Fuller, Austin Tate

There have been many attempts to pin down exactly what makes certain things humorous. The goal of this paper is to review some of the main theories of humor, and to offer an alternative theory of what makes things funny. That...

Sykes, Jessica Anne

Philosophers, theologians, and average people have debated the definition of a person for a long time. This thesis explores the ideas of an ethnic group that has not been adequately explored. The Akan people from southern and...

Su, Xiaoyu

This thesis concerns the conditions of ascribing knowledge. It draws insight from Goldman’s reliabilism, McDowell and Brandom’s critique on reliabilism, Nozick’s tracking account, contextualism, and a novel approved-list...

Berman, Adam Laufer

Garrett, Zachary

Ober, Maizie Jane

In this paper, I critique Hume’s sentimentalist theory and propose an expansion of his common point of view in order to escape some of the dangers of meta-ethical relativism. My goal is to revise Hume’s universalism while...

Zeng, Wuji

Burlin, Chaney Brinkman

In Unnatural Doubts, Michael Williams aims to defeat Cartesian skepticism. This thesis defends Williams' anti-skeptical conclusion, which is the product of what he calls a theoretical diagnosis of skepticism, against an...

Barron, Andrew Joseph

Serensits, Nicholas

The goal of this paper is to defend my version of a coherence theory of justification by way of showing defects and suggesting refinements to Laurence BonJour’s and Keith Lehrer’s coherence theories. First, I consider BonJour’s...