NOTE: Clicking on an item listed will bring up a somewhat more detailed description of the document and -- in most cases but with many exceptions -- an abstract as well. Abstracts for these dissertations are written by the authors of the dissertations, except where otherwise noted. Details about the dissertation as a document, e.g. its author, exact title, date of approval, institutional origin and purpose, status, possible location of copy, advisor, etc., are provided from various database sources which are sometimes indicated, sometimes not.
     All of this information should be regarded as liable to being erroneous in some way. There is not at present any single "official" source for this sort of information (contrary to what some databases appear to claim), and this is simply a listing of them as they are presently being compiled by me, which is work in progress. There will be somewhat more than 400 by the time I am able to complete the posting of those so far discovered by me, but there are certainly quite a few more yet to be discovered for inclusion in this particular database. (The nature of the underlying database itself is still in process of being developed and consists of nothing but a list at present.)
     If you know of any dissertation(s) not included, or of any corrections that should be made, please convey that information to the present editor:

Joseph Ransdell: joseph.ransdell@yahoo.com

	Ake, Stacey Elizabeth: Against The Monolith: The Quest For Individuality Within The Evolutionary Matrix,  Pennsylvania State University,  1999
	Anderson, Douglas Rand: Creativity And The Philosophy Of C. S. Peirce,  Pennsylvania State University,  1984
	Black, Walter Richard: The Unity Of The Epistemology Of C. S. Peirce,  Rice University,  1982
	Burns, Lawrence: The Ethics Of Corporeality: A Study Of The Phenomenological And Pragmatic Significance Of The Human Body,  University of Toronto,  2005
	Campos, Daniel Gerardo: The Discovery Of Mathematical Probability Theory: A Case Study In The Logic Of Mathematical Inquiry,  Pennsylvania State University,  2005
	Chen, Kuang-Jung: Toward A Semiotics Of Chinese Cinema,  Purdue University,  2005
	Cheng, Hsi-Heng: A Peircean Theory of Real Kinds,  University of Miami,  2005
	Conway, Charles Gerald: A Study In The Metaphysics Of Metaphorical Theology: C. S. Peirce's Conception Of The 'Continuum' As A Model For The 'Spiritual Presence' Of Paul Tillich,  Graduate Theological Union,  2005
	Denney, Martha Jane: A Social Semiotics of Music, Brandeis University, 2001
	Dozoretz, Jerry:  Indubitability and Truth in Peirce's Epistemic Methodology,  University of California at Santa Barbara,  1977
	Everett, Justin Edward:  An Analysis Of Talk In Four First-Year Composition Cooperative Learning Groups,  The University of Oklahoma,  2001
	Friedman, Lesley A.: C. S. Peirce's Final Realism: An Analysis Of The Post-1895 Writings On Universals,  State University of New York at Buffalo,  1993
	Goble, James Scott: Ideologies Of Music Education: A Pragmatic, Historical Analysis Of The Concept "Music" In Music Education In The United States,  University of Michigan,  1999
	Hanlon, Christopher: Pragmatism And The Unconscious: Language And Subject In Psychoanalytic Theory, Pragmatist Philosophy, And American Narrative,  University of Massachusetts Amherst,  2001
	Jackson, Deborah Davis: "Our Elders Lived It": American Indian Identity And Community In A Deindustrializing City,  The University Of Michigan,  1998
	Kupers, Lawrence Brian: A Semiotic Theory of Communication,  State University of New York at Stony Brook,  1983
	Lea, James Taylor:  Charles Sanders Peirce, The Extraordinary Moment, And Musical Affect,  University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign,  2001
	Lee, Ji-Aeh: Toward A Theoretical Foundation For The Teaching Of Philosophy: A Reconstruction Of C. S. Peirce's Pragmaticism,  Columbia University Teachers College,  2003
	Letzkus, William J.: The Role of Mind in Peirce's Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Cosmology,  Temple University,  2004
	Maroosis, James Dennis: Further Consequences Of Human Embodiment: A Description Of Time And Human Existence As Disclosed At The Origin Of Peirce's Philosophy Of Community,  U of Toronto,  1981
	Martinez, José Luiz: Semiosis In Hindustani Music,  University of Helsinki,  1997
	Mcnabb, Darin Michael:  Strange Attraction: C. S. Peirce, Chaos Theory And The Reclamation Of Pragmatism,  Boston College,  1997
	Nanda, Meera: Prophets Facing Backwards: Postmodern Critiques Of Science And New Social Movements In India,  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,  2000
	Nlandu, Tamba: Reality, Perceptual Experience, And Cognition: A Study In Charles Sanders Peirce's Philosophy Of Mind,  Tulane University,  1997
	O'Hara, David L.: The Slow Percolation Of Forms: Charles Peirce's Writings On Plato,  Pennsylvania State University,  2005
	Phillips, LaFon Louise: Pathways To Understanding: Children With Hearing Loss Respond To Literature Through Language, Drama And Art,  The University of Arizona,  1999
	Scott, Frances Williams: C. S. Peirce's System Of Science and an Application To The Visual Arts,  Texas Tech University,  1985
	Snider, Keith F.: Pragmatism And The Intellectual Development Of American Public Administration,  Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University,  1997
	Talisse, Robert Basil: A Critical Study of Liberalism,  City University of New York,  2001
	Trout, Lara M.: Communal Inquiry And Social Justice: A Study Of Peircean Affectivity,  Pennsylvania State University,  2005
	Wertanen, Deborah A.: Sights, Sounds And Signs: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Nondiscursive Artifacts,  Purdue University,  1997