Graduate Students

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Ph.D.

Derek Postnikoff   dlp537@mail.usask.ca
Derek completed a B.A. (Hons) at the University of Saskatchewan before completing an M.Sc. in mathematics at the University of Alberta in 2004. Derek is doing an interdisciplinary Ph.D. on metaphor and its role in mathematics. He is recipient of a University Graduate Scholarship. Supervisor: Sarah Hoffman.

M.A.

Doug Andrews
Doug will be completing the course-based MA during the 2011-12 regular session

Stephen Bagwell
Stephen holds a philosophy BA from the University of Saskatchewan and is writing his thesis on Hannah Arendt and the distinction between bios and zoe. Supervisor: Daniel Regnier.

Tyler Dahl   tmd216@mail.usask.ca
Tyler is finishing his thesis on Richard Rorty's neo-pragmatism, and is currently also entering his third year of Law at the University of Saskatchewan. Supervisor: Ria Jenkins.

Paul McConnell
Paul has a BSc with a concentration in biology from Queen's University, followed by a BA in Philosophy from the U of S. His interests include Bernard Lonergan, the neurobiological basis of logic and consciousness, and evolutionary explanations of mind and behavior.

Kevin Macza   krm132@mail.usask.ca | web site
Kevin is interested Bas van Fraassen's views on the status of unobservables. Supervisor: Sarah Hoffman.

Dexter Mallaley  koutouteki.sonzai@gmail.com
Dexter holds a philosophy BA from University of New Brunswick. He is writing his thesis on Nietzsche’s conception of the “warrior elite”, with reference to the Samurai philosophy of Bushido. Supervisor: John Liptay.

Tom Milne  tjm046@mail.usask.ca
Tom has been awarded a SSHRC Master's Scholarship. He is writing his thesis on Hegel and human rights. Supervisor: Daniel Regnier.

Anthony Nijssen  apn974@mail.usask.ca
Anthony is writing his thesis on persons, personal identity, and artificial intelligence; he is especially interested in examining some of the interesting possibilities adumbrated in science fiction. Supervisor: Philip Dwyer.

Wenona Partridge   wds861@mail.usask.ca
Wenona holds a philosophy BA from University of Lethbridge. She is writing her thesis on imagination and formalism in aesthetics Her interests include aesthetics, art history, philosophy of law, and political philosophy. Supervisor: Daniel Regnier.

Dylan Procter
Dylan is investigating the foundational role of contradiction in epistemology, especially in relation to the types of knowledge delineated by Kant and others in the Western tradition. He is particularly interested in the relationship between epistemology and metaphysics, the possibility of abstraction, and the limits of reason. Supervisor: Phil Dwyer.

Will Robbins   wer080@mail.usask.ca
Will has been awarded a SSHRC Master's Scholarship. He is investigating the role of imagination in the formation of moral agents. Supervisor: Emer O'Hagan.

Kathryn Rutherford  kar948@mail.usask.ca
Kati is interested in researching the relationship between faith and reason in Kierkegaard. In particular, she hopes to address the question of what exactly it is that Kierkegaard is rejecting through his Fideist assertions and why, as well as whether there is a role for reason in faith according to Kierkegaard and, if so, what this role might be. Supervisor: Leslie Howe

Jason Sampara  jds412@mail.usask.ca
Jason holds a philosophy BA from Lakehead University and is writing his thesis on the economic and ethical Implications of intellectual property under the tentative title Communities of Intellectual Property: Re-imagining the Commons of Intellectual Property Rights. Supervisor: Ria Jenkins

Courtney Schappert  crs689@mail.usask.ca
Courtney holds a philosophy BA from University of Regina and is writing his thesis on the issue of whether and to what extent Gilbert Ryle is properly classified as a behaviorist. Supervisor: Phil Dwyer