Philosophy students’ thesis research contributes to the diversity of research topics and interests represented in the Philosophy Department. In recent years, students wrote theses on the following topics: just war theory, divine command theory, semantic skepticism, theories of quotation in the philosophy of language, genes and natural kinds, virtue and responses to climate change, second-person standpoint in ethics, perspectival realism in science, the principle of non-contradiction in Aristotle, pragmatic encroachment, Samaritan duties and political obligation, theory of sexual consent, and functionalism in Aristotle’s theory of mind.
The Philosophy Department supports student research in several ways:
- The department requires all students to take a two-semester sequence of seminars on philosophical writing and methodology.
- Thesis directors work closely with the students from the conception of thesis topics to the end.
- All faculty members are willing to help every aspect of research done by M.A. students.