Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Stefan, Larry, 1956-
- 2Tuna, Emine Hande
- 1 Yang, Yuan J.
- 1Abedinifard, Morteza
- 1Adrain, James
- 1Albert, Nikki Michelle.
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Fall 2014
Inconsistent and collapse models of arithmetic are presented in the language and semantics of the simple paraconsistent logic LP. I present a logic which extends LP by the addition of a sensible conditional connective and quantifiers. This logic, called A 3 , is specified as a Hilbert style axiom...
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Fall 2013
Given that normalcy is contingent upon social valuation, the theoretical and socio-political conditions that give rise to the disabled speaker must be interrogated. I contend that disabled speech is made intelligible as an embodied activity that threatens rational structures and is performed (1)...
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Fall 2010
The Thesis argues that the concept of ‘personal identity’ is developed in social circumstances, relating to ideas about how the self continues through time and to ‘person-directed’ concerns. Chapter one uses William James’s classification of the constituents of the self, and his idea of the...