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dissertations on pragmatism, 1970-1989

 

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 (1994-2002), Princeton University (2002- ).

 

1979

Anding, James Eugene. Peirce's Defense of Scientific Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo.

Brown, Robert Allen. Peirce's Normative Conception of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brandeis University.

Campbell, James. Pragmatism and Reform: Social Reconstruction in the Thought of John Dewey and George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisor Justus Buchler. University of Toledo (DAP 98-00).

Glotzbach, Philip Alan. Behavior, Meaning, and Reference in the Philosophy of W. V. O. Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor Robert Jaeger.

Hasling, Jack Thomas, Jr. Time and Sociological Theory: A Temporal Analysis of the Theories of Karl Marx, Talcott Parsons and George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Georgia.

Kronish, Ronald. The Influence of John Dewey on Jewish Education in America. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Harvard University.

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

Nutch, Frank. Pragmatism and the Professions: An Approach to a Sociological Imagination. Dissertation, York University.

Ochs, Peter Warren. Charles Peirce's Metaphysical Conviction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John Smith. University of Virginia.

Purcell, Frank Palmer. The Prehistory of Pragmatism: Critical Commonsense and Scholastic Realism in the Education of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Salema, Antonio G.  L'Education, croissance vitale, chez John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Université de Montréal.

Scott, Barbara Jean Pamela. Faith and Chaos: The Quest for Meaning in the Writings of Jonathan Edwards and William James. Dissertation, American Studies Dept., Syracuse University.

Shusterman, Richard. The Object of Literary Criticism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Oxford University, advisor J. O. Urmson. Temple University (1985- ).

Simpson, Lorenzo. Technology and Temporality: A Critique of Instrumental Rationality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor Karsten Harries.

Temple, Dennis Michael. A Study of Nicholas Rescher's Theory of Natural Law. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisor Robert Barrett. Roosevelt University (DAP 98-00)

Tuana, Nancy A. The Interrelations Between the Philosophy of P. Duhem and W. V. O. Quine's Philosophy of Language and Philosophy of Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara, advisor William Smith. University of Oregon (DAP 98-00)

Vallone, Gerard F. The Unconscious Dimensions of Dewey's Moral Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Leonard Feldstein. Pace University (DAP 98-08)

 

1978

Aboulafia, Mitchell S. Finitude, Infinity, and Time: A Study of Hegel's Idea of System. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor O. Blanchette. University of Houston, Clear Lake (1978-95), University of Colorado at Denver (1995- ).

Abram, Leonard Gerald. The American Eye: The Influence of Pragmatism and Impressionism on Henry Adams' Portrayal of Character in "The History of the United States." Dissertation, University of Maryland.

Alexander, Gary T. The Hypothesized God: A Methodological Investigation of William James's Theism. Dissertation, School of Divinity, University of Chicago.

Arkin, Patricia Cooper. The Relationship of Language to Human Perspective: An Analysis of John Dewey, Paul Ricoeur, and M. A. K. Halliday. Dissertation, Education Dept., Claremont Graduate University.

Casey, David James. Josiah Royce's Philosophy of Religion as Expressed in the Period of "The World and the Individual". Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith.

Christopherson, Rose. The Categories of Logic and Experience in Kant and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University.

Cook, James Edward. Chance and Rationality in the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Kansas, advisor Gary Shapiro. Saint Ambrose University (DAP 98-00)

Cruz, Feodor Fojas. John Dewey's Theory of the Human Community. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Vincent Punzo. Loras College (DAP 98-00)

DeArmey, Michael H. The Philosophical Anthropology of William James: Towards a Complete Teleological Analysis of the Nature, Origin and Destiny of Human Beings. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck. University of Southern Mississippi (DAP 98-00)

Dipert, Randall R. Development and Crisis in Late Boolean Logic: The Deductive Logics of Jevons, Peirce, and Schröder. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University. State University of New York College at Fredonia (DAP 78-94), U.S. Military Academy at West Point (DAP 96-00), State University of New York at Buffalo (2000- ).

Fiscella, J. George Herbert Mead's Contribution to Descriptivism in Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney.

Ford, Marcus Peter. The Ontological Realism of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School. Northern Arizona University.

Ford, Ramona Louise. The Critical Social Theory of C. Wright Mills: Pragmatism and a "Plain" Marxist. Dissertation, Sociology Department, Southern Illinois University.

Glazek, Marianne Seemann. Hegel's Influence on the Social and Educational Thought of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Wayne State University.

Kevelson, Roberta. Introduction to a Theory of the Structure and Function of Dialogue in Semiotic Transactions. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus (1981-1996).

Liszka, James Jacób. Paradigms of Observation: Observation in the Natural and Social Sciences. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School for Social Research, advisor Albert Hofstadter. University of Alaska, Anchorage (1980- ).

Lucow, Ruth H. On the Rational Acceptance of Scientific Theories: An Attempt to Extend Isaac Levi's Cognitive Decision Theory to the Acceptance of Scientific Theories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Case Western Reserve University, advisor R. Nelson.

Lyne, John Russell. C. S. Peirce on Rhetoric and Communication. Dissertation, Speech Dept., University of Wisconsin.

McDonnell, Joseph William. John Dewey and Martin Buber on Communication and Community. Dissertation, Speech Communication Dept., University of Southern California.

Morris, Donald. Dewey and the Behavioristic Context of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames.

Phillips, John Oliver Crompton. John Dewey and the Transformation of American Intellectual Life, 1859-1904. Dissertation, History Dept., Harvard University.

Pietig, Jeanne Marie. A Critique of Lawrence Kohlberg's Interpretation of John Dewey and Progressivism. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Minnesota.

Rodgers, William Joseph. Charles S. Peirce's Theistic Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., St. John's University, advisor Sebastian Matczak.

Roth, Paul Andrew. Natural Language, Natural Science, and the Nature of Philosophic Inquiry: An Examination of Quine's Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Manley Thompson. University of Missouri, Saint Louis (DAP 98-00).

Schindler, Thomas Francis. John Dewey on Individualism: Toward an American Religious Socialism. Dissertation, Religion Dept., University of Chicago.

Schmitt, Rosina. The End of Evolution in Peirce's Cosmology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Richard Blackwell.

Schwarz, Charles Edward. The Self and Related Concepts in The Social Philosophies of George Herbert Mead and Gregory Bateson. Dissertation, Education Dept., Rutgers University.

Stephens, Gayle Lynn. Peirce's Epistemology of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisor Bruce Aune. University of Alabama at Birmingham (1979- ).

Taylor, Harland Lee. The Relationship Bewteen the Social Philosophy of George Herbert Mead and the Aesthetic and Educational Theories of Thomas Munro. Dissertation, Education Dept., Southern Illinois University.

Volin, Charles J., Jr. Social and Philosophical Foundations of Career Education: Dewey, Marx, and Goodman. Dissertation, Education Dept., Michigan State University.

Wirt, Shirley Jean. Evolution and Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Approach through the Works of Theodosius Dobzhansky, John Dewey, and Paul Tillich. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

 

1977

Altshuler, Bruce J. The Pragmatic Maxim of C. S. Peirce: A Study of Its Origin and Development. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors Hilary Putnam and Israel Scheffler.

Bechtel, Paul William. Intentionality and Quine's Epistemological Enterprise. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisors Manley Thompson and Daniel Garber. Washington University (DAP 98-00)

Brandom, Robert B. Practice and Object. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Richard Rorty. University of Pittsburgh (1976- ).

Cater, Robert M. The Unity of Peirce's Thought: The Function of Continuity and Complementarity in the Theory of Abstraction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman.

Davenport, Harbert William. Peirce's Evolutionary Explanation of the Laws of Nature: 1880-1893. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. Western Illinois University (DAP 98-00)

Davis, Oren Whitney. The Ontology of the A Priori in the Works of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University, advisor Robert Browning. Trinity College ( -2000)

Dozoretz, Jerry. Inquiry, Truth, Indubitability, and Peircean Epistemic Methodology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California at Santa Barbara, advisor Paul Wienpahl.

Dudik, Evan Matthew. Peirce: The Argument for Realism and the Efficacy of Law. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb.

Frederick, John Norris, Jr. Chance, Causality, and Freedom in the Writings of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Georgia.

Giarelli, James Michael. A Comparative Analysis of the Conceptions of Development in Dewey, Piaget, and Kohlberg and their Implications for Educational Theory and Practice. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Florida.

Gibson, Roger Fletcher, Jr. The Logical Structure of Quine's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, advisor John Kultgen. Washington University (DAP 98-00)

Hofer, John R. Toulmin's Theory of Rationality: A Pragmatic Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Donald Lee.

Johnson, Mark Leonard. An Irreducibility Theory of Metaphor. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisors Ted Cohen, Paul Ricoeur, Warner Wick. Southern Illinois University, University of Oregon (DAP 98-00).

Kim, Soo-Chul. Human Nature and Education: A Comparative Study in Aristotle, Confucius, and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Oklahoma State University.

Ledoux, Arthur Joseph. John Dewey and the Reconstruction of Ancient Greek Thought: An Assessment of John Dewey's Paradigm for Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor C. Delaney. Merrimack College (   -2002).

Minnich, Elizabeth Anne. Philosophy, Democracy and Communication: A Study of John Dewey as a Political Philosopher. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School for Social Research, advisors Reuben Abel, Richard Bernstein. Union Institute (1980- ).

Nevin, Hugh Gould, Jr. Values Clarification: Perspectives in John Dewey and Paulo Freire. Ed.D. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Pepper, David Michael. John Dewey: Inquiry, Knowledge and Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Florida State University, advisor David Gruender.

Renger, Paul, III. The Educational Philosophy of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of South Carolina.

Smith, Richard Lee. George Herbert Mead and Sociology: The Chicago Years. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Stuhr, John J. Experience and Activity: Dewey's Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Pennsylvania State University (DAP 98-00).

Vile, John Ralph. Science, Faith, and Philosophy in William James: A Theoretical Analysis with Application to James's Political Thought. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Virginia.

Widomlansky, David. The Individual and the Social in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor John McDermott.

 

1976

Bond, Charles Stephen, Jr. W. V. Quine's Indeterminacy of Translation Thesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Post.

Borton, Robert Leroy. The Relation Between Pluralism and Pragmatism in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate University, advisor John Roth.

Boytor, Zigmund. The Persistence of Pragmatism: A New Interpretation of Peirce's Concept of Abduction and Its Relevance to Dewey's and Piaget's Systems of Thought. Dissertation, Education Department, Wayne State University.

Ferst, Barry Joel. The Interpretation Phase in Contextually Relative Conceptual Schemes for Sensory Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University.

Garrison, George Robert. William James's Moral and Social Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Edward Madden.

Giuffrida, Robert. Chauncey Wright and William James on Significance and the Concept of the Given. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Edward Madden.

Goff, Robert Wesley. Karl Marx and George Herbert Mead: Contributions to a Sociology of Knowledge. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., McMaster University.

Jefferson, Paul Channing. Pragmatism and the Logic of Meaning. Dissertation, American Studies Program, Harvard University.

Leavenworth, May Belle. Dewey's Theory of the Self and its Role in His Theory of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor Gerald Myers.

Mahoney, James Michael. Josiah Royce: Moral Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame. St. Anselm College (?- ).

Mahoney, Joseph. Indeterminacy of Translation and Quine's Theory of Language. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Abany, advisor Robert Meyers.

McAdam, R. D. Ethics and Temporality in William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor Richard Stevens.

Munro, B. The Philosophical Significance of Quine's D-Thesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor J. Minas.

O'Donnell, Patricia A. The Concepts of Explanation, Cause, Law and Reality in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney. Chestnut Hill College (DAP 98-08).

Pritchard, Ilona Kemp. A Critical Examination of the Role of Continuity in Peirce's Thought. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Stony Brook, advisors Justus Buchler, Victorino Tejera, Walter Watson, Bruce Bashford.

Romanos, George David. The Language of Language: An Exploration of the Significance of W. V. Quine's Philosophical Writings. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisors Paul Sagal and George Berry.

Schoen, Edward Lloyd. Theory, Perception, and Indeterminacy: A Consideration of W. V. Quine's Rejection of Theory and Language Independent Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California, advisor Dallas Willard. Western Kentucky University (DAP 98).

Sebo, Eva Agnes. Systematization of Selected Concepts of George Herbert Mead: Toward a Research Application of Social Behaviorist Theory. Dissertation, Columbia University Teachers College.

Washington, George Gregory. C. I. Lewis' Theory of Meaning and Theory of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University.

Willis, Catherine Barbara. From the Good to the True: A Study of William James' Center of Vision. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Kenneth Gallagher.

Womack, James Anthony. Quine and Wittgenstein on Reference. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Raziel Abelson.

 

1975

Ackerman, Terrence. The Structure of Practical Reasoning and Justification. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Rochester, advisor Robert Holmes. University of Tennessee, Memphis (DAP 98-00).

Armetta, Paul Milo. Epistemological and Axiological Aspects of Communication: As Seen in the Works of G. H. Mead, John Dewey, Hugh Duncan, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Popper. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University.

Chakrabarti, Chandana. A Critical Appraisal of James' Doctrine of Pure Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Edward Madden.

Curtis, Barry. Principles of Practical Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors R. Albritton, Roderick Firth, and John Rawls. University of Hawaii, Hilo (DAP 98-00)

Dougherty, Charles J. Phenomenological Critiques of Empiricism: A Study in the Philosophies of Husserl and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor C. Delaney. Creighton University (DAP 98-00).

Fleck, Leonard Michael. Mead's Pragmatism as Specified by His Pragmatic Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins. Michigan State University (DAP 98-00).

Foley, Richard. The Desire Account of Practical Reasoning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University, advisors D. Brock, J. Lenz, and J. Ladd. Rutgers University (DAP 98-00).

Franzwa, Gregg Edward. C. I. Lewis's Terminating Judgments. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Rochester, advisor H. Holcomb. Texas Christian University (1976- ).

Haines, Randolph James. The Value Theory of John Dewey and Ecological Values. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John Smith.

Halpern, Robert I. C. I. Lewis' Conception of the Given and the Problem of Epistemic Justification. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., City University of New York, advisor Gerald Myers.

Kent, Beverley E. Logic in the Context of Peirce's Classification of the Sciences. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Donald Roberts. Lakehead University (DAP 98).

Limper, Peter Frederick. Value and the Individual in the Philosophies of Whitehead and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John Smith. Christian Brothers University (DAP 98-00).

Marshall, George John, Jr. Can Human Nature Change? A Tentative Response in the Light of the Positions of Dewey, Sartre, and Their Critics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisors W. Desan and J. A. Mann. University of Regina, Campion College (DAP 98-00).

Marshall, John Paul. An Existential Encounter with Experimentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Nebraska.

Mason, Ernest Douglas. Alain Locke's Philosophy of Value: An Introduction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University.

Nissen, Bruce Allen. Moral Means and Ends in Social Change: Dewey and Marxism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Michael Teitelman and David Sidorsky.

Normile, Michael Christopher. Individual and Society: Dewey's Reconstruction and Resolution. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisor J. A. Mann.

Rohrberg, Charles Richard. The Behaviorism of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, Charles Frankel.

Siegal, Judith F. Bell. Logic Without Mentalism: A Study of Quine's Views. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisors Manley Thompson, Leonard Linsky, and Ian Mueller.

Sullivan, Denis Francis. C. S. Peirce: On the Foundations of Human Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University.

 

1974

Betz, Norman Joseph. Robert Penn Warren and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of North Carolina.

Buzzelli, Donald Edward. The New List of Categories: A Study of the Early Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter.

Cattermole, George Berger. A Critical Survey of the Philosophy of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor J. Goheen. College of Notre Dame  (DAP 98-00).

Czerwionka, Felicia Emily. The Self in William James' Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney. Siena Heights College (DAP 74).

Elliott, Richard Lee. The Hypothesis of Creative Evolution in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of New Mexico.

Evans, Charles Steven. Subjective Justifications of Religious Belief: A Comparative Study of Kant, Kierkegaard, and James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. City College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).

Farrell, Thomas Balfe. Pragmatism and War, 1917-1918: A Search for John Dewey's Public. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Fassiotto, Marie-Jose. L'Humanisme pragmatique de Jean Meslier. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley.

Gendreau, Francis Richard. The Realism of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor Thomas Blakeley. Stonehill College (1968- ).

Hamilton, James Raleigh. Quine's Revival of Ontology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Norman Martin. Kansas State University (DAP 74-00).

Hapke, Rodelia Josephine. Willard Van Orman Quine: Translational Indeterminacy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor J. Moravcsik.

Harris, Donald Frederick. A Categorical Approach to George H. Mead's Concept of the Self. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, David Sidorsky.

Harris, Leonard. Racism and the Materialist Anthropology of Karl Marx. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University, advisor Allen Wood. Purdue University (1990- ).

Hauptli, Bruce Worthing. From Myth to Metaphor: A Study of Quine's Epistemological Realism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisor R. Barrett. Florida International University (DAP 98-00).

Higgins, Edward Francis. A Critique of John Dewey's Theory of the Concrete Moral Good in the Light of the Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., St. John's University.

Israel, David Joel. Quine and the Naturalization of Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley, advisor B. Vermazen. Tufts University (DAP 74), Stanford University (DAP 98-00).

Jardine, John Gonsalves, Jr. Towards a Metaphysics of Community: A Critical Study of John Dewey's Social Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck. Wilkes College (DAP 74).

Jones, David. The Hypothesis of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor David L. Miller.

Kiernan, William Edward. At-Homeness in a Changing World: The Relationship between Change-Meaning-Intentionality in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Johann. Saint Peter's College (DAP 74).

Lipton, Michael Robin. Quine's Criterion of Ontological Commitment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor Richard Cartwright. Northeastern University (DAP 74-00).

McGuire, Richard Randolph. Realism and Subjectivism: G. E. Moore and C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Richard Hull. State University of New York College at Brockport (DAP 74).

McKay, Thomas James. Essentialism and Quantified Modal Logic: Quine's Argument and Kripke's Semantics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisors Terence Parsons, Michael Jubien, Robert Sleigh. Syracuse University (DAP 74-00).

Mosedale, Frederick Edward. Instrumentalism, Words, and Philosophical Explanations of Language. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oregon. Millikin University (DAP 74).

Nisbet, Arthur Lee. A Comparative Analysis of Herbert Marcuse's and John Dewey's Conceptions of Freedom. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Marvin Zimmerman.

Novalis, Peter N. Adequate Translation: A Critique of W. V. Quine's Indeterminacy Thesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisor D. V. Gottlieb.

Oei, Lee Tjiek. Hu Shih's Philosophy of Man as Influenced by John Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Roth. Saint Francis College (DAP 74).

Pfeiffer, Raymond Smith. Pragmatism in the Epistemology of Willard Van Orman Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Washington University, advisor R. Barrett. Delta College (DAP 98-00).

Reed, John Edwards. The Nature of Man in the Works of Burrhus Frederic Skinner and George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas.

Seitz, Karl John, Jr. Giovanni Papini, Theoretician of the Irrational: His Life and Thought, 1881-1921. Dissertation, History Dept., University of Michigan.

Short, Thomas Lloyd. Objectivity Without a Cognitive Given: Peirce's Philosophy of Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb. Kenyon College (DAP 74).

Steel, Margaret. The Structure of Language: Chomsky and Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Western Ontario, advisor D. Hockney. Kent State University (DAP 74).

Thomas, James Doyle. The Self Between East and West: Concepts of the Self in Mead, Jung and Mahayana Buddhism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School. Mount San Antonio College (DAP 74).

Tooley, Rodelia Josephine Hapke. Willard Van Orman Quine: Translational Indeterminacy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University.

Tumulty, Peter John, Jr. Autonomy and the Moral Community: A Study in the Ethics of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney. Saint Michael's College (1974- ).

Webb, Rodman Bukely. The Presence of the Past: John Dewey and Alfred Schutz on the Genesis and Organization of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rutgers University.

Wiseman, Mary. The Interpretation of the Categorical Imperative in the Ethics of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Mary Mothersill and James Higginbotham. Brooklyn College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).

Wissot, Jay Harvey. A Critical Evaluation of the Origins, Meaning and Implications for Education of Horace M. Kallen's Cultural Pluralism. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Zeltner, Philip Miles. The Aesthetic Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Dale Riepe.

 

1973

Benedict, George Allen. The Concept of Continuity in Charles Peirce's Synechism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Edward Madden. Montana State University, Billings (1973- ).

Betz, Joseph Michael. The Social Self and Self-Correcting Moral Standards. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Villanova University (DAP 74-00).

Buckley, John Joseph, Jr. An Experiential Framework for Functional Analyticity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Donald Lee. University of South Alabama (DAP 74-00).

Buschmann, Walter M. The Concept of Language in the Thought of George Herbert Mead and the Problem of Religious Language. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Chicago.

Carey, Helen. The Importance of Contemplation in Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Roth.

Chandler, Kenneth Clark. Realism Without Dualism: An Examination of Dewey's Non-Dualistic Realism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Charles Hartshorne. University of Missouri (DAP 74).

Connolly, William Richard, Jr. The Given and the A Priori: Some Issues in the Epistemology of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Michigan State University, advisor Rhoda Kotzin. University of Evansville (DAP 74-08).

Cwi, David. William James's "Pure Experience" Philosophy: Genesis and Criticism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors Victor Lowe, Dale Gottlieb.

Dayton, Eric Brian. Desire and Practical Reason. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Western Ontario. University of Saskatchewan (DAP 74-00).

DeLoach, William. The Vocation of William James: An Essay in Literary Biography. Dissertation, English Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Forderhase, Earl Duane. A Study of the Concept of a Finite God in the Philosophies of William James and Alfred North Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oklahoma, advisor Kenneth Merrill. Austin Peay State University (DAP 74).

Georgacarakos, George N. A Study in the Modal Extension of Lewis' S4. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri. Gustavus Adolphus College (DAP 98).

Hudgins, Thomas Barry. A Comparison of Psychoanalysis and Pragmatism as They Relate to Inquiry. Dissertation, Educational Psychology Program, University of North Texas.

Jones, Michael Paul. George Herbert Mead's Perspectival Theory of Consciousness, Perception, and Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor David Miller. Western Carolina University (DAP 76-00).

Khoobyar, Helen. On Thinking: A Heidegger-Dewey Comparison for Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley.

Luizzi, Vincent L. A Naturalistic Theory of Justice: A Critique of C. I. Lewis' Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Elizabeth Flower. Texas State University, San Marcos (1986- ).

Magruder, James Edward. C. I. Lewis's Philosophy of Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames. Stephen F. Austin State University (DAP 74-98).

McCabe, Russell Tyler. The Origin and Role of the Categories in Experience and Inquiry (A Comparison of the Theories of Kant and Peirce). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of North Carolina, advisor Richard Smyth. Virginia Tech (DAP 74).

McCluskey, Marilyn. Faith and Human Life According to William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Loyola University of Chicago, advisor Robert Barry.

McNabb, James Randolph, Jr. C. I. Lewis and the Foundations of Practical Reason. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Paul Kurtz. Eire Community College (DAP 74-98).

Meyer, William James. American Pragmatism and the Public Interest. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Pennsylvania State University.

Michael, Emily Poe. The Early Logic of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Elizabeth Flower. Brooklyn College of CUNY (DAP 74-98).

Monfort, Kirk Harry. Quine's Argument for Indeterminacy of Translation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor Dagfinn Follesdal. California State University, Chico (DAP 98)

Morick, Sandra Harding. On Quine and the Foundations of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor William Ruddick. University of Delaware (?-?). Social Sciences and Comparative Education, UCLA (?- ).

Mullin, Richard Patrick, Jr. The Place of Metaphysics in the Moral Universe of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Duquesne University. Cullman College (DAP 74); Wheeling Jesuit University (DAP 98)

Noble, Cheryl Neel. Justification and Judgment in Dewey's Theory of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Rochester, advisor Robert Holmes. Purdue University (DAP 74).

Okolo, Chukwudum Barnabas. Self as an Individual in Dewey -- A Philosophic Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor Paul Weiss.

O'Leary, Paul Thomas. Peirce's Conception of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor Thomas Goudge. Althouse College (DAP 74); University of Western Ontario (DAP 98).

Rockefeller, Steven C. John Dewey's Ethical Idealism: An Essay in the Philosophy of Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Middlebury College (DAP 98).

Schmidt, Sarah Leff. Horace M. Kallen and the Americanization of Zionism. Dissertation, History Dept., University of Maryland, College Park.

Seigfried, Charlene Haddock. The Status of Relations in William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Loyola University of Chicago, advisor Robert Barry. Purdue University (1979- ).

Semerena, Wade Kinsey. Pragmatism and Realism in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Miami, advisor Edward Schuh.

Shea, William Michael. Intelligence, Intelligibility and God: An Horizon Analysis of the American Naturalist Philosophies of Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and John H. Randall, Jr. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. McGill University (DAP 74).

Shin, Kee Soo. Paul Carus's 'Positive Monism' and Critique of Other Types of Monism (Mach, Haeckel, Peirce). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University.

Skagestad, Finn Peter. R. G. Collingwood's Theory of Presuppositions: Its Origin and Development and Contemporary Philosophical Significance. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brandeis University. University of Massachusetts, Lowell (DAP 98)

Stalnaker, Nan Younger. Dewey's Criticisms of Traditional Empiricism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith.

Strug, Cordell Thomas. William James and the Gods: A Peek at the Conceptual Underbelly of the Varieties of Religious Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor R. Grabau.

Sullivan, Roger Joseph. The Primacy of Practical Reason. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-98).

Thomason, Jacqueline M. Observation, Indeterminacy, and Ontological Relativity: An Examination of the Philosophy of W. V. Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisors Bruce Aune, Robert Ackerman, Robert Sleigh.

Tibbetts, Paul Edison, Jr. Perception, Action, and Reality in the Writings of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Purdue University, advisor C. Schrag. University of Dayton (DAP 74-98).

Van Der Bogert, Frans. On Some Pragmatic Conditions of Reasonable Induction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University, advisor Max Black. Appalachian State University (DAP 74-98).

Van Loo, Elizabeth Dorinda Downes. Jung and Dewey on the Nature of Artistic Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor James Feibleman. Troy State University at Dothan (DAP 98)

Venturella, Robert Eugene. A Critical Analysis of Herman H. Horne's Interpretation of John Dewey's Democracy and Education. Dissertation, University of Oklahoma.

 

1972

Ayim, Maryann Elizabeth. Peirce's View of the Roles of Reason and Instinct in Scientific Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Waterloo, advisor Don Roberts. University of Western Ontario (DAP 98).

Bennett, James Oliver. Necessary Connection: A Critique of Hume's Analysis and Its Contemporary Adherents. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Donald Lee. University of Tennessee (DAP 74-98).

Burns, M. Sharon. The Philosophy of Religion of John Herman Randall, Jr.: A Challenge to Christian Theologians. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.

Byrd, Michael Evan. Quine on the Philosophical Foundations of Epistemic Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Irvine. University of Wisconsin, Madison (DAP 74-98).

Cederblom, Jerry Bruce. A Development of C. I. Lewis' Theory of the Foundations of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School, advisor Charles King. University of Nebraska at Omaha (1972- )

Clarke, Eunice A. An Examination of George Herbert Mead's Concept of the Self as Seen through the Themes Science, Evolution, Emergence and Time. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania.

Haack, Susan Wendy. "Deviant" Logics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cambridge University. University of Miami (DAP 98-08).

Iverson, Sherwin Louis. Entailment: C. I. Lewis and the Paradoxes of Strict Implication. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor William Parry.

Jacobsohn, Gary Jeffrey. Pragmatism and the Supreme Court. Dissertation, Political Science Dept, Cornell University,

Jones, Royce Paul. C. S. Peirce on Intuition and Instinct. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oklahoma, advisor Kenneth Merrill. Union College (DAP 74); Illinois College (1974-2006).

Kappy, Ellen Gail [Ellen Kappy Suckiel]. Truth and the Justification of Belief: A Study in the Epistemology of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Marcus Singer. University of California, Santa Cruz (DAP 98-08)

Kauber, Peter George. William James's Ethics of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Peter Hare. Bowling Green University (DAP 74).

Ketner, Kenneth Laine. An Essay on the Nature of World Views. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara. Texas Tech University (DAP 74-00).

Larkin, Ronald J. C. I. Lewis' Theory of Concepts: The Possibility of Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana.

Lincourt, John M. Precursors in American Philosophy of George Herbert Mead's Theory of Emergent Selfhood. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Peter Hare. University of North Carolina, Charlotte (DAP 74-00).

Mayers, Ronald Burton. The Problem, Meaning and Function of "Transcendence" in a Social Ethic with Particular Reference to the Social Ethics of John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Syracuse University. Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary (DAP 74-00)

Moran, Jon Stephen. Religious Selfhood in the Philosophies of Josiah Royce and G. H. Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Donald Lee. Southwest Missouri State University (DAP 98-00)

Morrison, Roy Dennis, II. Ontology and Naturalism in the Philosophies of John Herman Randall, Jr., and Paul Tillich. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Wesleyan Theological Seminary (DAP 74).

O'Connor, Patrick D. Human Nature, Pragmatism, and Democracy: An Interpretation of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., United States International University.

Outlaw, Lucius Turner, Jr. Language and the Transformation of Consciousness: Foundations for a Hermeneutic of Black Culture. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor David Rasmussen. Fisk University, Morgan State University, Haverford College (1980-2000), Vanderbilt University (2000- ).

Petrick, Joseph Anthony. Peirce on Hegel. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. College of Charleston (DAP 74).

Rosenbaum, Stuart Evan. Properties and Categories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University, advisor Ernest Sosa. Gustavus Adolphus College (DAP 74), Baylor University (DAP 98-00).

Rosensohn, William Lasker. The Phenomenology of Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Marvin Farber.

Segal, Jerome L. John Dewey's Theory of Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University, advisor Robert Browning. Wright City College (DAP 74).

Triplett, Janet Clari-Marvel. John Dewey: A Critical Analysis of the Interdependence of Knowledge and Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of New Mexico, advisor Paul Schmidt. New Mexico Highlands University (DAP 74).

Turner, Charles Carlton. The Meaning of God in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Drew University. Southwest Minnesota State College (DAP 74).

Turner, Karon Jack. Mind as a Principle of Order in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, advisor W. Donald Oliver.

Visgak, Charles Anthony. The Physiological Theory of the Emotions as the Foundation for the Moral Judgment of the Individual according to William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Duquesne University, advisor Carleton Berreckman.

Weatherford, Roy Carter. Probability and Certainty in C. I. Lewis' Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors Roderick Firth, Israel Scheffler. University of South Florida (1972- ).

 

1971

Aichele, Ronald Guy. John Dewey's Democracy and Education: From a Logical Point of View. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, advisor William Wilcox. Southern Colorado State College ( -1972); University of Southern Colorado (1972- ).

Alexander, Verne Paul. The Theological Significance of the Thought of George Herbert Mead. Th.D. Dissertation, Graduate Theological Union.

Berliner, Michael S. John Dewey's View of Free-Will. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.

Cobb-Stevens, Richard M. Title Unknown. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Paris. Boston College (1971- ).

Cronk, George Francis. George Herbert Mead on Time and Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Elizabeth Eames. Bergen Community College (DAP 74-00).

Fendrich, Roger Paul. Experience and Explanation: Dewey's Metaphysics and Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb. Beloit College (DAP 74).

Garrett, Richard George. A Jamesian Metaphysics of Morals. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, John H. Randall, Jr.

Garvin, Thomas Robert. The Individual and Society and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Vernon Burke. Seattle University (DAP 74).

Gettner, Alan Frederick. Analytic Truth in the Philosophies of Quine and the Later Wittgenstein. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Arthur Danto, Sidney Morgenbesser. State University of New York College at Purchase (DAP 74).

Giles, James Earl. A Contemporary Interpretation of William James's Will-To-Believe Argument. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Roth. Iona College (DAP 74-08).

Goodman, Russell Brian. Some Psychological Phenomena and the Nature of Perceiving. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors S. Barker, D. Gottlieb. University of New Mexico (DAP 98-08).

Greene, James Peter. The Relation of Science to Common Sense in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor O. Bird. Northern Michigan University (1971- ).

Gurland, Robert H. The Justification of Induction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Steven Cahn. New York University (DAP 98-00).

Harrison, Stanley Martin. Man's Glassy Essence: An Attempt to Construct a Theory of Person based on the Writings of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter. Le Moyne College (DAP 74); Marquette University (1981- ).

Hawkins, Benjamin Sanford, Jr. Frege and Peirce on Properties of Sentences in Classical Deductive Systems. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Miami, advisor Edward Schuh.

Hickman, Larry Allen. Logical Second Intentions: Late Scholastic Theories of Higher Level Predicates. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Ignazio Angelelli. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 98-00).

Holmes, Charles A, Jr. The Concept of Experience in C. I. Lewis' Theory of Knowledge and Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor S. G. Edgerton.

Kaplan, Louis. Judaism and Jewish Education in Horace M. Kallen's Philosophy of Cultural Pluralism. Dissertation, Dropsie University.

Kegley, Jacqueline Ann Kovacevic. Josiah Royce's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Department, Columbia University. California State University, Bakersfield (?- ).

Mester, Richard Arnold. The Concrete Embodiment of Thirdness in the Philosophy of Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. Pennsylvania State University, Erie-Behrend Campus (DAP 74-00).

Miller, Gordon Lee. Quine's New Foundations: A Modern Appraisal. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Northern Colorado.

Moore, Harold Francis. Instrumentalism and the Assessment of Social Importance. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Neville.

Pfeifer, David Elmer. The Summum bonum in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. Western Illinois University (1968-1974); Principia College (1974-?); Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (?- ).

Smith, Joanmarie. John Dewey and the Ideal Community. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Johann.

Sukale, Michael Hermann. Four Studies in Phenomenology and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor J. Goheen. Princeton University (DAP 74).

Trammel, Richard Louis. Charles S. Peirce's Understanding of Religion. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Columbia University.

 

1970

Becker, Edward Francis. Reference and Translation: An Examination of Quine's Thesis of the Radical Indeterminacy of Translation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors S. Barker, P. Achinstein. University of Nebraska, Lincoln (DAP 74-00).

Benson, Stephen Eric. A Critique of John Dewey's Philosophical Method in the Light of an Examination of His Belief in the Continuity of Nature. Dissertation, University of Colorado, advisor Edward Machle. Metropolitan State College of Denver ( -1999)

Bucher, Raymond John. The Current Urban Academic Crisis: Toward a Solution According to Dewey's Notion of the Public. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Neville. Graduate Theological Union (DAP 74).

Carpenter, Sandra Witt. Mead, Dewey, and Wheelwright on Scientific and Expressive Language. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School.

Carr, Spencer David. Quine's Theory of Regimentation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.

Cooper, Ted Lincoln. The Concepts of Knowledge of Peirce and Dewey: The Relation to Education. Dissertation, Stanford University.

Corello, Anthony Vincent. Structures of the Field of Consciousness: A Study of the Part-Whole Organization in William James' Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School for Social Research, advisors Aron Gurwitsch, Hans Jonas, George Goe.

Di Muccio, Mary-Jo. A Relevant Concept of Individual Freedom and Responsibility in Contemporary Democratic Society in Relation to the Thinking of John Dewey. Dissertation, United States International University.

Donovan, Rickard John. The Social Epistemology of Josiah Royce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University.

Edge, Hoyt Littleton. Epiphenomenalism and Rorty's Theory of Identity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Vanderbilt University, advisor John Lachs. Rollins College (1970- ).

Eisendrath, Craig Ralph. The Psychological Philosophy of William James and Alfred North Whitehead. Dissertation, History Dept., Harvard University.

Emmons, Douglas Lloyd. The Paradox of Man in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Oklahoma, advisor Kenneth Merrill.

Esposito, Joseph Louis. An Examination of Category-Relativism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Kai Nielsen. Bradley University (DAP 70-74); Texas Tech University (DAP 76).

Garrett, Roland William. Dewey's Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. Baldwin-Wallace College (DAP 74); Montclair State University (DAP 98-08).

Gavin, William Joseph. An Aesthetic Approach to the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Roth. University of Southern Maine (1968- ).

George, Francis Eugene. Society and Experience: A Critical Examination of of the Social Philosophies of Royce, Mead and Sellars. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck. Creighton University (DAP 74).

Haslett, David Warner. The Fundamental Moral Imperative: An Interpretation of C. I. Lewis' Theory of Moral Rightness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota. University of Delaware (DAP 74-08).

Jannusch, Bruce A. A Re-evaluation of Price's Theory of Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Lewis Hahn. University of Wisconsin, Eau-Claire (1968-1997).

Jones, Martin Monroe. The Categorical Concept of Emergence in the Philosophy of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University.

Kang, Wook. G. H. Mead's Concept of Rationality: A Study in Philosophical Anthropology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, Richard Kuhns.

Kraus, Elizabeth Muir. Thought Before It Hardens: A Study in the Evolutionary Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Neville. Fordham University (DAP 72-00).

Lohkamp, Richard Joseph. The Meaning and Significance of Charles S. Peirce's On a New List of Categories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney.

Marshall, Ernest Clare. An Explication of William James' Neutral Monism and Some Applications to his Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University, advisor Bernard Rosen. East Carolina University (DAP 74).

Miller, Richard Warner. Charles S. Peirce's Theory of Probability. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. University of Missouri, Rolla (DAP 74-08).

Ricci, Louis Michael. Independent Existence in Royce, Perry, and Husserl. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.

Ring, John Walter. Peirce's Contribution to a Logic of Discovery. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota.

Ross, Gregory A. Peirce, Strawson, and the Quest for Categories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Paul Kurtz. East Carolina University (DAP 74).

Santulli, Michael. The Character of the Natural: A Study of John Dewey's Philosophy of Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor John M. Anderson.

Shapiro, Gary Michael. Peirce's Theory of Habit. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. University of Kansas (DAP 74), University of Richmond (DAP 98-00).

Thomas, Norman L. Existential Pragmatism: A Treatise in Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School. Simpson College (DAP 74).

Zack, Naomi. An Evaluation of the Epistemology of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Sidney Morgenbesser. State University of New York at Albany (DAP 98-00).