Department of Philosophy

2011

Jeremy Henkel, The Responsibilities of Truthfulness: An Inquiry into the Ethics of Speaking
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti

Geoffrey R. Ahston, The Theater of Agency: A Critical Comparative Approach to Indian Aesthetics of Morals
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti

Amy Donahue, Exclusion, Violence, Reference: A Poststructuralist Reading of the Classical Nyāya and Buddhist Prāmaṇa Debates
Chair: Mary Tiles
Co-chair: Ronald Bontekoe

Sarah A. Mattice, The Significance of Metaphor in Metaphilosophy: A Philosophical Activity as Combat, Play, and Aesthetic Experience
Co-chair: Roger T. Ames
Co-chair: Vrinda Dalmiya

2010

William K. Akina, Classical Confucianism as a Vision for the Exemplary Treatment of Persons: A Contribution to the East-West Discourse on Human Rights
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

Alejandro Barcenas Pardo, The Political Philosophy of Han Fei and Niccolo Machiavelli: A Historicist Reinterpretation
Chair: Roger T. Ames

Alexandria Ham, Seeing-As and Reading-In: An Inquiry into Imagination and Meaning in Aesthetics
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti

Leah E. Kalmanson, The Politics of Emptiness: Alterity, Autonomy, and the Radical Subjectivity of No-Self
Chair: Vrinda Dalmiya

2009

Benjamin Lukey, Mental Disability and Moral Personhood: Rethinking Kant through the Cases of Down Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease, and Autism
Chair: Vrinda Dalmiya
Ashby Butnor, Embodying Morality: A Pluralistic Approach to the Cultivation of Moral Perception and Action Through the Body
Chair: Vrinda Dalmiya

2008

Curtis Rigsby, Katsumi Takizawa's Logic of Irreversibility: The Obverse Side of the Kyoto School
Chair: Steve Odin
Matthew Lopresti, Religious Pluralism in Analytic, Process and South Asian Philosophies of Religion
Chair: Steve Odin
Jung-Yeup Kim, An Investigation of qi in the Philosophy of Zhang Zai
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Eiho Baba, Property and Patterns: Bridging Zhu Xi's Metaphysics of Li and the Si-Meng Tradition
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Lara Mitias, Knowledge, Reality, and Value of the Past
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti
Kyle Takaki, Framing Emotion: Concepts, Categories and Meta-Scientific Frameworks
Chair: Ronald Bontekoe
Chan Lee, Self-Cultivation, Moral Motivation and Moral Imagination - A Study of Zhu Xi's Virtue Ethics
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

2006

Hai-Ming Wen, Ars Contextualis: Confucian Pragmatism as the Art of Contextualizing Personal Experience and the World
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Paula Henderson, What's the Point? Philosophical Issues in Geometry in Late Antiquity
Chair: James E. Tiles
James McRae, After Kohlberg: Virtue Ethics and Moral Cultivation in Existentialism and Japanese Philosophy
Chair: Graham Parkes

2005

Yih Jiun (Peter) Wong, The Religious Nature of Ancient Chinese Thought Appropriating a Sense of Religiousness for Classical Confucianism
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Stephen M. Bein, Compassion and Moral Guidance
Chair: Graham R. Parkes
Virginia Suddath, The Junzi Doth Protest: Toward a Philosophy of Remonstrance in Confucianism
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Brian Richardson, The Morality of Reading in a Digitizing World
Chair: James E. Tiles

2004

Geir Sigurdsson, Learning and Li: The Confucian Process of Humanization Through Ritual Propriety
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Bradley Park, Ethics and Alterity: Moral Considerability and the Other
Chair: Graham Parkes
Menaha Ganesathasan, The Kingdom within the Hut: Ethical Education and Story-Telling in the Yogavāistha
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti
Rohit Dalvi, One with Another: An Essay on Relations
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti
John Trowbridge, Skepticism and Pluralism: Ways of Living a Life of Awareness as Recommended by the Zhuangzi
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Brian Bruya, Aesthetic Spontaneity: A Theory of Action Based on Affective Responsiveness
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Matthew MacKenzie, Self-Awareness: Issues in Classical Indian and Contemporary Western Philosophy
Chair: Arindam Chakrabarti

2003

Deborah Kissinger, Renegotiating the Social Contract: From Hobbes to Rawls
Chair: Kenneth Kipnis
Florence Chan, Tradition, Self-Discipline, and Human Becoming: A Comparison of Nietzsche and Confucius
Chair: Roger T. Ames

2002

Thomas B. Yos, Educating for Good Judgment
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Kurtis Hagen, Confucian Constructivism: A Reconstruction and Application of the Philosophy of Xunzi
Chair: Roger T. Ames
John Dye, Defining Discourse: Language, Authority and Community in Ancient China and Greece
Chair: Roger T. Ames
James Behuniak, Mencius on Becoming Human
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Li-Hsiang Lee, Chinese Sexism and the Confucian Virtue of Familial Continuity
Chair: Mary Tiles

2001

Sharon Thomas, Search for Place
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Amy Olberding, The Stout Heart: Philosophical Strategies for Death and Grief
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Steven K. Coutinho, Dichotomies and Penumbrae: The Significance of Boundaries in Early Chinese Thinking
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Janghee Lee, The Autonomy of Xin and Ethical Theory in Xunzi
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Andrew R. Colvin, Patterns of Coherence in the Fa Yan of Yang Xiong
Chair: Roger T. Ames

2000

Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Death and Identity in China and Tibet
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Brian Lundbert, Musical and Ritual Therapeutics in the Xuzi: The Psychological Dynamics of Crafting One's Person
Chair: Graham R. Parkes
Jinmei Yuan, Can Aristotelian Logic be Translated into Chinese: Could There Be A Chinese Harry Stottlemeier
Chair: Mary Tiles
Sor-Hoon Tan, Politics as Ethics in Classic Confucianism and Dewey's Pragmatism
Chair: Roger T. Ames

1999

Daniel J. Coyle, Guiguzi: On the Cosmological Axes of Chinese Persuasion
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Anuj A. Shah, On Imagining Being Someone Else
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Marty H. Heitz, Distant Origins: Inscriptions of Life in Early Heidegger and the Zhuangzi
Chair: Graham R. Parkes
Wonsuk Chang, Time and Creativity in the Yijing
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng
Adrienne Cochran, The Interdependence of Embodied Epistemology and Aesthetic Participation
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1998

Yeoungyu Park, The Semeiosis of the Image Xiang: A Peircean Approach to the Yiching
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng
Sean E. Cridland, Of Nomads, Culture, and Nothingness: A Philosophical Approach to the Problem of Racism
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1997

Donald Garcia, The Lankavatara and Platform Sutra: Contraries A Part and Polarities Together
Chair: Chung-ying Chen
Chaehyun Chong, Abstraction and Theories of Lei: A Response to Chad Hansens Mereological Interpretation of Ancient Chinese Philosophy
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

1996

Byung-Do Moon, An Inquiry into Mencius' Moral Thinking: Two-Level Interpretation of Mencuis Theory of Virtue and Moral Decision
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng
John Casey, Emptiness and Actuality: The Process Philosophy of Vasubadhu's Yogacara
Chair: Steve Odin
In-Sub Hur, An Analysis of the Different Way of Thinking of the Indian Yogacara and the Chinese Fa-hsiang School
Chair: David J. Kalupahana
James A. Stroble, The Ethics of War and the Uses of War: An Essay in Philosophical Pacifism
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Russel T. Alfonso, Musical Understanding: Theory of Musical Description or Theory of Musical Perception?
Chair: Mary Tiles
Ramon R. Sewnath, The Ontological Status of the Transcendental Self: A Comparative Study of Kant and Sankara
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Ronald C. Pine, Intelligent Inference and the Web of Belief: In Defense of a Post-Foundationalist Epistemology
Chair: Larry Laudan

1995

Steven R. Walker, Individual Autonomy and the Family
Chair: Kenneth Kipnis
Michael J. McDonald, Towards a Contemporary Theodicy Based on Critical Review of John Hick, David Griffin and Sri Aurobido
Chair: Eliot Deutsch
Ok-Sun An, A Study of Early Buddhist Ethics in Comparison with Classical Confucian Ethics
Chair: David H. Kalupahana
Sang-Im Lee, The Unity of the Virtues in Aristotle and Confucius
Chair: James E. Tiles
Timothy J. Freeman, Nietzsche's Written and Painted Thoughts: Temptations of a Masked Philosopher
Chair: Graham R. Parkes
Carla L. Grady, A Buddhist Response to Modernization in Thailand (with Particular Reference to Conservationists for Forest Monks)
Chair: Roger T. Ames

1994

Peter Hershock, The Interdependence of Enlightenment and Communication: Ch'an and the Re-Birth of Social Buddhism
Chair: David J. Kalupahana
Andrew Loo, The Chinese Sages as Communicative Actors
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Gregory P. Fields, Body and Health in Classical Yoga and Comparative Religious Therapeutics
Chair: K.N. Upadhyaya

1993

Joanne Baldine, The Integrity of Technology: A Critical Investigation of Classical and Pragmatic Interpretations of Knowledge, Science and Technology
Chair: Irving M. Copi
Frank G. Avantaggio, Intrinsic Value of Species
Chair: Lenn E. Goodman
Cassandra L. Pinnick, Rationality Theory and the Strong Programme in the Sociology of Knowledge: A Critique
Chair: Larry Laudan

1992

Henry G. Skaha, Getting Clear on Confucius: Pragmatic Naturalism as a Means of Philosophical Interpretation
Chair:Roger T. Ames
Asanga Tilakaratne, Transcendence, Ineffability and Nirvana: an Analysis of the Relation Between Religious Experience and Language According to Early Buddhism
Chair: David J. Kalupahana
Robin H. Fujikawa, Dogen and a  Dimensionality Interpretation of Enlightenment
Chair: Roger T. Ames

1991

Seung-Hwa Lee, Virtues and Rights: Reconstruction of Confucianism as a Rational Communitarianism
Chair: Chung-ying chen
Guy S. Axtell, Cognitive Values, Theory Choice, and Pluralism: On the Grounds and Implications of Philosophical Diversity
Chair: Lenn E. Goodman

1990

Gailynn M. Williamson, The Application of the Principle of Equal Consideration of Interests to the Issue of Children's Rights
Chair: Ken Kipnis
James D. Sellmann, Timeliness and Sociopolitical Order in the Lü-Shih Ch'un-Ch'iu
Chair: Roger T. Ames
David P. Putney, The Nature and Practice of Freedom: A Dialogue on Freedom and Determinism in Buddhist and Western Philosophy
Chair: David J. Kalupahana
Randall P. Peerenboom, Law and Morality in Ancient China: The Silk Manuscripts of Huang-Lao
Chair: Roger T. Ames
Mildred R. Payne, Logic and Aesthetics in Epistemology
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng
Michael W. Myers, Their  Conceptual Sphere in Where the Cow Wanders: Metaphor and Model from Veda to Vedanta
Chair: K.N. Upadhyaya

1989

Raymond J. Steiner, The Concept of Community in Bergson's Philosophy of Religion
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1988

David Jones, Ariadne's Complaint--Becoming of Being in Herakleitos, Chuang Tzu, & Nietzsche
Chair: Graham Parkes

Jesse C. Fleming, Chuang Tzu and the Problem of Personal Identity: A Study of Identity and Inter-relatedness
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

Woo-Sung Huh, A Critical Exposition of Nishida's Philosophy
Chair: Eliot S. Deutsch

Mohammad Abdeel, Underdetermination and Language: A Critique of Empiricist and Realist Views
Chair: Irving M. Copi

1987

David M. Lockett, Übermensch, Arahant, and Chen Jen: Models for Overcoming the Crisis of Meaninglessness Through Self-Overcoming
Chair: Roger T. Ames

Chwen Jiuan (Agnes) Lee, The Paradigm of the True Human Being in Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

John P. Gregory, The Divining of the Middle Path: Bhāvaviveka and of hte Pāramita Tradition
Chair: David J. Kalupahana

Lauren F. Pfister, On the Great Unity: A Study in Comparative Philosophy
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

1986

Kim R. Skoog, The Epistemological Status of Liberative Knowledge (with Special Reference to Advaita Vedanta)
Chair: K.N. Upadhyaya

In-Sing Leung, Method and Methodology in Confucianism
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

Kwok K. Lau, On Unity in Complementaility of God and Mind -- A Study of Creativity in Whitehead and T'ang Chün-i
Chair: Roger T. Ames

Michael K. Dudley, A Philosophical Analysis of Pre-European Contact Hawaiian Thought
Chair: Roger T. Ames

1985

Kirill O. Thompson, An Inquiry into the Formation of Chu Hsi's Moral Philosophy
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

Shigenori Nagatomo, The Comparative Study of Body-Mind
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1984

Monte S. Hull, Mujo: The Japanese Understanding of and Engagement with Impermanence
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1983

Suwanna Wongwaisawayan, The Buddhist Concept of Ignorance: With Special Reference to Dōgen
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1982

Gerald Poliks, The Problem of Survival in the Philosophy of William James
Chair: David J. Kalupahana

Richard R. Vuylsteke, The Political Philosophy of Tung Chung-shu (179-104 B.C.): A Critical Exposition
Chair: Chung-ying Cheng

Sharon E. Rowe, Athletic Sport as an Experience of Survival: A Philosophical Analysis of Ritual and Symbolism in the Function and Values of Athletic Sport
Chair: Lenn E. Goodman

1981

David K. Coe, Angst in Philosophy: An Inquiry into the Role of Angst in Contemporary Philosophical Thought
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Michael D. Bybee, Peirce's and James's Theories of Truth: A Critical Reformulation and Evaluation
Chair: Irving M. Copi

Michael Molloy, Earthly Mysticism: The Mystical Philosophy of Aldous Huxley
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Berit Mexia, The Meaning of Subjectivity in the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Carl B. Becker, Survival: Death and After-life in Christianity, Buddhism, and Modern Science
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Muhammad Saleem, The Theory of Imagination in the Philosophy of David Hume
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Jeffrey D. Watts, Determinism and the Path to Freedom in Early Buddhism
Chair: David J. Kalupahana

1980

David E. Shaner, The Bodymind Experience in Japanese Buddhism: A Phenomenological Perspective
Chair: Thomas P. Kasulis

Pahalawattage Premasiri, Moral Evaluation in Early Buddhism (from the Perspective of Western Philosophical Analysis)
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

1979

Ralph A. Morelli, An Examination of Recent Proposals in the Theory of Reference
Chair: Irving M. Copi

Thomas E. Jackson, Self and Value: A Critical Comparative Study of Saṁara and Sarte
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

Jae-ryong (Kwang-Woong) Shim, The Philosophical Foundation of Korean Zen Buddhism: The Integration of Son and Kyo by Chinul (1158-1210)
Chair: Thomas P. Kasulis

1978

William M. Indich, The Advaitic Theory of Consciousness: A Critical Study (With Comparative Reference to Some Parallel Western Analyses)
Chair: K.N. Upadhyaya

Donald N. Blakeley, The Interpersonal Aspects of Eros in Plato's Symposium
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

1977

Neal L. Chobot, Arobindo's Concept of Spiritual Evolution: A Phenomenological Perspective
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

Robert G. Santee, Chuang Tzu: A Philosophy of Death
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Robert B. Zeuschner, A Critical Examination of the Philosophy of Shoen-hui
Chair: Beatrice T. Yamasaki

Daniel S. Goldenberg, A Comparative Analysis of Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus' and Samkara's Advaita Vedanta with an Introduction to the Logic of Comparative Methodology
Chair: K.N. Upadhyaya

1976

Burke A. Townsend, The Comparability of Scientific Theories
Chair: Irving M. Copi

1975

George D. Panisnick, The Philosophical Significance of the Concept of the Philosopher's Stone as Used in Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus
Chair: Lenn E. Goodman

1974

Phillip R. Fandozzi, The Heideggerian Perspective on Nihilism: A Critique of Modern Technology Through its Manifestations in Literature, Philosophy and Social Thought
Chair: Frederick L. Bender

1971

Donald W. Mitchell, Rudolf Otto and a Philosophy of Religious Crisis
Chair: Haorld E. McCarthy

Earle J. Coleman, Philosophy of Painting by Shih-t'ao, A Translation and an Exposition of his Hua-P'u (Treatise on the Philosophy of Painting)
Chair: Chung-yuan Cheng

1970

Michael P. Bradie, Models and Scientific Realism
Chair: John A. Winnie

1969

Satinder Nath Mahajan, A Comparative Study of the Main Theories of Justification of Political Authority
Chair: Eliot Deutsch

Donald Lee Stewart, Man and Fidelity: A Study of Marcel
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

Ashok Kumar Malhotra, Nausea: An Expression of Sarte's Existential Philosophy
Chair: Winfield E. Nagley

1967

Kuang Tih Fan, Ludwig Wittgenstein's Conception of Philosophy
Chair: Richard P. Haynes

Manikku Wadu Padmasiri De Silva, A Study of Motivational Theory in Early Buddhism with Reference to the Psychology of Freud
Chair: S.K. Saksena

1966

John M. Koller, The Metaphysical Bases and Implications of Indian Social Ideals in Traditional India, Ghandi and Aurobindo
Chair: C. Moore