Recent MA Theses - Department of Philosophy - Arts and Science

Zintel, Devon. Psychedelics as Existential Medicine (2024). Supervisor: Sarah Hoffman
Sherban, Steven. Heidegger’s Theory of Mood qua Attunement in Early Heidegger, 1924-1930 (2024). Supervisor: Pierre-Francois Noppen
Stainbrook, Chloe. Law and Fiction: A Rejection of Legal Fictionalism (2025). Supervisor: Ria Jenkins
Greg Smith-Windsor. Acting in Conscience: A Natural Law Based Approach to Freedom of Conscience (2023). Supervisor: John Liptay
Mehi Ebrahimpour. The Epistemology of Disagreement: Can Theists and Atheists Reasonably Disagree? (2022). Supervisor: Rob Hudson
Craig Trarup. ‘Lord of the Meaning:’ An Examination of Interpretive Theories (2022). Supervisor: Peter Alward
Stephen Oriaku.Resolving the Paradox of Fiction: The Object Theory (2022). Supervisor: Peter Alward
Daniel Benning. Interpreting Nietzsche’s "The Birth of Tragedy" as a Phenomenology (2022). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Tate Williams. Theodicy and the Interpersonal Problem of Evil (2021). Supervisor: C Still
Ngoba Josephine Johnson. A Kantian Elaboration of Braithwaite's Restorative Justice: Dispelling Illusions (2020). Supervisor: M Jenkins
Stephen Brown. An Augustinian Defence of the Rational Coherence of Creatio ex nihilo (2020). Supervisor: J Liptay
Viktor Fedorko. Spinoza’s Nomolous Monism: A Comparison of Spinoza and Donald Davidson’s Philosophy of Mind (2019). Supervisor: Dwayne Moore
Meisam Mirzaee. Universal: They Argue, Therefore I Am (2018). Supervisor: Peter Alward
Sareh Shojaei. The Role of Religious Reasons in the Public Sphere: A Debate between John Rawls and Nicholas Wolterstorff (2018). Supervisor: Susan Dieleman
Stephen Bagwell. An Examination of “Life” in Aristotle Concerning the Distinction Between βίος (Bios) and ζωή (Zoe) (2018). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Ferdinand Gemoh. A Philosophical Justification of Indigenous Rights in Postcolonial Africa: A Case Study of the Republic of Kenya (2017). Supervisor: Rob Hudson
Derek Sutherland. The Possibility of a Non-Anthropocentric Notion of Environmental Sustainability (2017). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Lyndsay Helfrich. ‘I Wanna Rock’: A Critique of Gender Essentialism in Metal Music Scholarship (2017). Supervisor: Susan Dieleman
Ahmad Ghadyani.The Specter of Relativism: A Critique Of Rosalind Hursthouse's On Virtue Ethics (2016). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Marzieh Eskandari. Reasoning from a Tradition-Constituted Ground: MacIntyre's Criticisms of Liberalism (2016). Supervisor: Ria Jenkins
Ryan Meneses. Metaphilosophy: An Inquiry Concerning the Nature of Philosophy (2015). Supervisor: Rob Hudson
Will Robbins. Science Fiction is Good for You Too: A Reply to Martha Nussbaum's Theory of Literary Engagement (2015). Supervisor: Emer O'Hagan
Brandon Murray. Disjunctivism, Causality and the Objects of Perceptual Experience (2014). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Wenona Partridge. What’s Form Got to Do with It? A Discussion Of The Role Played By Form In Our Experience Of Art, Viewed Through The Lens Of Modernist Formalism And Conceptual Art (2014). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Tom Milne. Hegel and Human Rights: The Dialectic of Freedom (2011). Supervisor: Daniel Regnier
Jeremy Skrzypek. On Defending a Hylomorphic Account of Personal Identity (2011) . Supervisor: Carl Still
Corey Sawkins. The Other Side of the Dark Side: Underdetermination and Unconceived Alternatives in Science (2010). Supervisor: Rob Hudson
Ian MacDonald. Why the Ascriber Contextualist Solution to the Sceptical Paradox is Unnecessary(2010). Supervisor: Eric Dayton
Jennifer Primmer. Contra Chalmers: On Consciousness and Conceivability (2010). Supervisor: Sarah Hoffman
Eric Thorne. Contra Hick: Epistemology of Faith and Belief (2010). Supervisor: Carl Still
Adam Sopuck. Transcendental Idealism and Direct Realism in Kant (2009). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Jeff Sabine. Is Music File Sharing Immoral? A Scalar Utilitarian Account (2009). Supervisor: Rob Hudson
Mark Grover. A Theory of Unified Online Identity (2009). Supervisor: Emer O'Hagan
Rachel Loewen Walker. Becoming Queer: From Rhetoric to Rhizomes and Toward an Ethics of Accountability (2008). Supervisor: Leslie Howe
Aaron Warr. Nietzsche on Truth (2008). Supervisor: Eric Dayton
Mark Niemi. The Picture of a Paradox: Rule-Following after Wittgenstein and Beyond (2008). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Diana Heney. On Belief: A Peircean Account (2008). Supervisor: Eric Dayton
Kristin Rodier. Biologism and Simone de Beauvoir: A Phenomenological Re-reading of “The Givens of Biology” (2007). Supervisor: Leslie Howe
Md. Nuruzzaman. Observability and Scientific Realism (2006). Supervisor: Robert Hudson
Vanessa Streisel. Searle's Theory of Intentionality: Providing the Foundation for a Naturalized Theory of Consciousness (2005). Supervisor: Karl Pfeifer
Paul Ross. The Background of Searle’s “Background”: Motives, Anticipations, and Problems (2005). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Gillian Snider. In Defense of Music's Eternal Nature: On the Pre-eminence of Musica theorica over Musica practica (2005). Supervisor: Eric Dayton
Daniel Sem. Preemption Against Terror: Just War Pacifist Approach (2004). Supervisor: David Crossley
Serife Tekin. Nietzsche and Wittgenstein: An Anti-Metaphysical Approach to Existential Meaning(2004). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Uchenna Osigwe. The Environment and Natural Rights (2004). Supervisor: Leslie Howe
Rana Ahmad. Value-Laden Risk Assessment and its Effects on the Regulation of Biotechnology in Canada (2003). Supervisor: Eric Dayton
Gladys Neufeld. Becoming Divine: Authentic Human Being (2003). Supervisor: Carl Still
Stefan Iancu. Queer Ethics: The Case Against Gender (2003). Supervisor: Leslie Howe
Margaret-Ann Kindrachuk. Knowledge and Belief in Plato's Theatetus (2003). Supervisor: David Crossley
Kenneth Chung. Identity and Modality (2002). Supervisor: Karl Pfeifer
Fred Guerin. The Essential Hermeneutic Tension: An Interpretation of Jürgen Habermas' Between Facts and Norms (2001). Supervisor: David Crossley
James Connolly. Normativity and Method in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (2001). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Tim Christie. Defence of Common Sense Morality: in Support of Agent-Centred Restrictions Within Scheffler's Hybrid Consequentialism (2000). Supervisor: T.Y. Henderson
Wayne Turner. The Spindle of Necessity: Hannah Arendt's Critique of Plato's Political Philosophy(2000). Supervisor: Kevin Corrigan
Gregory Janzen. Narrow Representationalism as Externalism (2000). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Kevin Buzinski. From Logical Form to Form of Life: Pursuing Linguistic Meaningfulness (1998). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Ramsey McNabb. Induction, Projection, and Meaning (1998). Supervisor: Phil Dwyer
Warren Rutherford. 'Is That Your Kid? Where's Your Licence?': A Philosophical Perspective on the Right to Procreate (1998). Supervisor: David Crossley