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.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
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 2010
Fictional characters pose interesting questions both to metaphysics and philosophy of language. We appear to have two incompatible intuitions about fictional characters: 1) fictional characters are created and 2) fictional characters are nonexistent. To say something is created is to say that it...
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Fall 2017
The grounding problem is related to the puzzle of numerically distinct spatiotemporally coincident objects. Suppose Lumpl –a lump of clay– and Goliath – the statue – are created and later destroyed, simultaneously. They would share all of their physical and spatiotemporal properties and...
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Spring 2019
Derek Parfit (1984) challenges our notion of personal identity as a criterion of survival by offering a thought experiment in which one goes through fission and survives as both postfission persons while being identical to neither of them since identity is a one-one relation. Parfit thereby...
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Spring 2022
Hume's epistemology in A Treatise of Human Nature has generated a great deal of research. In particular, in the section titled "Conclusion of this Book" at the end of Book One of the Treatise, it is ambiguous exactly what Hume's epistemological position is. While Hume arrives at a radical...