PHILOSOPHY MA GRADUATES
CLASS OF 2016
NAME / MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER / THESIS TITLE / SUPERVISORJeremy Dawson / Thor’s Paralyzing Principle: Defending Rowe’s A Priori Argument for Atheism / Kraay
Henry Goury-Laffont / Derrida’s Typology: On the Status of a Deconstructive Logic / Caruana
Jae Hong Kim / The Conclusion of Practical Reasoning / Hunter, D.
Mathew Powers / On Plato’s Concept of Reason / Hennig
Parisa Samet / Reconceiving Consent in Relation to Pregnancy and Parenting / Wellington / Schwartz
Nathan Todd / Freedom as Menace: A Phenomenology of the Guilty Person / Maclaren
CLASS OF 2015
Ayesha Bhatti / Towards Global Justice: Access to Medications and the Need for Incentives / Wellington
Adam Blackburn / Challenging the ‘Hidden’ Assumption in J.L. Schellenberg’s Hiddenness Argument: An Exploration into the Nature of Divine Love / Kraay
Victor Bruzzone / Political Ontology in Rawls vs Honneth: The Difference Recognition Makes / Murray
Dwayne Ford / Nietzsche and Distance / Ciavatta
Oliver Hutchison / Political Liberalism and the Potential for Political Equality in Canada / Murray
Robert Minatel / Merleau-Ponty and Animal being: Intentionality, Temporality, Self and World Articulation / Maclaren
Dean Job Morales / Bayes and Base-Rates: Why a Probabilistic No-Miracles Argument is Successful / Parsons
Addison Sutherland / The Use and Abuse of Laughter for Life / Caruana
Luke Teeninga / The Puzzle of Assertion / D. Hunter
CLASS OF 2014
NAME / MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER / THESIS TITLE / SUPERVISORAmber Beck / Finding Identity Through Trauma / Maclaren
Timothy Blank / The Open Theistic Multiverse / Kraay
Erik Bormanis / Reconciling Freedom and Contingency in Hegel’s Philosophy / Ciavatta
Michael Brienza / Panpsychism and the Subject Combination Problem / D. Hunter
David Collins / Collingwood's Philosophy of Art as a Basis for Virtue Aesthetics / E. Trott
Ryan Froese / Derrida’s Aporetic Ethics and the Urgency of the Impossible / Caruana
Chandra Kavanagh / Accommodation or Cure: A Synthesis of Neurodiverse and Cure Theory Recommendations for Autism Action / Schwartz
Kirk Lougheed / Disagreement and the Rationality of Religious Belief / Kraay
Codie Mitchell / You’re Not Alone in Trying to Be: An Essay on Subjectivity and Otherness / Caruana
Jason Poettcker / Defending the Purpose Theory of Meaning in Life / Kraay
Ebony Roberts / Perspective-Centred Relativism and Faultless Disagreement / D. Hunter
Rachel Robinson / The Encounter with the Stranger: Called to Responsibility / Caruana
Anna Schevchenko / Emotion And Transformation Of Experience / Maclaren
Jordan van den Hoonaard / Heidegger and Levinas: Examining Technology and its Relation to Situatedness / Ciavatta
Jonathan Whittaker / Ridley and Risse on Nietzsche’s “Bad Conscience” as a Feeling of Guilt / Caruana
CLASS OF 2013
NAME / MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER / THESIS TITLE / SUPERVISORLuke Bowman / Tracking the Liberal Self: Frameworks, Immersion and the Political Individual / Trott
Aylish Chantler / Modal Metaphysics and Dogmas of Philosophical Theology: A Response to Almeida / Kraay
Elena Derksen / Reasons to Believe / D. Hunter
Antonio Dos Santos / Psychopaths and Practical Knowledge / D. Hunter
Catherine Fullarton / The Phenomenology of Pain as a Shared Experience / Maclaren
Gregory Keefe / A Phenomenological Analysis of a Case of Suicide / Maclaren
Veronica Majewski / She’s Lost Control: Feminine Bodies and Iris Marion Young’s Communicative Democracy / Schwartz
Ben Nogas / Enactive Perception / Maclaren
Lucas Rivoire / Learning Language and Becoming Ethical: A Phenomenological Account / Maclaren
Ayana Samuel / The Ability Condition / Murray
Adam Simonini / Nietzsche’s Theory of Virtue: An Ethics Rooted in Health / Rondel
Kristopher Wilkinson / Two-Way Powers and the Attribution of Agency / D. Hunter
CLASS OF 2012
NAME / MAJOR RESEARCH PAPER / THESIS TITLE / SUPERVISORMichael Butler / Freedom in Sartre and Merleau-Ponty / Ciavatta
Jeffrey D'Souza / The Importance of Considering the Cultivation of Character When Evaluating Moral Dispositions: An Absolutist Argument for Why Aristotle’s Virtuous Man is the Most Admirable / Kornegay
Ioan (Chris) Dragos / Reconciling Realism and the Strong Programme / Parsons
Anna Dziuba / Being Called to Respond: A Study Into the Dangers of Viewing Evil Merely as a Form of Radical Alteriety / Caruana
Leland Harper / Evaluating the Fales/Gellman Debate on the Epistemic Status of Theistic Mystical Experiences / Kraay
Christopher Levy / Can We Live with Cohabitation? An Analysis of the Commonsense View of Identity and ‘Ordinary Concern’ / D. Hunter
Brian Ohlman / Kingdom of Nature, Kingdom of Ends: Teleology and the ‘Two Standpoints’ in Kant / Murray
Thomas Posie / Learning in Merleau-Ponty / Maclaren
Kiranpreet Rishi / Existential Freedom, Oppression and Authenticity: Making Authentic Choices in an Oppressive Society. / Maclaren