Senior Theses
A collection of senior theses written by students in the Philosophy Department at Linfield University.
Theses from 2023
Our Moral Relationship to Nature, Benjamin Simpson
Theses from 2019
Expertise and Expression in Second Language Acquisition: An Embodied Perspective, Mia Burnett
Superhero Movies and Politics: The Moral Obligations of Film Makers according to Virtue Ethics, Russell Hendrickson
Theses from 2017
Rocky Horror Sublimation: Identity as a Contingency of Experience, Josh Harper
Sustaining Autonomous Communities in the Modern United States (The United Communities of America), Lucas Hester
Theses from 2014
A Reinterpretation of the Dao De Jing, Tianyue Luo
A Pedestal of Power: Analyzing Consciousness in Nonhuman Animals, Conner Lee Varnell
Theses from 2013
Virtue through Harmony: An Exploration of the Ethical Role of Music in Society, Sylvan Tovar
Theses from 2012
I'm Polynesian Too: Philosophy of Assimilation, Cosmopolitanism, Colonialism, Race, & Culture, Aaron Hire
Theses from 2011
Videogames, Experiential Reality, Ethics, and Gamers, Sean Naubert
Living the Martial Way, Blair Schur
A Mind for Language: How Language Shapes Our Reality, Eric Tompkins
