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Career information, where available, follows the dissertation information. Data for academic posts is found from a philosopher's cv, website, or personal communication. A variety of professional publications are also used, especially The Review of Metaphysics, UMI Dissertations, and OCLC First Search. References for publications are indicated as follows. WWIP = Who's Who in Philosophy, ed. D. Runes (New York: Philosophical Library, 1942). PAAPA = Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, APA Membership List, Year. DAP = Directory of American Philosophers. 62 = Vol.1, 1962-63; 64 = Vol. 2, 1964-65; 66 = Vol. 3, 1966-67; 68 = Vol. 4, 1968-1969; 70 = Vol. 5, 1970-71; 72 = Vol. 6, 1972-73; 74 = Vol. 7, 1974-75; 76 = 1976-77, Vol. 8; 78 = Vol. 9, 1978-79; 80 = Vol. 10, 1980-81; 82 = Vol. 11, 1982-83; 84 = Vol. 12, 1984-85; 86 = Vol. 13, 1986-87; 88 = Vol. 14, 1988-89; 90 = Vol. 15, 1990-91; 92 = Vol. 16, 1992-93; 94 = Vol. 17, 1994-95; 96 = Vol. 18, 1996-97; 98 = Vol. 19, 1998-99; 00 = Vol. 20, 2000-01, etc.
1969
Bayley, James E. Self and Personal Identity in William James's Principles of Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Arthur Danto. City College, City University of New York (DAP 74-00).
Bikson, Tora Kay Lanto. Peirce's Logic Treated as Semiotic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, advisor W. Donald Oliver.
Bordeau, Edward James. The Practical Idealism of John Dewey's Political Philosophy: An Answer to Some Critics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Roth. Sacred Heart University (1967- ).
Brock, Jarrett Ernest. C. S. Peirce's Logic of Vagueness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Charles Caton. San Jose State University (DAP 74-00).
Briody, Mary Lou [Mary B. Mahowald]. An Idealistic Pragmatism: The Development of the Pragmatic Element in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Beatrice Zedler. Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Chicago (?-2005).
Burch, Robert William. On Rules. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rice University, advisor Konstantin Kolenda. Rice University (1968-1974), Texas A&M University (1974- ).
Carter, Robert Edgar. A Study of Intrinsic Value in G. E. Moore and C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. Trent University (DAP 74-00).
Chen, Te. Dewey's Concept of Moral Good. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames.
Cole, John Tafel. The Human Soul in the Aymara Culture of Pumasara: An Ethnographic Study in the Light of George Herbert Mead and Martin Buber. Dissertation, Anthropology Dept., University of Pennsylvania.
Creary, Lewis Graham. The Pragmatic Justification of Induction: A Critical Examination. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Carl Hempel. Case Western Reserve University (DAP 74).
Creel, Richard Earl. Dewey's Theory of the Common Good. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames. Ithica College (DAP 74-00).
Davenport, Herbert William. Peirce's Evolutionary Explanation of the Laws of Nature: 1880-1893. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advisor Max Fisch. Western Illinois University ( -2002).
David, Keith Raymond. Percept and Concept in William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames. William Jewell College (DAP 74).
Deckert, Marion George. Some Criticisms of the Application to English of a Quinian Definition of Logical Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisors Leonard Linsky, Ian Mueller, John Dolan. Bethel College (DAP 74).
DeMarco, Joseph Peter. The Nature and Function of the Concept of the Community in the Early and Later Thought of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor Carl Hausman. Cleveland State University (DAP 74-00).
Dicker, Georges. Knowing and Coming-To-Know in Dewey's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin, advisor Marcus Singer. State University of New York at Brockport (1970- ).
Dolan, John Michael. Translation and Meaning: An Examination of Quine's Translational Indeterminacy Hypothesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University. University of Minnesota (DAP 74-00).
Dooley, Patrick Kiaran. "Humanism" in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney. St. Bonaventure University (1970-1996, 1999- ), United State Air Force Academy (1996-1999).
Dykeman, King J. Creativity as a Problem of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Fairfield University (DAP 98-08).
Eastman, Lucius Root, Jr. The Logic of Entailment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb. San Jose State University (DAP 74-00).
Floyd, Samuel Alexander. The Implications of John Dewey's Theory of Appreciation for the Teaching of Music Appreciation. Dissertation, Music Dept., Southern Illinois University.
Goodman, Ruth Paula Weiss. Ideals of Life and Man and the Common School Theories of Moral Education for the Public Schools from Horace Mann to John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Washington University.
Gouinlock, James Sturges. Metaphysics and Value Theory: A Study in the Moral Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-71), Emory University (1971-1999).
Johanson, Arnold Edwin. Philosophy and the Limits of Doubt. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Moorhead State University (DAP 98).
Jones, Martin Monroe. The Categorical Concept of Emergence in the Philosophy of George H. Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Harold Lee. Roger Williams College (DAP 74).
Juffras, Angelo. Hume's Theory of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. William Paterson University (DAP 98-00).
Keenan, Barry Campbell. John Dewey in China: His Visit and the Reception of His Ideas, 1917-1927. Dissertation, History Dept., Claremont Graduate University.
Kerr, William Osborne, Jr. An Examination of John Herman Randall, Jr.'s Philosophy of Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor John Anton.
Koehn, Donald Robert. Peirce's Explanation of the Validity of Scientific Inference in the "Illustrations of the Logic of Science." Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. Illinois Wesleyan University (DAP 74).
Koehler, Conrad James. Method, Meaning, and Ontological Controversies. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University. Thiel College (DAP 98-00).
Kuo, Dah-Chuen [David D. Kuo]. The Impact of Science on Dewey's Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames. East Washington State College (DAP 74-00).
Lu, Henry Chung-ming. John Dewey's Philosophy and Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Alberta.
McDermott, John Donovan. John Dewey: Ethical Inquiry and the Psychological Standpoint. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor Cornelius Delaney. Eisenhower College (DAP 74).
McGee, Ellen Flanagan. An American Approach to the Problem of Evil: A Study of the History of its Development and its Articulation as a Philosophy by William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock.
Miller, Willard Marshall. C. S. Peirce on the Philosophy of History. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. University of Vermont (1969-2005).
Robbins, J. Wesley. A Critical Analysis of the Christian Moral Philosophy of H. Richard Niebuhr. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Indiana University South Bend (DAP 98-00).
Roche, Lawrence Anthony. A Comparative Study of the Idea of the Science of Education in the Works of John Dewey and Edward L. Thorndike. Ed.D. Dissertation, Case Western Reserve University.
Schultz, Frederick Marshall. The Concept of Community in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Indiana University.
Shipka, Thomas Albert. Social Conflict and Re-construction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College. Youngstown State University (DAP 98-08)
Shirley, Edward Salmon. A Proposal for a Contextualist Theory of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Massachusetts, advisor J. Swanson. Louisiana State University (DAP 74-98).
Stine, William David. The A Priori in John Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors Morton White, Burton Dreben. Wayne State University (DAP 98-00).
Todd, Quinton Robert. James, Whitehead, and Radical Empiricism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Pennsylvania State University, advisor John Anderson.
Williston, Frank Samuel. A Comparative Analysis of John Dewey's Theory of Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota.
Woodard, James Edwin, Jr. Pragmatism and Pragmaticism in James and Howells. Dissertation, English Dept., University of New Mexico.
1968
Almeder, Robert Francis. The Metaphysical and Logical Realism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Murray Murphey. State University of New York at Oswego (1967-1972), Georgia State University (1972- ).
Curley, Thomas Vincent. Peirce's Search for a Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Vincent Potter. Le Moyne College (1966-1999).
DeCesare, Richard Angelo. A Comparative Evaluation of the Social Self in the Philosophies of George Herbert Mead and Gabriel Marcel. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston College, advisor Donald Gallagher. Fitchberg State College (DAP 74-00).
Delany, Cornelius Francis. Mind and Nature in Cohen, Woodbridge, and Sellars. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins. University of Notre Dame (DAP 74-00).
Dennis, Lawrence John Watson. The Implications of Dewey's Esthetics for the Teaching of Music. Dissertation, Education Dept., Southern Illinois University.
Earle, William James. James' Stream of Thought as a Point of Departure for Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. Long Island University (DAP 74); Bernard Baruch College of CUNY (DAP 98-08).
Egyed, Bela Imre. Reference and Intensionality: An Essay on Quine's Philosophy of Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., McGill University. Carleton University (DAP 74-00).
Green, Thomas Henry. The Idea of Novelty in Peirce and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor E. McMullin.
Herbenick, Raymond Michael. C. S. Peirce and Contemporary Theories of the Systems Concept and Systems Approach to Problem Solving and Decision Making. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisor Jesse Mann. University of Dayton (DAP 74).
Higgins, David Jeremiah. Possibility in Peirce and Heidegger: A Propaedutic for Synthesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, advisor W. Oliver. West Georgia College (DAP 74).
Keen, Tom Clifton. George Herbert Mead's Social Theory of Meaning and Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University, advisor Virgil Hinshaw. Heidelberg College (DAP 74).
Nagy, Paul. The Doctrine of Experience in the Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University. Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (DAP 98-00).
Park, Bong Mok. An Analysis of the Ideas of John Dewey and Reinhold Niehbuhr on Social Justice and the Implications of these Ideas for Korean Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Podeschi, Ronald Lee. John Dewey: Education, Educators, and Social Change. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.
Prendergast, Thomas Love. Matter in the Physical World of Descartes. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Richard Blackwell. Maryville College (1966-68), Marquette University (1968- ).
Roda, Anthony. Cognitive Structures. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Lewis Hahn. State University of New York College at Oneonta (1967- ).
Roelofs, Charles Richard, Jr. Some Problems in the Moral Philosophy of C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Rochester, advisor Robert Holmes. Kirkland College (DAP 74).
Salesses, William Edward, Jr. A Statement of the Ethical Theories of Pragmatism and Thomism as Expressed by John Dewey and Jacques Maritain. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School.
Seidensticker, William David. Peirce's Theory of Esthetics and Normative Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Neville. Southeast Missouri State College (DAP 74).
Shaw, Marvin Cabrera. Naturalism and the Divine: The Possibility of a Naturalistic Theism Based on the Philosophies of Santayana and Dewey. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Columbia University.
Skidmore, Arthur Whitford, III. Studies in Peirce's Theories of Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Irwin Lieb. University of Kansas (DAP 74-00).
Stich, Stephen P. Grammars, Psychological Theories, and Turing Machines. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Paul Benacerraf. Rutgers University (DAP 98-00).
Tarr, Elvira R. The Epistemology of Charles Sanders Peirce and its Relation to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Terry, Jack Doutree, Jr. A Critical Analysis of John Dewey's Concept of Pragmatism and Evidences of Similarities in Southern Baptist Primary Sunday School Curriculum (1962-1966). Dissertation, Religion Dept., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Vanden Burgt, Robert Joseph. Philosophical Roots of the Finite God Theories of William James and Edgar Sheffield Brightman. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Beatrice Zedler. St. Norbert College (DAP 74-00).
Vetter, Patricia Louise. The Theory of Community in Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.
Wilkerson, Kenneth E. A Framework for a Theory of Rhetoric Based on the Writings of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Speech Dept., University of Florida.
Zanoni, Candido P. Logical Pragmatism: The Philosophy of Vailati. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota.
1967
Baird, Robert Malcolm. John Dewey and Richard Brandt: A Study in the Justification of Ethical Principles. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisors J. Wilcox and L. Loemker. Oglethorpe College (1966-67), Nebraska Wesleyan University (1967-68), Baylor University (1968- ).
Broyer, John Albin. The Ethical Theory of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames. Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (DAP 74).
Darmstadter, Howard Michael. W. V. O. Quine on Translation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Paul Benacerraf. University of Massachusetts (DAP 74).
Deeves, Evelyn Irene. The Implications of the Dewey-Bruner Philosophies for Curriculum Planning. Dissertation, Education Dept., Florida State University.
Fauser, John Joseph. The Theory of Freedom in William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.
Hodges, Michael Pahlow. Quine on "Ontological Commitments." Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Virginia, advisor James Cargile. Vanderbilt University (DAP 74-00).
Hullett, James Neal. C. I. Lewis and World Order: A Critical Analysis of Lewis on the Given, the Concept, and the A Priori in Mind and the World Order. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brandeis University, advisors Nelson Goodman and Israel Scheffler. Boston University (DAP 74), Hackett Publishing Company (DAP 00).
Idomir, Louise Sokoloski. An Analysis of the Philosophical Compatibility of Carl Rogers' Client-Centered Counseling and John Dewey's Pragmatism. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Tulsa.
Koch, Donald Frederick. John Dewey's Psychology of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School, advisor Robert Fogelin. Michigan State University (DAP 74-00).
Mikula, Donald Max. The Concept of the Moral Self in Dewey's Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor S. Morris Eames.
Miles, Edith I. A Search for Romantic Elements in some aspects of John Dewey's Educational Theory. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.
Neely, Frank Wright. The Metaphysics of Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. University of Illinois (DAP 74-00).
Parker, Harold Leftridge. C. I. Lewis' Ethical Theory based upon his Conceptions of the Good and the Right. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisors J. Wilcox and P. Kuntz. Middle Tennessee State University (DAP 74).
Pfunter, Carl Herman. An Examination of the Extent of Philosophical Dependence, Methodological and Metaphysical, of John Dewey on Charles Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisors Jesse Mann, William Haymond, Thomas McTighe. George Washington University (DAP 74).
Platt, Thomas Walter. Spencer and James on Mental Categories: A Re-evaluation in Light of Modern Biology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. West Chester State College (DAP 74-00).
Roth, John King. An Appraisal of the Ethics of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John Wild. Claremont McKenna College (1966-2007); DePauw University (2007-2008).
Savage, Rosa Tiampo. Nature and Naturalism in John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.
Saydah, John Roger. C. I. Lewis: A Study in Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Ohio University (DAP 74).
Singer, Beth Judith. Order and Liberty in Human Life: A Study of Santayana's Metaphysics of Society. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler and David Sidorsky. Brooklyn College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).
Skrupskelis, Ignas Kestutis. The Problem of God in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisors Marcus Long, D. Evans. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-00).
To, Cho-yee. John Dewey's Conception of the Relation of Education to the Democratic Ideal. Dissertation, Education Dept., Southern Illinois University.
Toland, William Gipsy. The Later Wittgenstein and Classical Pragmatism: A Critical Appraisal. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of North Carolina, advisor E. M. Adams. Baylor University (DAP 74).
Turley, Peter Thomas. Peirce on the Laws of Nature. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisors Quentin Lauer, W. Stokes, Robert Pollock.
Whiting, D. Douglas. The Meaning of Love in Education: Charles Peirce's Conception in Educational Perspective. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh.
Wu, Joseph Sen. The Problem of Existential Import in Dewey's Theory of Propositions. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Southern Illinois University, advisor Elizabeth Eames. California State University, Sacramento (DAP 74-00).
1966
Albright, Gary Lewis. The Concept of Perspective in George Herbert Mead and José Ortega y Gasset. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, Albert Hofstadter, John H. Randall, Jr.
Anderson, Emerald Balboa. Semantic Problems in Dewey's Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Syracuse University, advisor Sheldon Peterfreund.
Beatty, Richard Donohue. The Logical Foundations of Peirce's Categories, 1867-1885. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor O. Bird.
Cahn, Steven Mark. Fatalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Arthur Danto and Charles Parsons. University of Vermont (DAP 74); City University of New York (DAP 98-00).
Capestany, Edward. The Subconscious in James' Explanation of Religious Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa, advisor Jerzy Wojciechowski.
Charron, William Cletus. An Exposition and Analysis of William James' Views of the Nature of Man. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Marquette University, advisor Beatrice Zedler. Saint Louis University (DAP 74-00).
Dunn, Dorothy Ann. The Problem of Dualism in John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.
Feinberg, Walter. A Comparative Study of the Social Philosophies of John Dewey and Bernard Bosanquet. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisors M. W. Wartofsky, K. D. Benne. Oakland University (1965-67); Educational Policy Studies Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1967- ).
Freed, Robert Bruce. Two Competing Models of the Mind: An Argument for Mentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley, advisor Charles Chihara. University of Western Ontario (DAP 98-00).
Hockney, Donald James. Certainty and Objective Statements: An Examination of C. I. Lewis's Theory of Empirical Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of West Ontario (DAP 74).
Laudan, Larry Lynn. The Idea of a Physical Theory from Galileo to Newton. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor C. Gillispie. University of Hawaii, Manoa (DAP 90).
Lawrence, Gordon Dwight. John Dewey's Curriculum Theory. Dissertation, Education Dept., Claremont Graduate University.
Mercieca, Charles. An Investigation into the Applicability of Dewey's Methodology in All American Schools, Public and Private. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas.
Metz, Joseph G. A Critical Analysis of the Theory of Democracy in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Catholic University of America.
Meyers, Robert George. Belief and Truth in Charles Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisor Edward Madden. State University of New York at Albany (DAP 74-00).
Ransdell, Joseph Morton. Charles Peirce: The Idea of Representation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, John H. Randall, Jr. Texas Tech University (1974-2000).
Rosenthal, Sandra Brener. A Systematic Expansion of C. I. Lewis' Conceptual Pragmatism with reference to the Philosophies of Peirce and Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Harold Lee. Loyola University, New Orleans (1969- ).
Rott, Robert Kenneth. Toward John Dewey's Theory of Communication. Ed.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo.
Seigfried, Hans. Wahrheit und Metaphysik bei Suarez. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Bonn, advisor Gottfried Martin. Loyola University, Chicago (1968- ).
Taylor, Albert J. Dewey and Russell as Educational Theorists: A Comparative Analysis. Ed.D. Dissertation, Rutgers University.
Troxell, Eugene A. A Critical Analysis of C. I. Lewis' Views on Logical Necessity. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. San Diego State University (DAP 74-00).
Wilshire, Bruce Withington. Natural Science and Phenomenology: William James' Principles of Psychology as a Search for Reconciliation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University. Rutgers University (DAP 74-00).
1965
Austin, Ernest Hampton, Jr. John Dewey's Application of History: The Relation of Past Events to Contemporary Problems as Presented by the Experimental Philosophy of History. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Florida.
Cook, Gary Alan. The Self as Moral Agent: A Study in the Philosophy of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Beloit College (1965- ).
Davis, William Hatcher. The Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Rice University, advisor Konstantin Kolenda. Auburn University (DAP 74-00).
Erpenbeck, James Richard. The Relation of Pragmatism and Realism in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor J. Fitzgerald. Saint Leo College (DAP 74).
Flay, Joseph Charles. Hegel and Dewey and the Problem of Freedom. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California, advisor William Werkmeister. Pennsylvania State University (DAP 74-00).
Goodwin, George Dolliver. William James's Concept of the Self in the Light of Selected Contemporary Personality Theories. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., Boston University.
Griffin, Robert Lewis. Misconception of John Dewey's Educational Philosophy by Contemporary Critics. Ed.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University.
Hammond, John Luther. Perry, Dewey, C. I. Lewis, and Critics of Ethical Naturalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor J. Mothershead. Portland State University (DAP 74-00).
Hare, Peter Hewitt. G. H. Mead's Metaphysics of Sociality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Justus Buchler, Arthur Danto, John H. Randall, Jr., David Sidorsky. State University of New York at Buffalo (1962-2001).
Kline, William Eugene. A Critique of Carl Rogers' Therapeutic Conditions: An Examination from the Knowledge-Views of Dewey and Bentley. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Denver.
Potter, Vincent George. Peirce's Ontological Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. Fordham University (DAP 74-98).
Riley, Buddy Gresham. The Self, Self-Knowledge and Pragmaticism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor Richard Bernstein. New College (DAP 74).
Stevens, Edward Vincent. G. H. Mead on the Moral Self. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor J. Collins. Canisius College (DAP 74).
Wellbank, Joseph Harris. The Use of Reason in Ethics: E. S. Brightman, C. I. Lewis, and S. E. Toulmin. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisors P. Bertocci and J. Lavely. Northeastern University (DAP 74).
1964
Broyles, James Earl. The Role of Common Sense in the Empiricism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Washington, advisor Arthur Smullyan. Washington State University (DAP 74-00).
Ch'eng, Chung-ying. Peirce's and Lewis' Theories of Induction. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors R. Firth and D. Williams. University of Hawaii (DAP 74-00).
Driscoll, Leo Cornelius. The Methodology of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock.
Francis, Richard P. The Doctrine of Natural Selection in John Dewey's Value Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor L. R. Ward. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (DAP 74-00).
Gaye, Vera M. La teoria e la critica letteraria di Giovanni Papini. Dissertation, Modern Language and Literature, New York University.
Greenlee, Douglas Arthur. The Sign Theory of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Temple University (DAP 74).
Grunewald, Robert Nichol. An Exposition of John Dewey's Concept of the Problematic Situation and an Appraisal of that Concept from the Standpoint of the Ames Demonstrations in Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Claremont Graduate School.
Harman, Gilbert H. Skepticism and the Definition of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, advisors R. Firth and W. V. Quine. Princeton University (DAP 98-00).
Marcel, David Wyburn. Progress and Pragmatism: A Study of the Idea of Progress in the Writings of William James, John Dewey, and Charles Beard. Dissertation, English Dept., Yale University.
Morrow, Frank Aaron, Jr. Pragmatic Paradoxes. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Western Washington Satte College (DAP 74).
Olshewsky, Thomas M. Intentions and Oppositions: An Organon for Axiological Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor Richard Hocking. University of Kentucky (DAP 98-00).
Power, Robert Joseph. The Bases of Political Rights in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor Richard Hocking. Wright State University (DAP 74).
Tursman, Richard Allen. Nietzsche's View of Science and Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, advisor Max Fisch. York University, Glendon (DAP 98-00, retired in 1997).
Van Marter, Leslie Edward. Categories as a Non-Arbitrary Finite System of Mutually Irreducible Simple Entities: A Study Based on Comparative Analysis of Aristotle, Kant, and Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Richard McKeon. California State College, San Bernardino (DAP 74), Columbia College Chicago (DAP 00).
Weiss, Donald Herbert. George Herbert Mead's Personality Theory: A Comparison with that of Sigmund Freud and with Neurophysiology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Harold Lee. University of Texas (DAP 74).
Zeman, Joseph Jay. The Graphical Logic of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Lars Svenonius. University of Florida (DAP 74-00).
1963
Appleby, Peter Clare. A Critical Study of Peirce's Philosophical Theology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Charles Hartshorne. University of Utah (DAP 74-00, deceased 27 May 2000).
Bahn, Lorene Anna. Principles of Educational Administration Based Upon the Writings of John Dewey. Ed.D. Dissertation, Washington University.
Barry, Robert M. The Epistemology of Talcott Parsons. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Loyola University, Chicago (1963-1999).
Bluestone, Natalie Suzanne Harris. Time and Consciousness in Jean-Paul Sartre and William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors L. Edelstein, Victor Lowe, R. Girard.
Clarke, David Sterling, Jr. An Interpretation of Charles Peirce's Category of Firstness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor Charles Hartshorne. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 74-00).
Eastman, George Herbert. John Dewey on Education: The Formative Years. Dissertation, Education Dept., Harvard University.
Greer, Melvin Emal. Triumph of the Spirit: Royce's Theory of the One and the Many. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor Andrew Reck. University of Louisville (DAP 74-00).
Heslep, Robert Durham. The Views of Jefferson and Dewey as Bases for Clarifying the Role of Education in an American Democratic State. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.
Kerr-Lawson, Angus. A Filter Description of the Homomorphisms of the Algebra of Bounded Analytic Functions on the Unit Disk. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., McMaster University. University of Waterloo (1958- ).
Kinrade, Annie Dorothy. Discipline and Freedom in Education: A Comparison of Theories of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Toronto.
MacDonald. Audrey. Peirce's Philosophy of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas, advisor Charles Hartshorne.
MacMillan, Donald. William James' Philosophy of Religion, with Specific Reference to His Philosophy of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto.
Manicas, Peter Theodore. The Concept of the Individual in Philosophies of William Graham Sumner, William James, Josiah Royce, and Lester Ward. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisors Marvin Farber, Rollo Handy. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74); University of Hawaii, Sociology Department.
Merrill, Kenneth Rogers. Whitehead's Theory of Givenness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University, advisor Robert Browning. University of Oklahoma (DAP 74-00).
Mesthene, Emmanuel George. Some Views about the Nature of Intelligibility. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Pedram, Manouchehr. A Critical Comparison of the Educational Theories and Practices of John Amos Comenius with John Dewey's Concept of Experience. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas.
Punzo, Vincent Christopher. Royce on the Problem of Individuality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins. Saint Louis University (DAP 74-2006).
Roberts, Don Davis. The Existential Graphs of Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor Max Fisch. University of Waterloo (DAP 74-00).
Spencer, Thomas Eugene. Education and American Liberalism: A Comparison of the Views of Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Weaver, Earl James. John Dewey: A Spokesman for Progressive Liberalism. Dissertation, History Dept., Brown University.
Wintterle, John Francis. John Dewey: Instrumentalism and Social Problems. Dissertation, History Dept., University of Oregon.
1962
Bailey, James Lawrence. Ordinal Numbers and the Axiom of Choice in Quine's New Foundations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Beard, Robert William. The Concept of Rationality in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Florida State University (DAP 74).
Berleant, Arnold. Logical and Social Doctrine: Dewey's Methodological Approach to Social Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo, advisors Marvin Farber, Rollo Handy. Long Island University (DAP 74).
Brown, Patricia Babcock. An Analysis of the Theories of John Dewey and Alfred North Whitehead on the Qualitative Aspect of Experience and the Relation of these Theories to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Ellin, Joseph S. George Herbert Mead's Philosophy of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. Western Michigan University (DAP 74-00).
Fuss, Peter Lawrence. The Structure of Royce's Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Missouri-St. Louis (?-?).
Gorospe, Vitaliano Rebuldela. Moral Obligation in John Dewey's Ethical Naturalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor Vernon Burke.
Hermann, Robert Martin. The Relevance of Recent Educational Criticism to the Thought of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pittsburgh, advisor O. L. Reiser. Indiana University of Pennsylvania (DAP 74-00).
Holmes, Larry. Charles S. Peirce and Scientific Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. State University of New York College at New Paltz (DAP 74-98).
Kim, Jaegwon. Explanation, Prediction, and Retrodiction: Some Logical and Pragmatic Considerations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisors Carl Hempel, Paul Benacerraf. Brown University (DAP 98-00).
Long, Jerome Bowman. Dewey and Pragmatism: Towards a True Conception of Values in Process. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Eastern Illinois University (DAP 74).
MacMillan, Donald. William James' Philosophy of Religion, With Special Reference to his Philosophy of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor J. A. Irving.
Mathers, Ruth Anna Hall [Ruth Anna Putnam]. The Interpretation of Theoretical Statements. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles, advisor Rudolf Carnap. Wellesley College (1963- ).
Nissen, Lowell Allen. John Dewey's Theory of Inquiry and Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Nebraska, advisor Robert Dewey. University of Arkasas (DAP 74-00).
Oppenheim, Frank Mathias. Royce's Mature Idea of General Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University. Xavier University (1961- ).
Troutner, Leroy Franklin. Educational Implications of Existentialism: An Analysis and Comparison of Martin Heidegger and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Stanford University.
Wetzel, Charles Robert. A Critical Evaluation of John Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Nebraska, advisor Robert Dewey. Milligan College (1961-1980), University of Birmingham, England (1980-1991), Emmanuel School of Religion (1991- ).
1961
Anderson, Frederick Mitchell. John Dewey's Critique of Philosophies. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Eastern Michigan University (DAP 74).
Barrett, Robert Burke, Jr. C. I. Lewis's Analytic Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University, advisors Victor Lowe, A. L. Hammond. Washington University at Saint Louis (DAP 74-00).
Brennan, Bernard Patrick. The Moral Implications of James's Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor J. Q. Lauer. Pace College (DAP 74).
Brodsky, Garrett Martin. John Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. University of Connecticut (DAP 74-00).
Donnellan, Keith Sedgwick. C. I. Lewis and the Foundations of Necessary Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University, advisor Max Black. University of California, Los Angeles (DAP 74-00).
Ezorsky, Gertrude. Truth as Warranted Performance: A Synthesis of John Dewey's and P. F. Strawson's Concepts of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Sidney Hook. Brooklyn College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).
Fairbanks, Matthew Jerome. C. S. Peirce and Nineteenth Century Positivism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Notre Dame, advisor H. Nielsen. University of Scranton (1960- ).
Fitzgerald, John Joseph. Peirce's Theory of Signs as the Foundation for his Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor James Feibleman. Southeast Massachusetts University (DAP 74), University of South Carolina, Beaufort (DAP 98-00).
Gale, Richard M. Time in Analytical Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University, advisor Sidney Hook. University of Pittsburgh (1964- ).
Goodman, Frederick Lewis. The Critics of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Michigan.
Holmes, Robert Lawrence. John Dewey's Ethics in the Light of Contemporary Metaethical Theory: An Analysis and Interpretation of his Account of the Nature of Moral Judgments. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan, advisor C. L. Stevenson. University of Rochester (DAP 74-00).
Lachs, John. A Critical Examination of Santayana's Philosophy of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor Wilfrid Sellars. Vanderbilt University (DAP 74-00).
Lee, Donald Soule. Creativity and Control in the Scientific Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Tulane University (DAP 74-00).
Mayeroff, Milton. John Dewey's Concept of the Unification of the Self: An Exposition and Critique. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor R. D. Cumming. State University of New York College at Cortland (DAP 74).
Painter, Jack Whitfield. A Semiotic Approach to Some Problems and Theories in the Interpretation of Metaphors. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University.
Reilly, William Francis, Jr. The Pragmatism of William James as a Religious Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor J. Q. Lauer. Manhattan College (DAP 74).
Ross, Stephen David. The Philosophy of Experience: An Analysis of the Concept of Experience in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor Justus Buchler. State University of New York at Binghamton (DAP 74-00).
Roth, Robert Joseph. The Conditions for Self-Realization in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Fordham University (DAP 74-00).
Rouner, Leroy S. Idealism, Christianity, and a World Faith: William Ernest Hocking's View of Christianity and its Relation to Non-Christian Religions. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Boston University (DAP 98-00).
Sanchez, Ray. John Dewey, Jean-Paul Sartre and the Modern Metaphysics of Value. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.
Segal, Sol. Science and Values: A Comparative Study of the Relations between Science and Values, particularly Ethical Values, in the Writings of John Dewey and Frederick Engels. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University.
Shermis, Sherwin Samuel. John Dewey's Social and Political Philosophy: Its Implications for Social Studies Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas.
Smyth, Richard Andrew. Kant's Theory of Reference. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (DAP 74-00).
Yamamoto, Seisaku. The Philosophy of Pure Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University.
1960
Bails, Jerry Gwin. A Study of the Functional Relationships between Logic and Pragmatics in Polemic Discourse. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Baird, Ronald James. The Application of John Dewey's Philosophy to Industrial Arts Teacher Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, Michigan State University.
Bednar, Charles S. John Dewey's Rationale for a Democratic Society. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Columbia University.
Boler, John Francis. The Structure of Realism in the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Washington (DAP 74-00).
Brent, Joseph Lancaster, Jr. A Study of the Life of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, History Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.
Brinkley, Alan Burruss. The Phenomenology of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Tulane University, advisor James Feibleman.
Carloye, Jack Cloyd. Reason as a Natural Function in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois, advisor H. M. Tiebout. Washington State University (DAP 74).
Dang van Toan, F. Ferdinand. Education sociale d'apres Platon et J. Dewey. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., Université Laval, Canada.
Donoso, Anton Edward. The Relationship Between Common Sense and Science According to John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. University of Detroit (DAP 74).
Dougherty, Jude P. Recent American Naturalism: A Critique. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor J. K. Ryan. Catholic University of America (DAP 74-00).
Hausman, Carl Ransdell. Creativity in Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University. Pennsylvania State University (DAP 74-00).
Hocutt, Max Oliver. The Logical Foundations of Peirce's Theory of Values. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. University of Alabama (1965- ).
Koller, Alice Ruth. The Concept of Emotion: A Study of the Analyses of James, Russell, and Ryle. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Radcliffe College. East Carolina University (DAP 74).
Maue, James Brooks. Value and Obligation: An Integration of the Theories of Ralph Barton Perry, C. I. Lewis, DeWitt Parker, and Charles L. Stevenson. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. California State University, Long Beach (1961-1983, retired in 1983, DAP 00).
Oswalt, Howard Crane. Process and Product in Art and Education with special emphasis on the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.
Turner, William Stephen, III. A Logical and Epistemological Critique of Contemporary Nominalism with regard to the Problem of Universals. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Emory University, advisor Richard Hocking.
Yonemori, Yuji. Dewey's Theory of Language and Meaning: Its Philosophical and Educational Implications. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Zweig, Arnulf. Theories of Real Definition: A Study of the Views of Aristotle, C. I. Lewis, and Wittgenstein. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Stanford University, advisor Donald Davidson. University of Oregon (DAP 74-00).
1959
Albright, Gary Lewis. The Concept of Perspective in George Herbert Mead and Jose y Ortega y Gasset. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. San Jose State University (DAP 74-00).
Amioka, Shiro. A Study of John Dewey's Theory of Value and Its Implications for Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Blewett, John Edward. The Origins and Early Mutations of John Dewey's Ethical Theory (1884-1904). Dissertation, Education Dept., Saint Louis University.
Burke, Richard John, Jr. George Herbert Mead and Harry Stack Sullivan: A Study in the Relations between Philosophy and Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Manley Thompson. Oakland University (DAP 74-00).
Burr, John Roy. Three Dimensions of Philosophic Intelligence: Private, Public and Visional in the Philosophies of Werner Fite, John Dewey, and George Santayana. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor John H. Randall, Jr. University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (DAP 74-00).
Chambliss, Joseph J. The Development of Bode's Pragmatism and its Influence on his Philosophy of Education. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois. Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education.
Haney, John Clifford, Jr. A Critical Comparison of the Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and George Albert Coe. Dissertation, School of Theology, Boston University.
Martland, Thomas Rodolphe. Some Evidence for Congruent Ontology in Religion and Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Albany (DAP 98-00).
McDermott, John Joseph. Experience is Pedagogical: The Genesis and Essence of the American Nineteenth Century Notion of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74), Texas A&M University (DAP 98-00).
Reilly, Francis Eagan. The Method of the Sciences According to Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Saint Louis University, advisor James Collins.
Rieman, Timothy Wayne. A Comparative Study of the Understanding of Man in the Writings of Reinhold Niebuhr and John Dewey and Some Implications for Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.
Ruhlen, Ralph Lester. The Relationship of the Economic Order to the Moral Ideal in the Thought of Maritain, Brunner, Dewey, and Temple. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University, advisor P. A. Bertocci. Baker University (DAP 74).
Sweigart, John Winfield, Jr. The Epistemological Status of Ethical Statements for David Hume and C. I. Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania, advisor Elizabeth Flower. Madison College (DAP 74).
Yu, Yung Juin. A Critical Examination of Dewey's Views on Human Nature, Human Behavior, and Morality. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1958
Beauchamp, William Theodore. Peirce's Conception of the Symbolic Process: An Interpretation for Instructors in College Freshman Composition and Communication. Dissertation, English Dept., Columbia University.
Bernstein, Richard Jacob. John Dewey's Metaphysics of Experience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University, advisor John E. Smith. Haverford College (DAP 74), New School for Social Research (DAP 98-00).
Browning, Grayson Douglas. Judgment and Motivation in Contemporary Intuitionist Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. University of Miami, Coral Gables (1958-68), University of Texas at Austin (1968-1999).
Du Bose, Louisa Shannon. The Concept of Possibility in C. I. Lewis' Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-00).
Eames, Samuel Morris. Some Methodological Problems in John Dewey's Theory of Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago, advisor Charles Morris. Southern Illinois University (DAP 74).
Estrada, Josefa Presbitero. A Critical Comparison of the Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and William Heard Kilpatrick. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Kansas.
Gebre-Hiwet, Mengesha. Contrasting Philosophies of Education: Nunn and Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Goodwin, Robert Peter. The Metaphysical Pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University, advisor Rudolf Allers. Bowling Green State University (DAP 74-98).
McCormack, Eric David. Frederick Matthias Alexander and John Dewey: A Neglected Influence. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto, advisor Thomas Goudge.
Rich, John Martin. Aspects of the Social Philosophies of John Dewey and Reinhold Niebuhr As They Relate to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Robin, Richard Shale. Critical Common-Sensism: A Study in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Connecticut (1958-62), Mount Holyoke College (1962-97).
Rosenstock, Gershon George. Trendelenburg's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisor John H. Randall, Jr.
Suits, Bernard Herbert. The Aesthetic Object in Santayana and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Waterloo (DAP 74).
Uemura, Joseph Norio. A Critique of the Case for Small Community. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Hamline University (DAP 98-00).
Wheeler, Arthur Murray. The Concept of Rationality in the Ethics and Value Theory of Clarence Irving Lewis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin. Kent State University (DAP 74).
Workman, Rollin Wallace. A Comparison of the Theories of Meaning of John Dewey and Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophers with some attention to that of F. C. S. Schiller. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Cincinnati (1958-1988, DAP 74-00).
1957
Davenport, Manuel Manson. A Critical Study of the Value and Ethical Theory of C. I. Lewis Made by Reference to Current Psychological Theories of Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado State University, Texas A&M University (1967-2000, deceased 31 August 2000).
Faruki, Mohamed Zudhi Taji. The Universal Categories of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University.
Feldstein, Leonard Charles. The Norms of Science: An Evaluation of the Views of Meyerson, Duhem and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Ernest Nagel, Alfred Hofstadter, John Cooley. Fordham University (DAP 74).
Fontinell, Eugene. The Participation Theory of Being in Josiah Royce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University, advisor Robert Pollock. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).
Francisco, Felix Junior. The Concepts of Instinct, Habit, and Mind in the Educational Philosophies of William James and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Missouri, Columbia.
Goran, Morris Herbert. The Nature of Science for Dewey and Einstein and Certain Educational Implications of These Views. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.
Levi, Isaac. Positivism and Realism in the Epistemology of Moritz Schlick. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University, advisors Ernest Nagel, Alfred Hofstadter, John Cooley. Western Reserve University (1957-1967), Case Western Reserve University (1967-70), Columbia University (1970- ).
Mannheim, Betty Friedmann. An Investigation on the Interrelationships of Reference Groups, Membership Groups and the Self Image: A Test of the Cooley-Mead Theory of the Self. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Panush, Irving. An Analysis of C. I. Lewis' General Theory of Value and Obligation as It Relates to Esthetics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Macomb County Community College (DAP 74), No affiliation (DAP 00).
Rucker, Egbert Darnell. Corporate Reform and Economic Reality: A Critical Study of Elijah Jordan's Social Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Colorado College (DAP 62-68), Skidmore College (DAP 70-90).
Stroh, Guy Weston. An Analysis of Santayana's Ontology and Epistemology in the Light of His Distinction between Essence and Existence. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor L. Wood. Rider University (1956- ).
Swimmer, George Gershon. A Comparison of the Intellectual Development of John Dewey and William H. Kilpatrick with Implications for Differences in Their Educational Theories. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.
Titus, James Emerson. Studies in American Liberalism of the 1930's: John Dewey, Benjamin Cardozo and Thurman Arnold. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1956
Belth, Marc. The Concept of Democracy in Dewey's Theory of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.
Brodhead, Brickley Burns. A Comparison of the Ethics of John Dewey and Frederick Nietzsche. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University.
Frye, Robert Edward. Pragmatism in Recent Non-Pragmatic Systems: Santayana, Bergson, Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Indiana University. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis (DAP 74-00).
Guth, Hans Paul Hermann. Threat as the Basis of Beauty: Pragmatist Elements in the Aesthetics of Richards, Dewey, and Burke. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Michigan.
Levitt, Morton. Freud and Dewey: A Comparative Study of Their Psychological Systems. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Michigan.
McGee, Charles Douglas. C. I. Lewis' Theory of Sense Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Bowdoin College (DAP 74).
McNitt, Harold Austin. John Dewey's Democratic Liberalism: Its Philosophical Foundations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.
Morgenbesser, Sidney. Theories and Schemata in the Social Sciences. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Columbia University (DAP 74-00).
Rorty, Richard McKay. The Concept of Potentiality. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. University of Virginia (DAP 98), Stanford University (1998- ).
Scott, Frederick Joseph Down. The Pragmatism of Maurice Blondel: The Problem of Knowledge in the Perspective of Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Georgetown University. California State University, San Jose (DAP 74).
Sleeper, Ralph William. Metaphysics and the Value Theories of Urban, Dewey, and Perry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-94).
Tamme, Anne Mary. A Critique of John Dewey's Theory of Fine Art in the Light of the Principles of Thomism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America, advisor Charles Hart.
Tejera, Victorino. Philosophy and the Art of Poetry: A Survey of Some Contemporary Relations among Poetic Criticism, Philosophy, and Poetry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74-00).
1955
Alamshah, William H. John Dewey's Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. California State University, Fullerton (DAP 74).
Blankenship, Earl Scott. Some Implications of Dewey's Theory of Knowledge for the Study of Economics. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Buchcik, Anthony A. The Concept of Morals in the Philosophies of St. Augustine and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Bunker, Robert Manson. The Idea of Failure in Henry Adams, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Mark Twain. Dissertation, English Dept., University of New Mexico.
Haubrich, Vernon F. A Review of John Dewey's Educational Criteria. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Howard, Wendell T. A Critical Study of Peirce's Theory of Perceptual Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. University of Houston (DAP 74).
Kamins, Herbert. Aesthetic Claims: A Criticism of Collingwood's, Lewis's, and Richard's Theories, and an Alternative Analysis of Critical Evaluations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
Keyt, David Alan. C. I. Lewis's Theory of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Washington (DAP 74-00).
Lentz, Oscar H. Pragmatism and Logical Positivism: A Critical Examination of the Logical Foundations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas.
Mathur, Dinesh Chandra. The Significance of "Qualitative Thought" in Dewey's Philosophy of Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York College at Brockport (DAP 74-00).
Parkins, Ivan W. John Dewey: Freedom as Intellectual Participation. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., University of Chicago.
Robischon, Thomas Gregory. Objective Relativism in American Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Sosensky, Irving. John Dewey's Theory of Warranted Assertibility. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Purdue University (DAP 74).
Stryker, Sheldon. Attitude Ascription in Adult Married Offspring-Parent Relationships: A Study of the Implications of the Social Psychology Theory of G. H. Mead. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Minnesota.
1954
Angell, Richard Bradshaw. Designata, Language, and Truth: A Preface to a Pragmatic Rationalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University, 1954. Wayne State University (DAP 74-00).
Fleckenstein, Norbert J. A Critique of John Dewey's Theory of the Nature and the Knowledge of Reality in the Light of the Principles of Thomism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.
Gould, James Adams. The Independent Origin of Pragmatism in France, Germany, and the United States. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan, 1954. University of South Florida (DAP 74).
Gutzke, Manford George. Some Implications for Education in Religion in John Dewey's Conception of Intelligence. Dissertation, Education Dept., Columbia University.
Handy, Rollo Leroy. The Philosophic Critique of Naturalistic Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo. State University of New York at Buffalo (DAP 74).
Hill, Knox C. Philosophic Method and Theory of Art in Croce and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Chicago (DAP 74-00).
Hochberg, Herbert Irving. An Examination of the Philosophy of W. V. Quine. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. University of Minnesota (DAP 74-00).
Huggett, William John. Charles Peirce's Search for a Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. University of Toronto (DAP 74-00).
Kaelin, Eugene Francis. Alain, Aesthetician: An Essay in the Philosophy of Art. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. Florida State University (?-1996) (DAP 74-00).
Kennick, William E. A Methodological Approach to Metaphysics, with Special Reference to the Philosophies of Aristotle, Hume, Dewey, and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
Mothersill, Mary. Lewis and Stevenson: A Critical Comparison of Two Theories of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Radcliffe College.
Murphey, Murray G. The Synechism of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. University of Pennsylvania, History Dept. (1956-2000).
Myers, Gerald Eugene. An Analysis of Propositional Attitudes: A Linguistic Approach. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. Queens College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).
Peterson, Sven Richard. William James: The Formative Years, 1842-1884. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Union College (DAP 74-00).
Reck, Andrew J. Substance and Some Philosophers. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Tulane University (DAP 74-00).
Roelofs, Robert T. William James' Views on Metaphysics: A Study in the Justification of Belief. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Nevada (DAP 74).
Torres, Jose A. Philosophic Reconstruction and Social Reform in John Dewey and Jose Ortega y Gasset. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Wilkinson, John. A Pragmatic Analysis of Communication. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1953
Anderberg, Clifford William. The Impact of Evolution on Dewey's Theory of Knowledge and the Critics of Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin. University of Nebraska (DAP 74).
Boyer, Minor Waller. The Extent of C. I. Lewis' Kantianism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas.
DuChemin, Roderic Clark. Aspects of the Philosophies of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell and Their Relation to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Gardner, James Russell. The Role of Experience and Value in Naturalistic and Personalistic Thought as Represented by the Philosophies of Clarence Irving Lewis and Edgar Sheffield Brightman. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.
Harrington, John Beattie. William James's Theory of Religious Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Lewis and Clark College (DAP 74).
Hunt, Thomas Chapman. A Critical Analysis of John Dewey's Concept of Growth as the Aim of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.
Jaffe, Raymond. The Pragmatic Conception of Justice. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California at Berkeley. Wells College (DAP 74).
Keating, James W. The Function of the Philosopher in American Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America. DePaul University (DAP 74-00).
Kuenzli, Alfred Eugene. Organismic Conceptions of the Educative Process: A Study of the Functional and Configurational Psychologies of John Dewey and Kurt Lewin. Ed.D. Dissertation, Indiana University.
Kunz, Robert M. A Critical Examination of the Radical Empiricism of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., State University of New York at Buffalo.
Lieb, Irwin Chester. Logical Form. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Yale University (1953-59); Connecticutt College (1959-63); University of Texas (1963-81).
Maccia, George S. The Epistemology of Charles Sanders Peirce and its Implications for a Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.
Margolis, Joseph Zalman. The Art of Freedom: An Essay in Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Temple University (DAP 74-00).
McKinney, John Clifford. Systematic Sociological Theory in the United States: An Exposition, Analysis, and Synthesis of the Methodological and Substantive Theories of George H. Mead, Talcott Parsons, and George A. Lundberg. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Michigan State University.
Natanson, Maurice A. George H. Mead: Social Scientist and Philosopher. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., New School for Social Research.
Newbury, Dorothy June. A Theory of Discipline Developed from Dewey's Theory of Growth in Explicit Relationship to His Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.
Robertson, Robert E. The Concept of the Given in New Realism and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Texas. Ball State University (DAP 74).
Schorsch, M. Delores. John Dewey's Philosophy of Education in Relation to Inquiry as Method and Process. Dissertation, Education Dept., Loyola University of Chicago.
Suri, Surindar Singh. The Philosophy of Mind of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University.
Tool, Marcus R. The Philosophy of Neo-Institutionalism: Veblen, Dewey, and Ayres. Dissertation, Economics Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder.
Vingoe, Robert Henry. F. H. Bradley and his Critique of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. Dalhousie University (DAP 74).
1952
Abel, Reuben. The Philosophy of F. C. S. Schiller. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New School for Social Research. New School for Social Research (DAP 74).
Brownlee, Leon Woodrow. John Dewey's Theory of Value and Its Implications for Educational Theory and Practice. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas at Austin.
Butler, Broadus Nathaniel. A Pragmatic Study of Language and Valuation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.
Doan, Frank Mellor. Emergence and Organized Perspectives: A Study in the Philosophy of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. Lakehead University (DAP 74).
Haworth, Lawrence Lindley. The Practical Philosophies of John Dewey and Elijah Jordan. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois. University of Waterloo (DAP 74).
Kennick, William E. A Methodological Approach to Metaphysics, with special reference to the Philosophies of Aristotle, Hume, Dewey, and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. Amherst College (DAP 74).
Kurtz, Paul W. The Problems of Value Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-2001).
Martin, Clyde Vincent. A Comparartive Study of the Concept of Interest in the Educational Philosophies of Johann Friedrich Herbart and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Southern California.
McKenney, John L. The Problem of a Science of Ethics in the Philosophies of John Dewey and Bertrand Russell. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University. Muskingum College (DAP 74).
O'Connor, John Joseph. Dewey's Logical Theory: Some Clarifications and Criticisms. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Robinson, Edgar Stern. John Dewey's Political Thought. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Columbia University.
Rogers, Donald William. Will and Belief in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Scheffler, Israel. On Quotation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Harvard University (DAP 74-00).
Shields, Allan E. An Exposition and Critique of Humanist Voluntarism, the Philosophy of F. C. S. Schiller (1864-1937). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. California State University, San Diego (DAP 74).
Singer, Marcus George. Generalization in Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Thayer, Horace Standish. The Logic of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. City College of CUNY (DAP 74-00).
Walsh, George Vincent. The Concept of the Terminating Judgment in C. I. Lewis's Theory of Empirical Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Eisenhower College (DAP 74).
1951
Baker, Melvin C. A Critical Examination of the Theory of Schooling Underlying John Dewey's Laboratory School, 1896-1904. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Battle, John J. The Metaphysical Presuppositions of the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fribourg University. DePaul University (DAP 74).
Bowman, Andrew Lawrence. Meaning and Nature: George H. Mead's Theory of Objects. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Minogue, William J. D. The Educational Philosophies of John Dewey and Alfred North Whitehead. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Pfuetze, Paul E. The Concept of the 'Social Self' in the Thought of George Herbert Mead and Martin Buber. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Yale University.
Ramsden, Elizabeth G. [Mrs. Elizabeth R. Eames]. A Discussion of the Issues in the Theory of Knowledge Involved in the Controversy between John Dewey and Bertrand Russell. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (DAP 74-00).
Rescher, Nicholas. Leibniz's Cosmology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University, advisor Ledger Wood. University of Pittsburgh (1961- ).
Simons, Leo. The Doctrine of Fallibilism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. University of Cincinnati (DAP 74-00).
Steibel, Gerald Lee. John Dewey's Philosophy of Democracy Applied in a Critique of Classic Liberalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Young, Frederick Harold. The Philosophy of Henry James, Sr. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
1950
Benard, Edmond P. The Problem of Belief in the Writings of John Henry Newman, William James, and St. Thomas Aquinas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.
Drummond, Donald Frasier. An Analysis of the Theories of Criticism of Henry Adams, George Santayana, and John Dewey for Teachers of English. Dissertation, Education Dept., Stanford University.
Jamison, Howard L. The Methodology of Scientific Social Practice: J. S. Mill and John Dewey. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Harvard University.
Kent, William Phelps. The Political Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Neff, Frederick C. A Pragmatic Interpretation of Freedom and Its Meaning for Education: A Study of the Writings of John Dewey and Boyd H. Bode. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.
Madden, Edward H. An Examination of Gestalt Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. State University of New York at Buffalo (DAP 74-00).
Moore, Edward Carter. Metaphysics and Pragmatism in the Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. Indiana-Purdue University at Indianapolis (DAP 74).
O'Grady, Francis Thomas. The Theory of Good in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa.
Owen, David H. A Pattern of Psuedonaturalism: Lynd, Mead, and Farrell. Dissertation, English Dept., University of Iowa.
Savage, Willinda H. The Evolution of John Dewey's Philosophy of Experimentalism as Developed at the University of Michigan. Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Michigan.
Smith, John Edwin. Royce's Social Infinite: The Community of Interpretation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Yale University (DAP 74-00).
Wheeler, James Erskine. Confusions of Romantic Progressive Education with Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Education Dept., Yale University.
1949
Dewey, Robert Eugene. Operationalism as an Epistemological Theory of Meaning. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Nebraska (DAP 74).
Haines, Wesley N. The Function of the Factor of God in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Religion Dept., Harvard University.
Kilbridge, John Thomas. The Concept of Habit in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Chicago.
Nelson, Raymond J. Peirce's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Case Western Reserve (DAP 74).
Oliver, James Willard. Pragmatics and Probabilities. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of South Carolina (DAP 74-00).
Paulien, Gunther Berthold. An Analysis of the Concepts of Objectivity and Subjectivity in the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Texas at Austin.
Winston, Alexander P. The Concept of Human Freedom in Bergson and James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Washington.
Woldstein, Benjamin. Experience and Valuation: A Study in John Dewey's Naturalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Zau, Foo. The Individual and Social Dimensions of John Dewey's Philosophy of Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Colorado at Boulder.
1948
Ackley, Sheldon Carmer. John Dewey's Conception of Shared Experience as Religious. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74).
MacLeod, William John. Some Interrelations Between the Psychology and Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. University of Maine (DAP 74).
Newhall, David Havens. A Phenomenological Analysis of the Structure of the Moral Situation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Princeton University. Portland State University (DAP 98).
Peterfreund, Sheldon Paul. Three Current Theories of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. Syracuse University (DAP 74).
Read, Waldemer P. John Dewey's Conception of Intelligent Social Action. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Utah (DAP 74).
Schlaretzski, Walter E. The Idea of Community in Royce, Peirce, and Mead. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., Cornell University.
Sternfeld, Robert. Contemporary Philosophies of Experience: Philosophic Method in Dewey, Bradley, and Husserl. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 74).
Welsh, Paul. Dewey's Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. Duke University (DAP 74-00).
1947
Brodbeck, May Selznick. A Critical Examination of John Dewey's Logic: The Theory of Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa. University of Minnesota (DAP 74).
Browning, Robert Willard. Reason in Ethics and Morals: With Special Reference to the Contributions of Hume and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley. Northwestern University (DAP 74).
Davenport, Frances L. The Education of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.
Gilmore, Rueben Eugene. Recent and Contemporary Naturalism as Expressed in the Philosophies of Herbert Spencer and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
1946
Young, Warren Cameron. Nature and Naturalism in the Thought of Frederick J. E. Woodbridge and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University. Northern Baptist Theological Seminary (DAP 74).
1945
Brady, Mary L. John Dewey -- Philosophy as a Methodology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University. College of Mount Saint Vincent (DAP 74).
Leslie, Charles Whitney. The Religious Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Mack, Robert D. The Appeal to Immediate Experience: Philosophic Method in Bradley, Whitehead and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
1944
Browne, Samuel Stanhope Stryker. The Moral and the Right. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Cincinnati (DAP 74).
Connor, Alice Mary. A Comparative Study of the Social Theories of Education of Otto Willmann and John Dewey. Ed.D. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Myers, Francis Milton. Conflicting Philosophies of Democracy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Robinson, Joseph Augustine. A Comparison of the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey with that of Scholasticism. Dissertation, Education Dept., Boston University.
1943
Peel, James Claudius. A Comparative Study of the Educational Theories of Lester F. Ward and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Sibley, William M. An Examination of Dewey's Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. University of Manitoba (DAP 74).
White, Morton G. The Origin of Dewey's Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
1942
Carlin, Joseph E. A Comparative Study of the Educational and Related Theories of Professor John Dewey and Professor William Hocking. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Dillick, Sidney. The Political Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto.
Gill, Clayton Harold. Dewey's Theory of Valuation and Its Bearing on Educational Aims. Dissertation, Education Dept., Northwestern University.
Holmes, Eugene C. Social Philosophy and the Social Mind: A Study of the Genetic Methods of J. M. Baldwin, G. H. Mead and J. E. Boodin. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Kaplan, Abraham. The Language of Value: A Study in Pragmatics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.
Mills, C. Wright. A Sociological Account of Some Aspects of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Sociology Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Ouyang, Tze-hsiang. John Dewey's Concept of Experience in Its Relations to Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Toronto.
Schipper, Gerrit. The Empirical Naturalism of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Miami (DAP 74).
Taylor, John E. An Essay on the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Ottawa.
Thompson, Manley Hawn, Jr. The Pragmatic Philosophy of C. S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Chicago (DAP 74).
Watson, Sarah Martha. James's Pragmatism and its Relations to Fascism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Ohio State University.
1941
Burks, Arthur Walter. The Logical Foundations of the Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan. University of Michigan (DAP 74-98).
Goldner, Sanford. The Language of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Los Angeles.
Gondin, William R. Prefaces to Inquiry: A Study in the Origins and Relevance of Modern Theories of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Smith, John Milton. A Comparison and Criticism of the Educational Philosophies of Plato and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., University of Iowa.
Zink, Sidney. A Critique of the Ethical Theory of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Cincinnati.
1940
Chin Lee, Grace. Social Individualism: A Systematic Treatment of the Metaphysics of George Herbert Mead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College.
Fosnot, Pearl Beatrice. Tradition and Change in John Dewey's Social Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Gallagher, Eugene R. Two Interpretations of the State and Government: The Pragmatic Skepticism of Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Contrasted with the Natural Law Philosophy of Mr. Justice James Wilson. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Fordham University.
Kessler, Hubert. Basic Factors in the Growth of Mind and Self: Analysis and Reconstruction of G. H. Mead's Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.
Long, Marcus. The Relation Between the Logical Theories of Lotze, Bosanquet and Dewey: A Study in the Morphology of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto.
Murphy, Frances Harder. The Place of Moral Responsibility in the Philosophies of Whitehead and Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University.
Ross, Ralph G. Scepticism and Dogma: A Study in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Scripps College of Claremont (DAP 74-00).
1939
Buchler, Justus. Charles Peirce's Empiricism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Columbia University (DAP 62-70); State University of New York at Stony Brook (DAP 72-80).
Flower, Elizabeth. The Changes and their Causes in the Editions of Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania (DAP 74-96).
George, Samuel S. The Influence of Pragmatism upon American Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Temple University.
Hahn, Lewis Edwin. A Contextualistic Theory of Sense Perception. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley. Southern Illinois University (DAP 74-00).
Lavine, Thelma Z. The Naturalistic Approach to Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Radcliffe College. George Mason University (DAP 74-00).
Pascual, Ricardo R. A Logical Analysis of Fictionalism with respect to the Theory of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Bradley University (DAP 74).
Schoenchen, Gustav G. Eduard Burger and John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
1938
Ely, Stephen Lee. The Conception of God as Developed by Contemporary American Philosophers. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Ensley, Francis G. The Naturalistic Interpretation of Religion by John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Gettys, Joseph Miller. The Philosophy of Life Contained in the Fourth Gospel Compared with the Philosophies of Plato and Dewey. Dissertation, Religion Dept., New York University.
Hill, Walker Hawes. Peirce and Dewey and the Spectator Theory of Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Moore, John Morrison. Theories of Religious Experience; with special reference to James, Otto and Bergson. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Hamilton College (WWIP); Swarthmore College (DAP 62-74).
Stearns, Isabel Scribner. The Nature of the Individual. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Bryn Mawr College. Bryn Mawr (DAP 74).
Thomas, Bonaventure. Deweyism in the Light of Catholic Thought. Dissertation, Theology School, Niagara University.
White, Stephen Solomon. A Comparison of the Philosophies of F. C. S. Schiller and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Olivet Nazarene College (DAP 62-68).
1937
Brewster, John M. A Behavioristic Account of the Logical Function of Universals. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Dhami, Sadhu S. The Philosophy of John Dewey: Its Bearing on India. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Dommeyer, Frederick C. Four Pragmatic Theories of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University. California State University, San Jose (DAP 74).
Erickson, Ralph W. The Concept of Consciousness Since William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Minnesota.
Freeman, Eugene. The Categories of Charles Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. California State University, San Jose (DAP 74).
Goudge, Thomas Anderson. The Theory of Knowledge in Charles S. Peirce. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Toronto. University of Toronto (WWIP; DAP 74).
Lemon, Frank M. Recent American Humanism: An Exposition. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., American University.
Ragusa, Thomas J. The Substance Theory of Mind and Contemporary Functionalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Catholic University of America.
Weinberg, Carlton B. Mach's Empirio-Pragmatism in Physical Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Will, Frederick L. Formal and Material Truth: A Criticism of Idealistic Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Illinois (DAP 74).
1936
Axtelle, George E. The Implications of the Philosophy of Experimentalism for Education. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of California, Berkeley. Southern Illinois University (DAP 74).
Brown, James G. The Evolutionary Concept in John Dewey's Philosophy and Its Implications for Religious Education. Dissertation, Education Dept., Yale University.
Butterfield, Victor Lloyd. The Ethical Theory of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Lapan, Arthur. The Significance of James' Essay ["Does 'Consciousness' Exist?"]. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Meiklejohn, Donald Waldron. The Relation between Ethical and Intellectual Judgments in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Syracuse University (DAP 74).
Rothman, Robert. The Place of Knowledge in Valuation (A Comparative Study of John Dewey's Philosophy of Value). Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.
Trask, Ida M. The Development of William James's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California.
1935
Feuer, Lewis Samuel. The Philosophical Analysis of Space and Time. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of California, Berkeley (DAP 62-66); Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto (DAP 68).
Fink, Joseph L. A Critique of the Philosophy of Pragmatism in the Light of Scholastic Philosophy, With Special Reference to the Nature of Truth. Dissertation, Theology School, Niagara University.
Richey, Homer. Die Überwindung der Subjektivität in der Empirischen Philosophie Diltheys und Deweys. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Göttingen.
Sanders, William Joseph. The Evidence of the Hegelian Dialectic in the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Yale University.
1934
Adams, Eugene Taylor. The Epistemology of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Campbell, Douglas W. Pragmatic Reconstruction in American Political Theory. Dissertation, Political Science Dept., Princeton University.
Dykhuizen, George. The Conception of God in the Philosophy of Josiah Royce: A Critical Exposition of its Epistemological and Metaphysical Development. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Vermont (DAP 74).
Edel, Abraham. Aristotle's Theory of the Infinite. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. City College of City University of New York (1931-73, retired 1973); University of Pennsylvania (1973- , as Research Professor of Philosophy).
Fries, Horace S. The Development of Dewey's Utilitarianism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Fuller, John J. A Pragmatic Approach to the Appraisal of Teaching. Dissertation, Education Dept., Ohio State University.
Fulton, James Street. Five Theories of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
McClintock, James Alfred. The Pragmatic Spirit in Modern English and American Theism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Drew University.
Morris, Bertram. An Analysis of the Aesthetic Experience and of the Aesthetic Judgment as Reflecting upon a General Theory of Values. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Colorado (DAP 74).
Trageser, Gertrude A. Criticism of John Dewey's Quest for Certainty. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Fordham University.
Tseng, Tso C. Nationalism and Pragmatism in Modern Education with Special Application to Post-Revolutionary Chinese Thought. Dissertation, University of Washington.
Wu, Shu-Pan. Implications of the Philosophy of Experimentalism for Higher Education, with Special Reference to Methods of Teaching. Dissertation, Ohio State University.
1933
Bogholt, Carl M. John Dewey's Views on Philosophic Method in His Early Writings, 1882-1903. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin. University of Wisconsin (DAP 74).
Coons, John Warren. The Concept of Control in John Dewey's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa.
Dunham, Albert Millard. The Concept of Tension in Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Ellis, Matt Locke. John Dewey's Theory of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University. Hendrix College (DAP 74).
Provine, Robert Calhoun. The Voluntarism of William James: An Historical and Critical Study. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Brown University.
White, Carl Milton. Meaning and Instrumentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
1932
Feldman, William Taft. The Fundamental Motivation in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University.
Miller, David L. Emergent Evolution and the Scientific Method. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Texas (DAP 74).
Quine, Willard Van Orman. The Logic of Sequences: A Generalization of Principia Mathematica. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Harvard University (1936-1978, retired in 1978, deceased 25 December 2000, WWIP, DAP 62-00).
Ramsdell, Edward Thomas. Pragmatic Elements in the Epistemology of Borden P. Bowne. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Theodore, Samuel Joseph. The Idea of God in Recent Pluralism, with Special Reference to John McTaggart, William James, and James Ward. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Wen, Lien Chung. The Conception of Culture with Special Reference to the Educational Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Ohio State University.
1931
Childs, John Lawrence. Education and the Philosophy of Experimentalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Columbia Teachers College (DAP 74).
Geiger, George Raymond. The Philosophy of Henry George. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Antioch College (DAP 74-98).
Kearney, Chester Milton. Two Neglected Aspects of the Truth Situation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Newhall, Jannette Elthina. The Influence of William James on George Wobbermin's Psychology and Philosophy of Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Reeder, Paul A. The Instrumental Theory of Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Syracuse University. Los Angeles City College (DAP 74).
Watson, Genevieve Margaret. The Educational Philosophy of Froebel and Dewey Compared and Evaluated. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Wiener, Philip P. Experimentalism: An Historical and Critical Analysis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Southern California. City College, City University of New York.
1930
Crissman, Paul. The Moral Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Northwestern University.
Fisch, Max Harold. Stoicism and Roman Law. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University. University of Illinois (DAP 74).
Huebsch, Arthur. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Dewey: A Comparative Study and a Critical Estimate of Their Philosophies and Their Educational and Related Theories and Practices. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Lee, Harold Newton. Perception and Aesthetic Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. Tulane University (DAP 74).
Lee, Otis Hamilton. The Unknowable as a Metaphysical Concept. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Leys, Wayne Albert Risser. Needs and Values in Religion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Pape, Leslie Manock. The Naturalistic Ethics of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Pell, Orlie Anna Haggerty. Value Theory and Criticism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Ratner, Joseph. Spinoza on God. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
1929
Bisbee, Eleanor. Instrumentalism in Plato's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Cincinnati.
Bogoslovsky, Boris Basil. The Technique of Controversy: Principles of Dynamic Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Dickinson, Frank. Dualism and Functionalism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Han, Yu-Shan. The Meaning of Experience in the Philosophy of John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
O'Hara, James Henry. The Limitations of the Educational Theory of John Dewey. Dissertation, Education Dept., Catholic University of America.
Sprinkle, Henry Call. Concerning the Philosophical Defensibility of a Limited Indeterminism: An Enquiry based on a Critical Study of the Indeterministic Theories of James, Renouvier, Boutroux, Eddington, Bergson and Whitehead. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Tzu, Lien Chao. The Problem of Subjectivity and Objectivity in Moral Judgment as Treated in Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1928
Baum, Maurice James. A Comparative Study of the Philosophies of William James and John Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Kent State University (DAP 74).
DeLarge, Percy Lee. Empirical Method in Science and Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Humphries, John W. The Educational Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, University of Cincinnati.
Kennedy, Gail. The Psychological Empiricism of John Stuart Mill. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Lafferty, Theodore Thomas. The Logical and Epistemological Implications of the Theory of Perspectives. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Le Breton, Maurice. La Personnalité de William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Bourdeaux.
Lynch, Jarman. Perspectives in Relation to Activity as Substance. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Roe, Chungil Yhan. The True Function of Education in Social Adjustment: A Comparative Estimate and Criticism of the Educational Teachings of Confucius and the Philosophy of John Dewey with a View to Evolving a Project for a System of National Education Which Will Meet the Needs of Korea. Dissertation, University of Nebraska.
1927
Hook, Sidney. The Metaphysics of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. New York University (DAP 74).
Long, Wilbur Harry. The Philosophy of Charles Renouvier and its Influence on William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University. University of Southern California (DAP 74).
Rosenberger, Harry Emerson. William James's Philosophy of Will. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., New York University.
Takahashi, Takeicki. The Symptomatic Function and Value of Synthetic Moral Judgment. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1926
Doner, Ralph Douglas. The Determination of Peirce and Sheffers Algebras of Order Eight. Dissertation, Mathematics Dept., University of Illinois.
Horton, Walter Marshall. The Philosophy of Abbe Bautain. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Rothman, Walter. Josiah Royces versuch einer Synthese von Pragmatismus und Objektivität. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Jena.
Roy, Dhirendra Nath. The Historical Sources of the Pragmatic Theory of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Iowa.
Wild, John Daniel. The Science and Metaphysics of Symbolism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1925
GrÜnewald, Max. Simmels Philosophie mit Besonderer BerÜcksichtigung ihrer Beziehungen zum Pragmatismus. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Breslau, Germany.
Halbert, Anna Evelyna. The Problem of Self-Activity in Modern Educational Theory, with Special Reference to Rousseau, Harris, Dewey, and Montessori. Dissertation, Education Dept., New York University.
Liu, Kwok Chiu. The Problem of Meaning in Contemporary American and British Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
Morris, Charles William. Symbolism and Reality: A Study in the Nature of Mind. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Chicago (WWIP); University of Florida (DAP 74).
Piatt, Donald Ayres. Mind and Nature. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Texas (1926-1931); University of California, Los Angeles (1931-1967).
1924
Arrowood, Charles Flinn. The Place of Reflective Thinking in the Development and Maintenance of Moral Values. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Bixler, Julius Seelye. Religion in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Hammond, Albert Larphier. Anti-Intellectualism in Present Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Johns Hopkins University.
1923
Brotherstone, Bruce Wallace. Moral Evil and the Social Conscience. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Burke, Armand J. The Significance of Adjustment in Aesthetics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Locke, John Goodwin. The Social Genesis and Character of Universals. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Mahan, Walter Basil. The Relation of the Right to the Good in Recent Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. Southern Methodist University (DAP 74).
1922
McNutt, Walter S. Is the Pragmatic Theory of Knowledge Compatible with Serious Religious Faith? Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Cincinnati.
Mitchell, Edwin Thomas. Modern Theories of the Nature and Function of Ideals. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago. University of Texas (WWIP).
1921
Copeland, Edith Ayres. Some Ethical Aspects of Logical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Ten Hoor, Marten. A Critical Estimate of the Philosophy of George Santayana. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Michigan.
1920
Hobbs, Ewart William. Two Conceptions of Individuality. An Examination into the Theories of Josiah Royce and William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., George Washington University.
Schneider, Herbert Wallace. Science and Social Progress: A Philosophical Introduction to Moral Science. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University. Columbia University (WWIP; DAP 62-74)
1919
Boardman, Rufus Norman. The Significance of Meaning in Pragmatism and Neo-Realism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1918
Locke, Alain LeRoy. The Problem of Classification in the Theory of Value. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Simon, Paul. Der Pragmatismus in der Modernen Franzoesischen Philosophie. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Freiburg University.
1917
Ayres, Clarence Edwin. The Nature of the Relationship Between Ethics and Economics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Crane, Esther. The Place of Hypothesis in Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Durant, William James. Philosophy and the Social Problem. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Kantor, Jacob Robert. The Functional Nature of the Philosophical Categories. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Scales, Albert Louis. William James and John Dewey: An Interpretive and Critical Study. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
1916
Connor, Walter Thomas. Pragmatism and Theology. Dissertation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Geiger, Joseph Roy. Some Religious Implications of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Howard, Delton Thomas. John Dewey's Logical Theory. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
Sabin, Ethel Ernestine. William James and Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.
1915
Reisner, Edward Hartman. Religious Values and Intellectual Consistency. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Sen Gupta, Narendra Nath. Anti-Intellectualism: A Study in Contemporary Epistemology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Shepherd, Queen Lois. Some Recent Conceptions of Consciousness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.
1914
Faris, Ellsworth. The Psychology of Punishment. Dissertation, University of Chicago.
Geyer, Denton Loring. The Pragmatic Theory of Truth as Developed by Peirce, James and Dewey. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Illinois.
1913
Patterson, Herbert Parsons. An Extension of the "Pure Experience" Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Yale University.
Thomas, George Brown. The Religious Aspect of Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Witter, Charles Edgar. Pragmatic Elements in Kant's Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1912
Parker, Willis Allen. Pluralism and Irrationalism in the Philosophy of William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
1911
Otto, Max Carl. Some Logical Implications of Causation. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Wisconsin.
1910
Goodsell, Willystine. The Conflict of Naturalism and Humanism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Henke, Frederick. A Study in the Psychology of Ritualism. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Chicago.
Kells, Lucas Carlisle. Typical Methods of Thinking in Science and Philosophy. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Lewis, Clarence Irving. The Place of Intuition in Knowledge. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Robins, Sidney Swaim. Hegel's Pragmatism. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
1909
Cooley, William Forbes. The Individual: A Metaphysical Inquiry. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
Macintosh, Douglas Clyde. The Reaction Against Metaphysics in Theology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Talbert, Earnest L. Dualism of Fact and Idea in its Social Implication. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1908
Caldwell, Morley Albert. Does Pragmatism Involve Indeterminism? Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Kallen, Horace Meyer. Notes on the Nature of Truth. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Morris, Bertram Jasper. Pragmatism and Its Limitations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
Sanborn, Herbert Charles. Über die Identität der Person bei William James. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Munich, Germany.
Strong, Anna L. The Consideration of Prayer from the Standpoint of Social Psychology. Dissertation, Psychology Dept., University of Chicago.
1907
Castro, Matilde. The Respective Standpoints of Psychology and Logic. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Elkus, Savilla Alice. The Concept of Control. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Columbia University.
1906
Wright, William K. The Ethical Significance of Pleasure, Feeling, and Happiness in Modern Neo-Hedonistic Systems. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1905
Chadwick, Cabell Wright. The Theology of James. Dissertation, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Shenk, William Washington. Pragmatism in Its Philosophical and Theoogical Relations. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Boston University.
1904
Adams, Elizabeth Kemper. The Aesthetic Experience: Its Meaning in a Functional Psychology. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
King, Irving. The Differentiation of the Religious Consciousness. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Miller, Irving Edgar. The Significance of the Mathematical Element in the Philosophy of Plato. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1901
Ashley, Myron Lucius. The Origin, Structure, and Function of the Hypothesis. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1900
Bawden, Henry Heath. The Theory of the Criterion. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Bode, Boyd H. The Principle of gratia gratum faciens in the Ethics of Thomas Aquinas. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Cornell University.
1899
Boodin, John Elof. A Theory of Time. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., Harvard University.
Stuart, Henry Waldgrave. Valuation and Standards of Value in Ethical and Economic Conduct. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1898
Moore, Addison Webster. The Functional versus the Representational Theories of Knowledge in Locke's Essay. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
Rogers, Arthur Kenyon. The Parallelism of Mind and Body from the Standpoint of Metaphysics. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1897
McLennan, Simon Fraser. The Impersonal Judgment: Its Nature, Origin, and Significance. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.
1895
Ames, Edward Scribner. Modern Agnosticism: An Historical and Critical Study. Dissertation, Philosophy Dept., University of Chicago.