Name | Dissertation Title | Advisor | Initial Placement | Current Position |
2009 |
Oved, Iris | The Mental Coining of Terms | Jason Stanley | University of Arizona (Post-doc, Computer Science) | |
Orozco, Joshua | Knowledge and Intellectual Skill | Ernie Sosa | Whitworth University (TT) | |
Montemayor, Carlos | The Psychology of Time and its Philosophical Implications | Alvin Goldman | San Francisco State University (TT) | |
Sepielli, Andrew | Along an Imperfectly-Lighted Path: Practical Rationality and Normative Uncertainty | Ruth Chang | University of Toronto (TT) | |
Wykstra, Stephanie | A Defense of Cartesian Certainty | Ernie Sosa | Stonehill College (TT) | |
Bazargan, Saba | | | UCSD (TT) | |
2008 |
Dean, Walter | What algorithms could not be | Robert Matthews | University of Warwick (TT) | |
Ichikawa, Jonathan | Imagination and Epistemology | Ernest Sosa | Univ of St. Andrews (Post Doc) | |
Parvin, Doug | Phenomenal Concepts | Brian McLaughlin | Augustana College (TT) | |
Turner, Jason | Ontology, Quantification, and Fundamentality | Ted Sider | Univ of Leeds (TT) | |
Allen, Benjamin | Zeno, Aristotle, The Racetrack and the Archilles: A Historical and Philosophical Investigation | Robert Bolton | Tufts University (Post-doc) | |
2007 |
Allori, Valia | Fundamental Physical Theories: Mathematical Structures Grounded on a Primitive Ontology | Tim Maudlin | Northern Illinois Univ (TT) | |
Corabi, Joseph | Evolutionary Arguments and the Mind-Body Problem | Brian McLaughlin | St. Joseph's Univ (TT) | |
Cumming, Samuel | Proper Nouns | Ernest Lepore & Jason Stanley | UCLA (TT) | |
Eddon, Maya | Quantity and Quality: Fundamental Properties in Metaphyiscs | Ted Sider & John Hawthorne | Univ of Mass - Amherst (2 yr Post Doc) | |
Glick, Jeffrey | The Importance of Knowledge Per Se | Peter Klein | Univ of Rochester (Visiting Assistant Professor) | |
Greaves, Hillary | On the Everettian Epistemic Problem | Frank Arntzenius | Merton College, Oxford Univ (Jr Research Fellow) | Somerville College, Oxford (Permanent Fellow) |
Kelly, Daniel | Projectivism Psychologized: A Cognitive and Evolutionary Perspective on Disgust and its Philosophic Implications | Stephen Stich | Univ of Sydney (2 yr Post Doc) Purdue Univ (TT) | |
Mag Uidhir, Christopher | The Intentional & Essential in Art | Peter Kivy | Cornell Univ (2 yr Post Doc) | City College of New York (TT) |
Whitcomb, Dennis | An Epistemic Value Theory | Alvin Goldman | Western Washington Univ (TT) | |
2006 |
Bartlett, Gary | Taking Phenomenal Internalism Seriously | Brian McLaughlin | Haverford College (Visiting Asst Prof) | Central Washington Univ (TT) |
Edwards, Kevin | Referentialism Without Compromise | Jerry Fodor | Univ of Kansas (TT) | Syracuse University (TT) |
Meacham, Christopher | Chance and the Dynamics of De Se Beliefs | Frank Arntzenius | Bersoff Fellow - NYU (Post Doc) | Univ of Mass - Amherst (TT) |
Molynuex, Bernard | Aspects of Consciousness Explained | Alvin Goldman | UC Davis (TT) | |
Pinillos, Angel | On Referring to the Same Thing | Stephen Neale | Arizona State Univ. (TT) | |
Ross, Jacob | Rational Acceptance | Larry Temkin | Univ. of Southern California (TT) | |
Sennet, Adam | Arguments and Adjuncts | Ernest Lepore & Jason Stanley | UC Davis (TT) | |
Swenson, Adam | Pain and the Nature of Value | Larry Temkin | Cal State Northridge (TT) | |
Weisberg, Jonathan | Credence and Credibility: Taking the Common Sense Approach to Probabilistic Epistomology | Barry Loewer | Univ of Toronto (TT) | |
2005 |
Batori, Zsolt | Fiction, Imagination, and Cognition | Peter Kivy & Stephen Stich | Univ of Art & Design, Budapest, Hungary (TT) | Budapest Univ of Technology & Economics (Sr Research Fellow) |
Keane, Brian | Visual Objects: Philosophical and Cognitive Science Perspectives | Brian McLaughlin | pursuing a 2nd Ph.D. at UCLA in Psychology | |
Manley, David | Essays on Meaning and the A Priori | John Hawthorne | Univ of Southern California (TT) | University of Michigan (TT) |
Sripada, Chandra | Conceptual Foundations for the Psychology and Evolution of Morality | Stephen Stich | Univ of Michigan (TT) | |
Wasserman, Ryan | The Problem of Change | Ted Sider | Western Washington Univ (TT) | |
2004 |
North, Jill | Time and Probability in an Asymmetric Universe | Barry Loewer | NYU (Post Doc-2004) Yale Univ (TT-2005) | Yale Univ |
Phillips, Matthew | Intentional States and Intentional State Ascriptions: An Integrated Linguistic/ Psychological Account | Robert Matthews | CUNY City College Biology (Post Doc) | Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cellular Electrophysiology, Neuroscience, Columbia Univ |
2003 |
Buechner, Jeff | A Critical Examination of Hilary Putnam's Refutation of Computational Functionalism | Frances Egan | Rutgers Univ Newark (1 yr Lectureship | Rutgers Univ Newark (Lecturer) |
Driscoll, Catherine | Darwinizing Human Nature: Methodological Issues in Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology | Stephen Stich | Dartmouth (1 yr Lecturer) | North Carolina State (TT) |
Duncan, Stewart | Hobbes: Metaphysics and Method | Martha Bolton | Univ of Nebraska (1 yr Lecturer) | Univ of Florida, Gainsville (TT) |
Schneider, Susan | Meaning and the Computational Mind: the Role of Intentional and Computational States in a Scientific Psychology | Jerry Fodor | Moravian College (TT) | Univ of Pennsylvania (TT) |
Valdman, Mikhail | Autonomous Preferences, Autonomous Persons | Larry Temkin | Rutgers Business School (1 yr Post Doc) | Virginia Commonwealth (TT) |
Wager, Adam | Perceptual Awareness and Perceptual Knowlege | Brian McLaughlin | Univ of Vermont (TT) | |
2002 |
Cross, Troy | Fundamental Properties | Brian McLaughlin | Yale Univ (TT) | |
De Rosa, Raffaella | Innate Ideas and Intentionality: Descartes vs Locke | Martha Bolton | Univ of South Carolina (TT) | Rutgers Univ (Assoc Prof) |
Moriarty, Jeffrey | Just Deserts: The Significance of Desert to Distributive Justice | Howard McGary | Cal State, Long Beach (TT) | Bowling Green (TT) |
Sarnecki, John | A Theory of Concepts and Concept Acquisition | Brian Loar | Univ of Toledo (TT) | |
Ward, Barry | A Projectivist Theory of Natural Laws and Objective Chances | Tim Maudlin | Univ of Arkansas (TT) | |
2001 |
Deutsch, Max | The World Knot: The Problem of Consciousness and Revamped Materialism | Colin McGinn | Hong Kong Univ (TT) | |
Ellis, Stephen | Multiple Objectives: Commensurability, Calibration, and Decision | Douglas Husak | Univ of Oklahoma (2 yr) | Univ of Oklahoma (TT) |
Haybron, Dan | Happiness and Ethical Inquiry: An Essay in the Psychology of Well-Being | Douglas Husak | Univ of Arizona (1 yr) | St. Louis Univ (TT) |
Johnson, Kent | Knowledge of Word-Meaning | Ernest Lepore | UC Irvine (TT) | UC Irvine (Assoc Prof) |
Knapp, Christopher | Making Metaethics Matter: Can Moral Semantics Improve Moral Inquiry? | Richard Foley & Ernest Sosa | Binghamton Univ (TT) | Binghamton Univ (Assoc Prof) |
LoLordo, Antonio | Flesh vs. Mind: A Study of the Debate Between Descartes and Gassendi | Martha Bolton | Univ of Virginia (TT) | University of Virginia (Associate Professor) |
Moyer, Mark | A Semantic Approach to Material Constitution | Timothy Maudlin | Univ of Vermont (1 yr) | Univ of Vermont (TT) |
McKeen, Catherine | The Best Things: Primary Substances in Aristotle's Ontology | Robert Bolton | SUNY Brockport (TT) | |
Weinberg, Jonathan | Intuitions: An A Posteriori Critique of the A Priori | Peter Klein | Indiana Univ (TT) | Indiana University (Associate Professor) |
2000 |
Beardman, Stephanie | Affective Deliberation: Toward a Humean Account of Practical Reasons | Barry Loewer | Washington Univ (2 yr) | Barnard College (Asst Prof) |
Cohen, Jonathan | Color Properties and Color Perception: A Functionalist Account | Brian McLaughlin | Univ of British Columbia (Post Doc) | UC San Diego (Assoc Prof) |
Galgut, Elisa | Poetic Faith and Prosaic Concerns | Peter Kivy | Univ of Capetown, S.A. (TT) | Univ of Capetown, S.A. (Lecturer) |
Kutach, Douglass | Entropy and Counterfactual Asymmetry | Tim Maudlin | Texas Tech (1 yr) | Brown University (TT) |
Mallon, Ron | Making Up Your Mind: The Social Construction of Human Kinds and its Implications | Stephen Stich | Univ of Utah (1 yr) | Univ of Utah (Assoc Prof) |
Meskin, Aaron | Relevance and the Philosophy of Art | Peter Kivy | Texas Tech (TT) | Univ of Leeds (Lecturer) |
Stubblefield, Anna | Anti-black Oppression and the Ethical Significance of African American Identity | Howard McGary | Temple Univ (TT) | Rutgers University - Newark (Associate Professor)
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1999 |
Kingsbury, Justine | Content and Function: A Defense of Millikanian Teleosemantics | Frances Egan | Auckland (3 yr) | Auckland |
Levy, Kenneth | Free Will Hunting | Colin McGinn | Columbia Law School | LSU (TT)
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Murphy, Dominic | Madness and Modularity: Theoretical Issues in the Foundations of Psychopathology | Stephen Stich | Washington Univ (Post Doc) | University of Sydney (Professor) |
Schaffer, Jonathan | Causation and the Probabilities of Processes: Towards an Account of the Causal Relation | Brian McLaughlin | Univ of Houston (TT) | Australian National University (Professor) |
1998 |
Balog, Katalin | Conceivability Arguments | Brian Loar | Cornell (1 yr) | Yale (Asst Prof) |
D'Cruz, Mark | Names as Disguised Descriptions | Robert Matthews | Univ of Singapore (TT) | Univ of Singapore (Asst Prof) |
Huemer, Michael | A Direct Realist Account of Perceptual Awareness | Peter Klein | Univ of Colorado (TT) | Univ of Colorado (Assoc Prof) |
Paul Lodge | Leibniz's Anti-Cartesian Metaphysics of Body: A Study of the Correspondence Between Leibniz and DeVolder | Martha Bolton | Tulane Univ (TT) | Oxford Univ, Mansfield College (Lecturer) |
Samuels, Richard | Massively Modular Minds | Stephen Stich | Univ of Penn (TT) | Ohio State (Full Prof) |
Sutton, Jonathan | The Bounds of Reference An Enquiry Into the Contingent a Priori and Descriptive Reference | Brian Loar | Rice Univ (1 yr) | Auburn Univ (Asst Prof) |
Yoo, Julie | Norms and Laws in a Natural World: A Compatibilist Account of Mental Causation | Robert Matthews | Georgia South (1 yr) | Lafayette College (Asst Prof) |
1997 |
Callender, Craig | Explaining Time's Arrow | Robert Weingard | LSE (TT) | UC-San Diego (Assoc Prof) |
Gillett, Carl | Naturalizing Thought | Jerry Fodor | Illinois Wesleyan (TT) | Northern Illinois (Assoc Prof) |
Richman, Ken | Nature and Natural Belief in Hume's Theory of the Mind | Martha Bolton | Kalamazoo College (TT) | Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (Assoc Prof) |
Taylor, Paul | Reconstruction in Aesthetics: On the Possibility of a Deweyan Aesthetic Theory | Peter Kivy | Univ of Washington (TT) | Temple University (Assoc Prof) |
Vitola, Anna | For a Deflationary Conception of Truth | Vann McGee | Rutgers Univ (PTL) | Rutgers Univ (PTL) |
Witmer, Gene | Demanding Physicalism | Brian McLaughlin | Univ of Florida - Gainsville (TT) | Univ of Florida - Gainsville (Assoc Prof) |
Zhang, Yi | Cofinitary Groups and Almost Disjoint Families | Simon Thomas, Math Vann McGee, Phil. | Rutgers Univ (Math) | Univ of Michigan Asst Prof (Visiting Asst Prof, Math) |
1996 |
Strevens, Michael | Bigger Than Chaos: The Probabilistic Structure of Complex Systems | Barry Loewer | Iowa State (1 yr) | NYU (Full Prof) |
Milne, Andrew | The Alienation of Content: Truth, Rationality and Mind | Jerry Fodor | Cal Tech (1 yr) | Univ of South Carolina (Adj Prof) |
1995 |
Bertolo, Stefano | Lernability Properties of Parametric Models for Natural Language Acquisition | Robert Matthews | MIT (2 yr) | Scientific Project Officer, European Commission, Luxembourg |
Margolis, Eric | Concepts and the Innate Mind | Jerry Fodor | Rice Univ (TT) | University of British Colubmia (Prof) |
Read, Rupert | Practices Without Foundations? Sceptical Readings of Goodman And Wittgenstein | Barry Loewer | Manchester Metrop (2 yr) | East Anglia, UK (Lecturer) |
Laurence, Stephen | Naturalism and Language | Stephen Stich | Manchester | Sheffield (Prof) |
Sisko, John | A Study of Aristotle's Account of Nous in the De Anima | Robert Bolton | Temple Univ (1 yr) | College of NJ (TT) |
Tait, Alastair | Mental Causation | Robert Matthews | Returned to Scotland | |
Tigner, Joyce | A Social Conception of Self-Deception | Brian McLaughlin | Rutgers Univ (Adj Prof) | Raritan Comm (Asst Prof) |
Warfield, Fritz | Priviledge Access and Externalism | Stephen Stich | U of Notre Dame (TT) | U. of Notre Dame (Assoc Prof) |