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Honours theses in the Department of Philosophy

The list below is of the Department of Philosophy’s thesis holdings. Unless otherwise identified, these are Honours theses. These theses are available for loan to staff, students and those outside the University of Sydney community. Some recent Honours theses can also be found online in the Sydney eScholarship Repository.

Postgraduate theses are held in the Rare Book Collection at Fisher Library. Titles and abstracts for current postgraduate theses can be found on the Postgraduate Students page of this site.

Borrowing procedures for Honours theses:

Email to request a thesis.

Loan Periods:

  • University of Sydney academics - 6 week loans + renewals
  • Current USYD students: 7 calendar day loans + 1 renewal
  • Non USYD borrowers: 6 hours on campus (10am-4pm, Monday-Friday)

Surname

First name

Thesis title

Year

Angel

Alex

Wittgenstein, Sensation Avowals and Expressivism

2007

Angert-Quilter

Joseph

Existential Nonviolence and Phenomenolgocial Pacifism`

2007

Anstey

Peter

Relative Identity, Partial Identity and the Problem of Persistence

1991

Barnard

Edwin

Outside the circle, looking in: Versions, worlds and the grip of habit in the philosophy of Nelson Goodman

2006

Behi

Riaz

Understanding Spinoza’s Doctrine of the Mind’s Eternity

2006

Burns

Carolyn

Justice and Difference: John Rawls and Hishida Kitaro on International relations

2007

Christensen

Carleton Bruin

Hegel’s Concept of Finitude

1979

Cleland

Keith N

“Polotical obligation and the general will, with specific reference to J.J. Rousseau”

1972

Clugston

Byron

Reason and Nature: Intertwining in a Logical Space

2006

Corderoy

Amy

Reconsidering libertarianism

2007

Costa

Matthew

Constructing Justice: The aims and scope of John Rawls’ later philosophy

2005

Curthoys

J

Kant and Mathematics

1970

Dally

Katharine

(No title)

2004

Delofski

Alexandra

Exploration of Language and Thought, shadowed and unshadowed, in the world

2006

Diprose

R

Plato and the Enigma of Woman

1986

Dodds

Mark

Against a Liberal Eugenics

2006

Field

C.J.

Charles Sanders Peirce’s Theory of Relations

1966

Finnigan

Bronwyn Kate

A Challenge to the Onotological Commitments of Parfit’s Reductionism and Indeterminacy Thesis

2005

Fisher

Kristy

Heidegger’s Notion of Authenticity

2006

Gaukroger

Cressida

On aesthetic understanding and why it should be pursued

2006

Godfrey

Carl

Metaphysical Foundations in Sellars, Kant and Hegel

2006

Goff

Alastair

Morality, Disconnection and Supremacy

2005

Gray

Brian

Une Approche de la Justice Linguistique (Phil/French honours)

2007

Gregory

Daniel

Synthesis and Time: A Thesis on the Subjective Deduction

2007

Hamilton

Hayley

Intentions and the Making of Art

2007

Hirst

Robert

“One simple principle” Mill’s Defence of Liberty

2007

Hooper

Anthony

Art as Activity: A New Definition of Art

2006

Hou

Richard W.T.

On Quine’s Empirical Theory of Content

 1998

Kirby

Nikolas

Contemporary Pragmatism: Conversation between Philosophy and Life

2006

Lin

Charmaine Shaojuan

Public RelationsEthics: Lying on behalf of client organisations

2006

Lumsden

Simon

The Re-orientation of Consciousness (PhD)

1997

Lundy

Craig

Deleuze and History

2005

Mackie

J.L.

Eliminative Methods of Induction manuscript

1938

Malek

Adam

An exploration on what substance is, as contrasted and complemented by the views of Descartes, and Aristotle, respectively

2006

Maloney

Kate

Morality without borders

2007

Markey

Brendan

Happiness & Welfare

2007

Massey

Frances

Truth in Dilthey’s Method: Is Gadamer Right About Dilthey?

2007

McIntyre

John

Adorno and Benjamin: The dispute about art

2007

Mulvey

Simon

The Politics of Vocabularies

2007

Napper

Lucinda

The Good Life: Virtue and Happiness

2007

Nasti

Giulio G.

Two Externalisms, One Quietism: Reinterpreting the Heidegger-Wittgenstein Nexus

2005

O’Brien

Seamus

Wittgenstein and Definitions in Art: Understanding Family Resemblances

2006

Overall

Gina

Consider theories about the moral status of nonhuman animals, focussing on the work of Peter Singer and Tom Regan

2006

Papakonstantinou

Mahi

Eudaimonia and the Morality System

2007

Patton

Paul

Theories of Meaning

1972

Pereira

Rachael

Three Kinds of Nonsense: Carnap, Ryle and Wittgenstein

2005

Pettit

Rory

Reconceptualising Democratic Representation

2007

Phillips

Ben

Combinatorialism, Aliens and Incompatible Properties

2006

Pickering

Phillip

Personal Identity and Concern for Future Selves

2007

Russell

Luke

Evolutionary Ethics

1995

Slezak

Michael

Towards a Theory of Understanding and Explanation: The Past State Hypothesis

2006

Smith

Lucy M.

Myth and Politics in Plato’s Laws

2007

Smith

Nicholas JJ

Time Travel and Conceptual Change

1994

Stasa

Helen

Can the Doctrine of Double Effect’s intention/foresight distinction be accommodated within a consequentialist framework?

2005

Stoljar

Daniel

Persistence and Causality

1998

Suen

Vanessa

The Social Contract of Self-Interested Rationality and the Morality of Corporations

2005

Walker

Mary

Our Ontology of Persons and it Normative Implications

2004

Willcox

Susannah

Climate change and (some of) its implications for moral and political responsibility on a global scale

2007

Williams

Ben

The liberal dilemma What is it? What needs to be done to solve it? And Can a solution be offered?

2006

Wilson

J

A Reappraisal of Determinism

1990

Windfield

James

Why are we moral?

2006

Wright

Emma

Divine Command Theory and the Content of Moral Goodness

2007

Yong

Patrick T. M.

Does Plato believe that knowledge is true belief plus a logos?

1993