda Sharon. New Versions of the Coherence Theory: Gadamer, Davidson, Foucault, and Putnam. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University.

Anderson, Kent H. Phenomenological Contributions to the Issue of Personal Immortality: William James, Miguel de Unamuno, and Gabriel Marcel. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., DePaul University, advisor R. Lechner. Clark College (DAP 98).

Arap Lang'at, Wilson Kipng'eno. Pragmatism in American Social Thought and its Relation to Educational Theory and Practice: The Case of William James and John Dewey. Dissertation, Drew University, advisor Charles Wetzel.

Beebe, I. Dean, Jr. An Examination of Quine’s Thesis of Referential Inscrutability. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisors Robert Cohen, Erazim Kohak.

Boehm, Donald Francis. Interpretation and Community: Josiah Royce and the Reconstructive Tradition in American Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs.

Clark, Ronald. Formal Semantics and the Pragmatics of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Western Ontario, advisor W. Harper. McGill University, University of Alberta, University of Calgary (1997- ).

Coon, Deborah J. Courtship with Anarchy: The Sociopolitical Foundations of William James's Pragmatism. Dissertation, History Department, Harvard University.

Davies, David Alan. The Infirmities of Externalism: Putnam and Dummett on the Realist Programme in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Language. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Western Ontario, advisor R. E. Butts.

De Orro, Josefina Iglesias. The Role of Psychological Theories in the Development of Royce's Ethical Concept of the Human Self. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

Felix, Wesley Dale. History within History, Method without Method: John Dewey and the Genetic Argument. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs.

Graham, George P. William James and the Affirmation of God. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Norma Thompson.

Harriott, Howard. Levi and the Defense of Bayesianism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Rochester, advisors Henry Kyburg and Paul Weirich.

Hausman, Margaret Jane. Syntactic Disordering in Modern Poetry: Index, Icon, Symbol (Peirce). Dissertation, English Dept., Brown University.

Heddendorf, David. William James and the Rhetoric of Popular Philosophy. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Wendy Steiner.

Holder, John Joseph, Jr. Thinking in a Naturalistic Theory of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Thomas Alexander. Saint Norbert College (DAP 98-08).

Holt, Mara Dawn. Collaborative Learning from 1911-1986: A Sociohistorical Analysis (John Dewey, George Herbert Mead). Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas, advisor Lester Faigley.

Kay, Aman Bekheirnia. A Comparison of Philosophical Beliefs of John Dewey and Karl Marx Relevant to School Curriculum. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., New Mexico State University, advisor Donald Ferguson.

Keefer, Donald Raymond. Musical Investigations: An Ontology of Music. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisor Charles Dyke. Rhode Island School of Design (?- ).

Letson, Ben Harris. Davidson’s Theory of Truth and Its Implications for Rorty’s Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor Alasdair MacIntyre.

Misak, Cheryl J. Truth and the End of Inquiry: A Peircean Account of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Oxford University. University of Toronto (DAP 98-00).

Ramberg, Bjørn Torgrim. Daughters of History: Truth and Incommensurability. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Queen's University at Kingston. Queen's University (1989-90), Harvard University (1990-91), Simon Fraser University (1991-2000), University of Oslo (1997-   ).

Ruf, Frederick John. The Shaping of Chaos: William James and the Stylistic Ordering of a Disorderly World. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Harvard University.

Sullivan, Patrick F. The Pragmatism of Communication: A Realist Philosophy of Communication. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Kentucky, advisors Thomas Olshewsky, Ronald Bruzina.

Thomadsen, Nancy. Optimal Acts and Optimal Consequences: On Some Limitations of Practical Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Michael Byrd.

Ward, Stephen John Anthony. Quine and Fodor on the Problem of Intentional Idiom. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Anne Minas.

Wilson, Holly L. Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology and Its Relationship to Critical Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Thomas Seebohm.

Woolwine, David Edward. George Herbert Mead: A Critical Reassessment of His Philosophy and Its Relationship to Symbolic Interactionism. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Princeton University, advisor Roger Michener.

Wyner, Gary. Toward Phenomenology of Conscientious Action and a Theory of the Practicality of Reason. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California, advisor Dallas Willard.

Zeldin, Xenia Valerie. Habit as Central and Transactional in John Dewey’s Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Douglas Browning.

1987

Alicea-Rodriguez, Dennis. John Dewey on Theory and Practice: Theory of Knowledge and Theory of Teaching and Learning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor Ernest Sosa.

Arthur, Kenneth Lee, Jr. John Dewey's Theory of Value Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor James Gouinlock.

Benedetti, Donna Jean. A Peircean Theory of Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisor Bruce Aune.

Cahan, Emily Davis. James Mark Baldwin, John Dewey, and the Concept of Development. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., Yale University.

Carr, Rebecca Yates. Synechism Interpreted as a Kantian Regulative Principle. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College, advisor Robert Dostal. Marymount University (DAP 98-00).

Croce, Paul Jerome. The Education of William James: Religion, Science, and the Possibilities for Belief without Certainty in the Early Intellectual Development of William James. Dissertation, American Studies Dept., Brown University. Stetson University.

Engstrom, Timothy Hildreth. Pragmatic Rhetoric and the Art of Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Edinburgh. Rochester Institute of Technology (?- ).

Eodice, Alexander Ralph. Pragmatism and the Reconstruction of Rationality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Johann. Iona College (1985- ).

Feffer, Andrew. Between Head and Hand: Chicago Progressivism and Social Reform, 1886-1919. Dissertation, History Department, University of Pennsylvania. Union College (1989- ).

Field, Richard W. Experience and Value: A Contextualist Approach to Axiology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisors S. Morris Eames and Elizabeth Eames. Northwest Missouri State University (1993- ).

Gray-Whiteley, Peter Maurice Shane. Educational Process and John Dewey's Treatment of Thought as Qualitative. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Chanpaign.

Green, Judith. Equality, Dignity, and Self-Respect. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota, advisor Rolf Sartorius. Fordham University (1996- ).

Heldke, Lisa Maree. Coresponsible Inquiry: Objectivity from Dewey to Feminist Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University. Gustavus Adolphus College (DAP 98-08).

Huyke, Hector José. Pragmatism and Faith in the Philosophy of William James and Miguel de Unamuno. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor David Sidorsky. University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez (DAP 98-00).

Jacobson, David M. Emerson's Fate: Moving from Perspectivism to Pragmaticism. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Washington.

Joswick, Hubert Phillip. Charles Peirce and the Logic of Community. Dissertation, American Studies Dept., Yale University.

Moeller, Arthur F., III. Pragmatism: The Copernican Revolution Continued. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University, advisor Ernest Sosa.

Mooser, Henrietta Kralovec. John Dewey's Contribution to an Emerging Ecological Perspective. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Naragon, Steven Scott. Reason and Animals: Descartes, Kant, and Mead on the Place of Humans in Nature. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame.

Oosterveld, Henry Hetrick. The Process of Judgment in Ralph Barton Perry's and John Dewey's Ethics and Its Implications for Moral Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.

Raposa, Michael L. Peirce's Philosophy of Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Sacred Heart University (1981-1985); Lehigh University (1985- ).

Ringuette, Dana Joseph. These Intenser Lights of Experience: Consciousness and Revision in William James. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Washington.

Steinhoff, Gordon Robert. Internal Realism and Transcendental Idealism: A Comparison of the Philosophies of Putnam and Kant. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University at Urbana-Champaign.

Stewart, Arthur Franklin. C. S. Peirce, Mechanicalism, and Music. Dissertation, School of Music, Texas Tech University, advisors William Westney and Kenneth L. Ketner. Lamar University (DAP 98-00).

Webster, Sheila J. Democratic Participation and Educational Policy-making: An Analysis of Some Contributions of John Dewey and Benjamin Barber. Dissertation, Education Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.

1986

Abate, Charles Joseph. The Rabbit and the Beetle: An Essay on Quine and Wittgenstein. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Syracuse University.

Allen, Barry G. Criteria and Intentionality: Studies in Wittgenstein. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Richard Rorty. McMaster University (DAP 98).

Bedford, David Warren. Art and the Politics of Shared Experience: An Examination of the Political Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., York University.

Berstein, Andrew S. A Critical Examination of James' Theory of Knower-Known Relations in "Does Consciousness Exist?" Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor H. Standish Thayer.

Breines, Estelle B. Pragmatism, A Philosophical Foundation of Occupational Therapy, 1900-1922 and 1968-1985: Implications for Specialization and Education. Dissertation, School of Health Sciences, New York University.

Garavaso, Pieranna. Objectivity and Consistency in Mathematics: A Critical Analysis of Two Objections to Wittgenstein's Pragmatic Conventionalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Nebraska, advisor P. Hugly. University of Minnesota, Morris (DAP 98-00).

Grandey, Richard Robert. Validation of Norms in the Modern State: A Comparison of the Methods of Jürgen Habermas and John Dewey. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.

Hamano, Kenzo. The Place of Normative and Intentional Discourse in Quine's Naturalized Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Thomas Ricketts.

Hill, Priscilla Monelle Miller. Aesthetics and the Novel: A Study of the Relation of John Dewey's Philosophy and the Novels of James T. Farrell. Dissertation, Education Dept., Southern Illinois University.

Holmquest, Anne. Reasoning by Sign: The Relevance of Charles Peirce's Theory of Presumption to Charles Darwin's Logic of Discovery. Dissertation, Speech Communication Dept., University of Iowa.

Jacobs, Philip J. The Presence of Normative Rules as Pre-Conditions for Objectivity in the Epistemology of Charles S. Peirce: Lessons From the Experience of Secondness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor David Rasmussen.

Jue, Jien-Ming. William James as Philosophic Critic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames.

Kulp, Christopher B. John Dewey and the Spectator Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Santa Clara University (DAP 98-00).

Landvoigt, Charlotte Nelson. John Dewey's Conception of the Child. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of West Virginia.

Muoio, Patricia A. A Time for Us: A Study in the Relationship Between Temporality and Intersubjectivity with Particular Reference to the Works of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor Maurice Natanson.

Norman, James J. Some Implications of Justus Buchler's Thought for a Philosophy of Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.

Pizzuti, Concettina. Gli anni Americani di Giuseppi Prezzolini. Dissertation, Romance Literature, Harvard University.

Primozic, Daniel T. Richard Rorty and John Dewey on the Role of Philosophy in the Conversation of Mankind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of New Mexico, advisor Paul Schmidt. Central New Mexico Community College (1986-1992); Del Mar College, Texas (1992-1996); Elmhurst College (1996-2003); Dean at Santa Fe Community College (2003-2007); Institute for Law Enforcement Institute at the Center for American and International Law, Texas (2007- ).

Richardson, Henry S. Rational Deliberation of Ends. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisor John Rawls. Georgetown University (DAP 98-00).

Shore, Paul John. A Critique of Three Theories of Aesthetic Experience in Education (John Dewey, Elliot Eisner, Herbert Read). Dissertation, Education Dept., Stanford University.

Smedley, Charles Vincent. Re-reading Mead: The Mind-Body Dilemma and Sociology. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Snyder, Sharon C. The Literacy-Logic Debate: Toward a Clarification from a Peircean Perspective on Logic. Dissertation, Education Dept., Indiana University.

Solomon, Miriam. Quine's Point of View. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors Hilary Putnam, Burton Dreben, Warren Goldfarb. Temple University (DAP 98-00).

Sorury, Morteza. "The Riddle of the Painful Earth": Pragmatism and Morality in the Novels of William Dean Howells. Dissertation, Indiana University.

Taylor, Robert Pepperman. John Dewey and the Crisis of American Liberalism: A Study of Dewey's Political Writings. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Rutgers University.

Turrisi, Patricia. Charles S. Peirce's Evolutionary Metaphysics: The Growth of Reasonableness in Nature, Mind and Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. University of North Carolina, Wilmington (DAP 98-00).

Viatkus, Steven Anthony. Intersubjectivity and the Social Group: An Investigation into Intersubjectivity as a Problem of the Social Group based upon the Works of George Herbert Mead, Aron Gurwitsch and Alfred Schutz. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Toronto.

1985

Bandas, Mark D. Peirce's Defense of the Scientific Method of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs.

Bergin, James Michael. "Experience" in William James as a Starting Point for Theology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Thomas Prendergast.

Boersema, David Brian. Constructivism and Reference. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Michigan State University. Pacific University (1985- ).

Cahoone, Lawrence. The Dynamics of Subjectivism: A Philosophy of Modernity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Edward Casey. Boston University (1987- ).

Eldridge, Michael L. Philosophy as Religion: A Study in Critical Devotion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Florida, advisor Ellen Haring. University of North Carolina, Charlotte (1995- ).

Farnon, Harry Joseph. William James's Doctrine of the Self: The Essence of his Psychology for Teachers. Ed.D. Dissertation, Temple University.

Grant, James Dickinson. Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Dewey: A Study of Intellectual Continuities and Influence. Ed.D. Dissertation, Harvard University.

Hettinger, Edwin C. A Defense of Philosophical Realism in Opposition to the Anti-Realisms of Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Colorado, advisor Robert Rogers.

Houser, Nathan R. Peirce's Algebra of Logic and the Law of Distribution. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo. Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis (1983- ).

Kellum, Robert James. A Comparative Study of the Reading Philosophies and Pedagogies of Francis W. Parker, John Dewey, and Russell Stauffer. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Virginia.

King, Roger James Haviland. Contextualism in Ethics: Towards a Theory of Moral Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. University of Maine (DAP 98-08).

Knapp, Carole A. The Reform of Common Sense: The Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University, advisors M. Beardsley, E. Beardsley, C. Dyke, J. Margolis.

Lassek, Yun Ja Yim. Epistemological Problems in Dewey's Educational Method and their Roots in His Metaphysics and His Scientific Method. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.

Lesser, Matthew Bernard. James T. Farrell as Literary Realist and Social Historian. Dissertation, English Dept., University of New Mexico.

Miller, Dolores. Quine and the Principle of Substitutivity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Kansas, advisor A. Genova. University of Missouri, Kansas City (DAP 98-00).

Nouri, Marilyn Ann. The Definition of the Situation: A Social Semiotic Inspection. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Syracuse University.

Ramsey, Bennett Haile. An Apparition of Difference: The Religious Vision of William James. Dissertation, Union Theological Seminary.

Scott, Frances William. C. S. Peirce's System of Science and an Application to the Visual Arts. Dissertation, Fine Arts Dept., Texas Tech University.

Shuell, Noel Barrett. American Catholic Responses to the Religious Philosophy of William James: The Neo-Scholastic and Neo-Traditionist Responses. Dissertation, Theology Dept., Marquette University.

Tamba, Nlandu. Le pragmatisme de Charles Sanders Peirce comme dépassement de Kantisme: Signification et valeur philosophique essai d'analyse comparative et critique. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Universite de Lubumbashi, Congo.

1984

Abou-Omar, Metwally Ahmed. The Relevance of John Dewey's Problem Solving Method for Adult Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Pittsburgh.

Alexander, Thomas Milton. John Dewey's Theory of Aesthetic Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor James Gouinlock. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 98-00).

Anderson, Douglas Rand. Creativity and the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. Pennsylvania State University (DAP 98-00).

Berg, Jonathan. Pragmatics and the Semantics of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles, advisor Tyler Burge.

Bolen, Robert Dale. Pragmatism and Transaction: Compatible Perspectives for Communication. Dissertation, Speech Communication Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder.

Brière, Diane. Pragmatique de la poésie. Dissertation, Université de Montréal, advisor Jacques Poulain. Collège Montmorency (DAP 98-00).

Bringham, Don Logan. Dewey's Concept of Qualitative Thought as a Basis for the Teaching of Art. Ed.D. Dissertation, Boston University.

Butterton, Glenn Richard. Pragmatism and Grammatical Theory: Peirce, Semantics and Causative Constructions in Natural Languages. Dissertation, Linguistics Dept., University of California, Berkeley.

Byrnes, Thomas Edward. Mead, Reflexivity, and Method. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Carson, Judith Ann Covey. Egoism and the Structure of Practical Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University, advisor Dan Brock.

Cirincione, Anthony. The Tensional Dialectic in the Philosophy of John Dewey and its Manifestation within the Creative Process: An Interpretative Analysis. Dissertation, Art Education, Pennsylvania State University.

Crimmins, Carolyn Codamo. In Search of Sidney Hook: An Interpretative Analysis of Hook's Social, Political and Educational Philosophy from 1930 to 1970. Dissertation, College of Education, Georgia State University.

Essiet, Fabian S. Growth as Freedom in John Dewey's Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, University of Ottawa, advisor J. Allard.

Fukumoto, Elton Tomio. Pragmatism and Critical Theory. Dissertation, English Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.

Glover, Roy Arvid. Josiah Royce and William James: Philosophers of the Community and the Individual. Dissertation, American Studies Dept., University of Minnesota.

Hayakawa, Misao. John Dewey's Theory of Social Inquiry: The Significance of Social Inquiry for a Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.

Holt, David Kenneth. Justifying Aesthetic Education: A Comparison of the Conceptions of the Inherent Instrumental Value of Aesthetic Experience as Expressed in the Writings of John Dewey, David Hume, and Susan K. Langer. Ed.D. Dissertation, Northern Illinois University.

Johnston, Mark. Particulars and Persistence. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Saul Kripke. Princeton University (1983- ).

Kahler, Charles A. Two Theories of Representation: Peirce's Semiotics and Wittgenstein's Picture Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Manley Thompson, R. Mueller.

Kanne, Marvin Edward. Intelligence and the Good in John Dewey's Moral Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Nebraska, advisor Robert Hurlbutt.

Kiersky, James Hugh. Knowing and Valuing in John Dewey's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor James Gouinlock.

Liston, Michael. Modality as a Pragmatic Notion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, La Jolla, advisor Mark Wilson. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (DAP 98-00).

Lowy, Richard Frank. George Herbert Mead: Evolutionary Naturalism, the Act, and Social Reform. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of California, Riverside.

Marsoobian, Armen. Probing the Consummatory: The Complications of John Dewey's Metaphysics of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Justus Buchler. Southern Connecticut State University (DAP 98-08).

Mazoue, James. The Conceptual Translation of the Perceptual Flux in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck.

McFadden, Mark Gerald. On the Periphery of the Absolute: William James's Critique of British Hegelianism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley.

Mindek, Laura Ann. Art as a Way of Worldmaking: The Pragmatic - Phenomenological Perspective as a Synthesis of the Work of Dewey and Heidegger. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.

O'Brien, James Aloysius. The Philosophy of John Dewey: A Phenomenological Interpretation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Duquesne University. Wheeling Jesuit University (DAP 98).

Safford, John Lugton. Pragmatism and the Progressive Movement in the United States: The Origin of the New Social Sciences. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of California, Riverside.

Saurez, Eduardo Juan. Philosophy and Culture in John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Albany, advisor Robert Meyers.

Smiley, Marion. The Extension of Moral Responsibility: A Pragmatic View of the Relationship between Morality and Politics. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Princeton University. Political Science Dept., University of Wisconsin (1989-2002); Brandeis University (2002- ).

Styles, Joseph Alfred. Josiah Royce's Theory of Moral Obligation: Its Origin, Development, and Systematic Context. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California.

Thomas, Jeffrey Crawford. The Contextualist Metaphysic of American Modernist Poetry: William James' Influence on Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens & Co. Dissertation, English Dept., Ohio State University.

Tobolsky, Stephen Bennett. Cooperation and Intellectual Autonomy: An Analysis of the Concept of Intelligence in the Work of John Dewey and Jean Piaget. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.

1983

Belazougui, Mohammed. John Dewey's Philosophy of the Political State. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor James Gouinlock.

Brick, Blanche Henderson. Changing Concepts of Equal Educational Opportunity: A Comparison of the Views of Thomas Jefferson, Hoarace Mann, and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Texas A&M University.

Coetzer, Izak Adolf. The Pedagogic Contribution of John Dewey -- A Re-Evaluation. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of South Africa.

Colapietro, Vincent M. Peirce's Semiotic Approach to Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Thomas Prendergast. Pennsylvania State University (DAP 98-00).

Dockser, Cecile Bahn. John Dewey and the May Fourth Movement in China: Dewey's Social and Political Philosophy in Relation to His Encounter with China (1919-1921). Ed.D. Dissertation, Harvard University.

Frett, Peter Bernard. Pragmatism and Education: A Study of William James and George Herbert Mead's Models of Self-Genesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.

Gatens-Robinson, Eugenie. The Relationship of Scientific Explanation to Models of Rationality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Elizabeth Eames. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 98-00).

Hunt, Jasper Stewart, Jr. On the Applicability of the Epistemologies and Theories of Value of Alfred North Whitehead and John Dewey to the Development of an Experience-Based Teacher Education Program. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Colorado.

Jacob, Rafik Sabry. A Comparison of Value Theories in Aristotle with Those in Dewey and their Implications for Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Catholic University of America.

Lawson, Michael Shannon. John Dewey and Lawrence Kohlberg: Contrasting Concepts of Moral Development. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma.

Layman, Charles Stephen. Evidentialism, "The Will to Believe," and Belief in God. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles, advisor Marilyn Adams. Seattle Pacific University (1986- ).

McGrath, Elizabeth Z. A Revised Jamesian Theory of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Florida State University, advisor Peter Dalton.

Minister, Katherine Amy. A Study of the James/Bradley Debate. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney.

Mullane, James Joseph. The Jamesian Self: A Phenomenology of Selfhood. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Loyola University of Chicago, advisor John Bannan. Columbia College Chicago (DAP 98).

Rothberg, Donald Jay. Meta-critique of Rationality: Studies in Nietzsche, Quine, and Habermas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.

Schantz, Allen Paul. A New Statement of Values for Music Education Based on the Writings of Dewey, Meyer and Wolterstoff. Dissertation, Music Education, University of Colorado.

Weitz, Betty Audrey. Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Education: Problems of Justice, Equality, and Inequality in Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor W. Barrett. New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies (DAP 98-00).

Wood, Susan B. L. S. Vygotsky's Theory of the Reader's Response to Literature as found in 'The Psychology of Art': A Comparison to the Aesthetic Theories of Kant, Coleridge, Richards, Dewey, and Rosenblatt. Dissertation, Education Dept., Rutgers University.

1982

Arakapadavil, George. Multicultural Education and the Democratic Theory of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Barthelemy, William L. W. V. O. Quine: Indeterminacy of Translation, Reference, and Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor J. W. Van Evra. Kwantlen University College (DAP 98-00).

Blachowicz, Maralyn. John Dewey and Martin Heidegger: A Study of a Different Way of Thinking. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Florida.

Black, Walter Richard. The Unity of the Epistemology of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rice University, advisor Konstantin Kolenda.

Corrington, Robert Stanley. Royce's Community of Interpretation: The Horizon of Hermeneutics. Dissertation, Drew University. Drew University (DAP 98-08).

Costello, Thomas Stacy. The Concept of Science in Pragmatism 1872-1972. Dissertation, Education Dept., State University of New York at Albany.

Franks, Vicky Vicklund. The Definite Description and Quine's Formal Attack on Quantified Modal Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Washington, advisor Charles Marks. University of Minnesota, Deluth (DAP 98-00).

Freiberg, Jo Ann. John Dewey: Theory and Practice of Moral Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.

Harbert, David. Existence, Knowing, and the Problem of Systems: A Phenomenological Critique of the Epistemology and Metaphysics of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor George Schrader.

Kaufman-Osborn, Timothy Vance. John Dewey and the Politics of Method. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Princeton University. Whitman College (1982- )

Kuo, Catherine Cheng-Cheng. William James as an Exemplar for the Study of Religion: 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Levy, Stephen Harry. A Comparative Analysis of Charles S. Peirce's Philosophy of Mathematics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter. County College of Morris (DAP 98-00).

Luckey, George McFarland Jr. The Formation of Character and Its Conceptual Role in Dewey's Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University. Morehead State University (DAP 98-00).

Luiz, Thomas. A Comparative Study of Humanism and Pragmatism as They Relate to Decision Making in Instructional Development Processes. Dissertation, Education Dept., Michigan State University.

Moser, Paul Kenneth. Justified Belief: Reasons, Regresses, and Foundations in Epistemic Justification. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor Jeffrey Tlumak. Loyola University of Chicago (1982- ).

Poissant, Louise. Eléments de pragmatique esthétique. Dissertation, Université de Montréal, advisor J. Poulan.

Pruitt, Richard Gerald. William James's Intentions: Concepts, Truth and Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisors Max Wartofsky, Bernard Elevitich.

Reddam, Paul. Pragmatics and the Language of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California, advisor Bas van Fraassen.

Rochefort, Jean-Claude. La Reception de l'oeuvre de Charles S. Peirce en Allemagne. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Université de Montréal.

Russell, John Martin. The Idea of God in Peirce and James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University.

Ryder, John Joseph. Ordinality, Language-Games and Sunyata: Their Implications for Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Justus Buchler. State University of New York College at Cortland (1980- ).

Stikkers, Kenneth. Toward a Sociology of Space: An Analysis of Spatial Experience in a Technological Society. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., DePaul University, 1982. Southern Illinois University (DAP 98-00).

Taylor, Michael Reed. Character and Autonomy: The Paradox of Moral Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Florida State University. Oklahoma State University (DAP 98-00).

1981

Bagakis, Gus John. The Crisis in Education: Dewey, Piaget, and Marx. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of California, Santa Cruz.

Barthelemy, William Leo. W. V. O. Quine: Indeterminacy of Translation, Reference, and Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo.

Blake, David Collins, Jr. C. I. Lewis: The Good and the Right. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor A. S. Cua.

Brunning, Jacqueline. Peirce's Development of the Algebra of Relations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor David Savan. University of Toronto (DAP 98-00).

Bybee, Michael David. Peirce's and James's Theory of Truth: A Critical Reformulation and Evaluation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Hawaii, advisor Irving Copi.

Caste, Nicholas J. The Mind-Body Relation in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor James Gouinlock. University of North Carolina, Charlotte (DAP 98-00).

Clark, Michael. John Dos Passos, From Nature to Naturalism: The Influence of Walt Whitman and William James on the Early Fiction, 1913-1938. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Wisconsin.

Colella, Ercole Paul Anthony. The Social Philosophy of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Elizabeth Kraus. Xavier University (1979- )

Dako, Martin. The Relationship of Russell and Quine to Contemporary Theorists on Reference. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Syracuse University, advisor P. L. Peterson. Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (DAP 98-00).

Eldridge, Janice Crafts. A Historical Study of the Relationship Between the Philosophy of John Dewey and the Early Progressive Colleges: An Investigation of the Role of Science. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Massachusetts.

Gowans, Christopher W. Lewis's Foundationalism: An Examination of Chapters VII and VIII of C. I. Lewis's An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor K. Sayre. Fordham University (DAP 98-00).

Hantzis, Catherine Wells. Peirce on Logic: Phenomenology as the Basis for Normative Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley, advisor H. D. Sluga.

Hill, Jerome Dalton. Epistemology and Politics: The Unity of Theory and Practice in Dewey and Mao. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.

Kepchar, John Howard, Jr. Kant, Peirce, and the Transcendental Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of North Carolina, advisor Richard Smyth.

Krause, Karl. The Duhem/Quine Thesis and the Falsifiability of Theories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University, advisor E. M. Curley.

Maroosis, James Dennis. Further Consequences of Human Embodiment: A Description of Time and Human Existence as Disclosed at the Origin of Peirce's Philosophy of Community. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor David Savan.

Noble, Norman Alan Brian. The Architechtonic Method of Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Don Roberts.

Rothenberg, Kenneth H. Peircean Principles and Disenchantment with the Social Sciences. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Wayne State University.

Shields, Paul Bartram. Charles Sanders Peirce on the Logic of Number. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter.

Sohna, Muhammad A. An Inquiry into the Philosophy of John Dewey with Special Reference to Its Bearing upon the Educational Development of Gambia. Dissertation, Education Dept., Wayne State University.

Temps, John Thomas. Reference, Relations, and Pure Experience in James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Albany, advisor Robert Meyers.

Westbrook, Robert Brett. John Dewey and American Democracy. Dissertation, History Dept., Stanford University. University of Rochester.

Willard, Diana Elizabeth. Natural Order in the Works of Comenius and Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Boston College.

1980

Anderson, James Williams. William James's Depressive Period (1867-1872) and the Origins of his Creativity: A Psychobiographical Study. Dissertation, Behavioral Sciences Dept., University of Chicago.

Anding, Jamie. Peirce's Defense of Scientific Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Don Roberts.

Bock, Layeh Aronson. The Birth of Modernism: 'Des Imagistes' and the Psychology of William James. Dissertation, English Dept., Stanford University.

Bogdan, Radu Jean. The Pragmatics of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor Jaako Hintikka. Tulane University (DAP 98-00).

Boisvert, Raymond Donat. Change and Permanence After Darwin: The Problem of Form in John Dewey's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor John Anton. Siena College (1984- ).

Clark, Learned Latell. The Development of John Dewey's Logical Theory. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.

Hanson, Karen. Imagination and the Self. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors Stanley Cavell, Israel Scheffler. Indiana University (DAP 98-00).

Harrala, Walter John. An Evaluation of the Concept of Growth in the Writings of Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Wayne State University.

Hopkins, Richard Lee. Reconstructive Query: Dewey, Buchler, and Merleau-Ponty as Guides to an Epistemology of Experiential Learning. Ed.D. Dissertation, Boston University.

Lothstein, Arthur Stephen. From Privacy to Praxis: The Case for John Dewey as a Radical Social Philosopher. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Robert Gurland. Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus (DAP 98-00).

Mandell, Daniel. Charles S. Peirce's Critique of Foundationalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney.

McCarthy, Jeremiah Edward. Peirce's Normative Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of North Carolina, advisor Richard Smyth.

McHugh, John. Freedom in the Philosophy of Sidney Hook. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney.

Miletta, Maureen McCann. Dewey and Teaching: A Selection of Readings with Commentary. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Miller, Marjorie Cantor. The Concept of Identity in Aristotle, Locke, and Buchler. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Justus Buchler. State University of New York, Purchase College (1981- ).

Munitz, Charles. Aliveness: Sensitivity and Responsibleness in John Dewey's Philosophy of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Justus Buchler.

Odin, Steve. A. N. Whitehead's Process Metaphysics and Hua-yen Buddhism on Interpenetration: A Critical Analysis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Robert Neville. University of Hawaii at Manoa (DAP 98-00).

Orange, Donna Marie. The Development of Peirce's Theism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter.

Owen, Luisa Lang. Expression and Art Education: A Study Based on the Aesthetic Theories of Collingwood and Dewey. Dissertation, Art Education, Ohio State University.

Pennachio, John. Some Aspects of the Interpersonal Theories of George Herbert Mead and Harry Stack Sullivan. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., State University of New York at Albany.

Peterman, John Ebbott. John Dewey in the Realm of Ideas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Henry Johnstone, Jr. William Patterson University (DAP 98-00).

Sadeh, Mohammed Mehdi. A Study of the Analytical Components of Durkheim and Mead: Other and Self. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Mississippi State University.

Salema, Antonio G. L'éducation, croissance vitale, chez John Dewey. Dissertation, Université de Montréal, advisor Germaine Cromp.

Seeman, Herbert A. William James's Model of Organic Idealism. Dissertation, American Studies Program, Washington State University.

Rizzuti, Carol J. Hick and James on Faith and Its Justification. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors Stephen Barker and Maurice Mandelbaum.

Tool, Laurence Alan. A War for Reform: Dewey, Veblen, Croly, and the Crisis of American Emergence. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Rutgers University.

West, Cornel Ronald. Ethics, Historicism, and the Marxist Tradition. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor S. Wolin. Harvard University (1994- ).