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 Thesis 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
Dawson Alexander
Life in the Woods: Thoreau's Trail in Natural Living 
2008
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  
Kirby Nikolas Contemporary Pragmatism: Conversation between Philosophy and Life 2006
Lawrence
Nicholas Jeremy
Rationality, Self-Consciousness and the Rights of Humans
2008
Leis Samuel H.
The Value of Human Life -  A Preliminary Investigation 
2008
Lin Charmaine Shaojuan Public RelationsEthics: Lying on behalf of client organisations 2006
Lumsden Simon The Re-orientation of Consciousness (PhD) 1997
Lundy Apply 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 and 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
Shiu
Nicole The Moral Status of Living Non-Human Entities
2008
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