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The Philosophy Department participates in the college-wide honors program by allowing students to, under the advisorship of a faculty member, research a topic of interest and write a longer thesis paper to be defended to a panel of faculty and/or outside advisors. Theses are bound and stored in the library collection and a note is made on the student's transcript following successful completion and acceptance by the panel of the thesis.
The guidelines for an honors thesis are here.
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Awards
Thomas E. Hill Prize- Established by the faculty of the Philosophy Department. A year's subscription to a philosophical journal of the student's choice, awarded for outstanding work in philosophy.
2008 Michael B. McNulty
2009 Miroslav Losonsky
The Roger K. Mosvick Endowed Prize in Philosophy- Established by former students, Judge Jack Mason '60 and James Fahlgren '60, in honor of Dr. Roger K. Mosvick '52, in recognition of his contributions to the development of the Department of Communication Studies and his 47 years of service to the College. A cash prize is awarded each year to a senior majoring in philosophy who has demonstrated academic excellence in the fields of critical thinking, argumentation and logic. The recipient is chosen each spring by a majority of the permanent faculty of the Department of Philosophy.
2008 Stuart J. Reich
2009 Rachel H. Miller
The Henry R. West Prize in Philosophy- Established by Macalester faculty, staff, alumni and friends in recognition of the many years of teaching, scholarship and service to the college. The prize will be given to the student who in the judgment of the Macalester Philosophy Department has written the best essay for the academic year in Ethics, Social or Political Philosophy.
2009 Rachel H. Miller
Student Projects
2009 Honors Theses
Miroslav Losonsky
On Kant’s Distinction Between Appearances and Things in Themselves
Janet Folina, Adviser
2008 Honors Theses
Michael Bennett McNulty
The Geometry of Intuitions Reconsidering Kantian Constructivism
Janet Folina, Adviser
2007 Honors Theses
Gregory Page Taylor
One Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus: Necessity and Normativity
Janet Folina, Adviser
2005 Honors Theses
Hans Harold Grong
A Critique of Alienation: A Reevaluation of the Marxist Theory and its Social Implications
Henry West, Adviser
2004 Honors Theses
Carolyn Jean Gonter
Prenatal Genetic Testing: A Case Study of the Feminist-Pragmatic Approach to Bioethics
Martin Gunderson, Adviser
Nicholas S. Napolitan
The Search for Self
Joy Laine, Adviser
2003 Honors Theses
Andrew Brantingham
Understanding Experience
Martin Gunderson, Adviser
Kara Fancy
History Beyond the Heroes: What We Can Learn From the Villians of the Past
Martin Gunderson, Adviser
2002 Honors Theses
Andrew A. Johnson
The Place of Universals and Particulars in Empirical Metaphysics
Henry West, Adviser
Phillipe Knab
The Ethics of Simone de Beauvoir: Anticipating Contemporary Theories of Care
Karen J. Warren, Adviser
2001 Honors Theses
Thomas R. Noonan
An Economic and Philosophical Analysis of Contract Law and Unconscionability: The Case Title Loans
Martin Gunderson, Philosophy, and Vasant Sukhatme, Economics, Advisers
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