Job Placement

The list below shows dissertations written, dissertation chair, first post Ph.D. appointment, and present appointment for all Ph.D., since 1991-92.

2007-08

The Apotheosis of a Human Ideal: Hegel's Conception of the Absolute. Chair: Eric Watkins. 1st Position: Occidental College

Thresholds and the Good: A Program of Political Evaluation. Chair: Richard Arneson 1st position: University of Alberta

2006-07

Truth and Cognition. Chair: William Bechtel. 1st Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis

Scribbledehobble: A Dissertation on Lingistic Agency. Chair:
Wayne Martin. 1st position: Cal. State Long Beach

Perfectionism, Value pluralism and the Human Good. Chair: David Brink and Richard Arneson. 1st Position: ?

2005-06

Connecting Models to the Real World: Game Theory in Action. Chair: Nancy Cartwright. 1st appointment: Postdoctoral Fellow, Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis

Beyond Structural Realism. Chair: Craig Callender 1st appointment: University of Minnesota, Duluth, TT

The Metaphysics of Morality: A Dispositionalist Account. Chair: David Brink 1st appointment: Southern Methodist University, TT.

2004-05

Mental Content: Husserl's Logical Investigations. Chair: Wayne Martin 1st appointment: Western Oregon University, TT.

Dionysian Positivism; Science and Culture in Nietzsche's Middle Period. Chair: Donald Rutherford. 1st appointment: University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Hegel's Normative Economics: Work, Freedom and Community. Chair: Michael Hardimon 1st appointment: Occidental College, TT.

2003-04

"Descartes' Naturalistic Rationalism." Chair: Donald Rutherford
1st Postion: University of S. Carolina, Tenure track
Current appointment: same

"Undetermination and the Claims of Science." Chair: Paul Churchland
1st Position: Bowdoin College
Current appointment: SUNY, Albany, Tenure Track

2001-02

"Visual Representations and Scientific Knowledge." Chair: Sandra Mitchell.
1st appointment: Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Current appointment: same

"Explanation, Truth, and Politics: The Medical Management of Intersex Conditions." Chair: Gerald Doppelt
No information available.

2000-01

"A Theoretical and Methodological Look at Human Causal Induction." Chair: Clark Glymour
Current apointment: Asst. Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

"Kant's Conception of Autocracy in his Theory of Virtue." Chair: Henry Allison
1st appointment: Asst. Professor Tenure Track, Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic and State U., Blacksburg, Va.
Current appointment: same

"The Explanation of Necessity in Cognitive Science." Chair: Patricia Kitcher
Non-academic, computing, Carnegie Mellon University

"Ethics and Eugenics: Reproductive Decision Making in light of Information provided by Contemporary Biological Science and Technology." Chair: Philip Kitcher
1st appointment: Post-doc., Division of Bioethics, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Current appointment: same

"Natural Ethical Facts: Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition," Chair: Paul M. Churchland
1st position: Assistant professor, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs.
Current appointment: same

1999-00

"Liberalism, Group Rights and Race." Chair: Gerald Doppelt
1st appointment: Asst. Prof., San Diego State University, Philosophy, Tenure Track
Current appointment: same

"Kant and the Principles of Perception." Chair: Henry Allison
Lecturer, Ohio
1st appointment: New Mexico State University, Visiting assistant professor
Current appointment: no information

"Domain Integration: A Theory of Progress in the Life Sciences." Chairs: Patricia Churchland and Sandra Mitchell
1st appointment: Post-doc., Washington U., St. Louis
Current appointment: Tenure Track, George Washington University

"Reliability of Methods for Chaotic Data Analysis." Chair: Clark Glymour
1st appointment: Colorado College, Colorado Springs Tenure Track
Current appointment: Carnegie Mellon University

"Hobbes, Spinoza and the Approach to Naturalistic Ethics." Chair. S. Nicholas Jolley
1st appointment: Visiting Asst. Professor, Texas A.&M.
Current appointment: Assistant Professor, Texas A.&M. Tenure Track

"A Naturalistic Account of Normativity." Chair: David Brink
1st appointment: Philosophy, Simon Fraser University, B.C., Tenure Track
Current appointment: same

"The Fact of Experience: Maimon's Sceptical Challenge to Kant's Discursivity Thesis." Chair: Henry Allison
1st appointment: Post Doc., Yale University
Current appointment: Asst. Professor, Tenure Track, Pomona College, Pomona, Ca., Tenure Track

"Dwelling in Metaphysica: The Ethical Unity of Heidegger's Thinking." Chairs: Hubert Dreyfus and Gerald Doppelt
1st appointment: Asst. Professor, Philosophy, U. of New Mexico, Tenure Track
Current appointment: same

1998-99

"Anti-anti holism." Chair: Steven Yalowitz
lst appointment: Asst. Professor, Philosophy, Centre College, Danville, Ky. Tenure Track
Current appointment. University of New Mexico

"The Early Modern Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science." Chairs: Paul Churchland and Patricia Kitcher
lst appointment: Stanford University, temporary
Current appointment: Same

"Hegel's Dialectic." Chairs: Gerald Doppelt and Wayne Martin
1st appointment: No academic appointment. Has completed a law school degree.

"Objectivity and Spatial Representation." Chair: Patricia Churchland
Non academic, SD computer start up.

1997-98

"Reasonable Behavior: The Public-Making Aspect of Action Sustains Norms and Innovation." Chairs: Patricia Churchland and Adrian Cussins
Non-academic, McKinsey Associates

1996-97

"Models of Life: Abstraction and Material Modeling in Modern Biology." Chair: Philip Kitcher
lst appointment: Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Current appointment: unknown

"Cognitive Science as the Computational Neuroethology of Intelligent Behavior: Why Biological Facts are Important for explaining Intelligent Behavior." Chairs: Patricia Churchland and Sandra Mitchell
lst appointment: Post-doc., Washington U., St. Louis
Current appointment: Pitzer College, Tenure Track

"A Pragmatic Theory of Causation." Chair: Philip Kitcher
lst position: Philosophy, UC Irvine, Tenure Track
Current: Same

1995-96

"Mechanistic Explanation." Chair: Philip Kitcher
lst appointment: Philosophy, Kansas State U., Manhattan, Ks. Tenure Track
Current appointment: Tenured at same.

"Minds, Machines and the Nature of Scientific Progress." Chair: Paul Churchland
Non academic, business

"The Role of Das Man in Heidegger's Early Work." Chair: Frederick Olafson
lst appointment: John Carroll University, Cleveland, Oh. Tenure Track
Current appointment: Tenured at same

"Interpretive Problems in the Theaetetus." Chair: Edward Lee
lst appointment: SD Law School, Dean?
Current appointment: no information available

"Real Computation." Chair: Patricia Kitcher
1st appointment: Post-Doc, Austrian government
Current appointment: Post-Doctoral Fellow, UC Davis

1994-95

"A Pragmatic-Naturalistic Theory of Scientific Representations." Chair: Paul Churchland
lst appointment: Asst. Prof., University Twente, Enschede, Netherlands

"Emulation, Simulation and Cognition." Chair: Paul Churchland
lst appointment: Post-doc., Washington U, St. Louis
Current appointment: UCSD, Asst. Professor, Philosophy, Tenure Track

"Against Ethical Realism." Chair: Georgios Anagnostopoulos
1st appointment: Philosophy, Towson State U., Towson, Md. Non Tenure Track
Current appointment: Asst. Professor at same. Tenure Track

"Cognition, Computation, and Explanation." Chair: Patricia Churchland
Current appointment: Assistant Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Chair, Cognitive Science Department at same, Tenure Track

1993-94

"Oscillations and Consciousness: Toward a New Framework for the Mind/Brain." Chairs: Gerald Doppelt and Dan Lloyd
1st appointment: Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Tenure Track
Current appointment: Associate Professor tenured, at same

"Psychological Learning Functions and language Learning and Theory Change." Chairs: Patricia Kitcher and Philip Kitcher
lst appointment: University of Puerto Rico Tenure Track
Current appointment: Associate Professor, tenured, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa

"Mechanisms in Quantum Field Theory." Chairs: Philip Kitcher and Paul Teller
lst appointment: Concordia University, Montreal, Tenure Track
Current appointment: No information available

"A Mind with a Heart of its Own." Chairs: Gerald Doppelt and Patricia Kitcher
lst appointment: University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Current appointment: Assoc. Prof., tenured, Philosophy, University of the Pacific, Stockton

1992-93

"Kant's Doctrine of Transcendental Illusion." Chair: Henry Allison
1st appointment: Philosophy, University of San Diego, Tenure Track
Tenured at same.

"Different Dimensions of Scientific Knowledge." Chair: Philip Kitcher
No information available.

1991-92

"Methodological and Ethical Issues in Experimental Inquiry: The Human Genome Initiative" Chair: Philip Kitcher
1st appointment: Philosophy, Western Michigan U., Kalamazoo, tenure track
Current appointment: same: Associate Professor

"Normative Naturalized Epistemology." Chair: Philip Kitcher
1st appointment: Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Current appointment: University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

"Freedom and Character in Plato's Republic and Hegel's Philosophy of Right." Chair: Robert Pippinv 1st appointment: Xavier University, Cincinnati, Tenure Track
Current appointment: University of the Pacific, Stockton, Assoc. Prof. Tenured

"A Critical Examination of the Notion of Scientific Rationality." Chair: Philip Kitcher
1st appointment: Visiting Asst. Professor, University of Utah
Current appointment: Assoc.. Prof, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.

"Meaning, Metaphysics, and Society." Chair: Paul Churchland
1st appointment: University of Queensland, Brisbane