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• L’expérience n’est-elle qu’empirique ?
• Apprendre est-ce seulement s'informer ?
• À quoi servent les sciences ?
• Comment les notions mathématiques dépendant de l'esprit peuvent-elles expliquer un réel qui n'en dépend pas ?
• D'où vient la force des préjugés ?
• En quoi consiste l'objectivité scientifique ?
• Est-ce le recours à l'expérience qui garantit le caractère scientifique d'une théorie ?
• Est-ce leur confirmation expérimentale qui fait le succès des sciences humaines ?
• Faut-il croire pour savoir ?
• La connaissance de soi comporte-t-elle des obstacles ?
• La philosophie a-t-elle encore une place dans un monde surtout dominé par la science ?
• La science découvre-t-elle ou construit-elle ses objets ?
• La science et la technique nous autorisent-elles à considérer notre civilisation comme supérieure aux autres ?
• La science ne fournit-elle que des certitudes ?
• La science se limite-t-elle à constater les faits ?

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Theses/dissertations from 2024 2024.

On the Possibility of Secular Morality , Zachary R. Alonso

An Ecofeminist Ontological Turn: Preparing the Field for a New Ecofeminist Project , M. Laurel-Leigh Meierdiercks

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Karl Marx on Human Flourishing and Proletarian Ethics , Sam Badger

The Ontological Grounds of Reason: Psychologism, Logicism, and Hermeneutic Phenomenology , Stanford L. Howdyshell

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Interdisciplinary Communication by Plausible Analogies: the Case of Buddhism and Artificial Intelligence , Michael Cooper

Heidegger and the Origin of Authenticity , John J. Preston

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Hegel and Schelling: The Emptiness of Emptiness and the Love of the Divine , Sean B. Gleason

Nietzsche on Criminality , Laura N. McAllister

Learning to be Human: Ren 仁, Modernity, and the Philosophers of China's Hundred Days' Reform , Lucien Mathot Monson

Nietzsche and Eternal Recurrence: Methods, Archives, History, and Genesis , William A. B. Parkhurst

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

Orders of Normativity: Nietzsche, Science and Agency , Shane C. Callahan

Humanistic Climate Philosophy: Erich Fromm Revisited , Nicholas Dovellos

This, or Something like It: Socrates and the Problem of Authority , Simon Dutton

Climate Change and Liberation in Latin America , Ernesto O. Hernández

Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa as Expressions of Shame in a Post-Feminist , Emily Kearns

Nostalgia and (In)authentic Community: A Bataillean Answer to the Heidegger Controversy , Patrick Miller

Cultivating Virtue: A Thomistic Perspective on the Relationship Between Moral Motivation and Skill , Ashley Potts

Identity, Breakdown, and the Production of Knowledge: Intersectionality, Phenomenology, and the Project of Post-Marxist Standpoint Theory , Zachary James Purdue

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

The Efficacy of Comedy , Mark Anthony Castricone

William of Ockham's Divine Command Theory , Matthew Dee

Heidegger's Will to Power and the Problem of Nietzsche's Nihilism , Megan Flocken

Abelard's Affective Intentionalism , Lillian M. King

Anton Wilhelm Amo's Philosophy and Reception: from the Origins through the Encyclopédie , Dwight Kenneth Lewis Jr.

"The Thought that we Hate": Regulating Race-Related Speech on College Campuses , Michael McGowan

A Historical Approach to Understanding Explanatory Proofs Based on Mathematical Practices , Erika Oshiro

From Meaningful Work to Good Work: Reexamining the Moral Foundation of the Calling Orientation , Garrett W. Potts

Reasoning of the Highest Leibniz and the Moral Quality of Reason , Ryan Quandt

Fear, Death, and Being-a-problem: Understanding and Critiquing Racial Discourse with Heidegger’s Being and Time , Jesús H. Ramírez

The Role of Skepticism in Early Modern Philosophy: A Critique of Popkin's "Sceptical Crisis" and a Study of Descartes and Hume , Raman Sachdev

How the Heart Became Muscle: From René Descartes to Nicholas Steno , Alex Benjamin Shillito

Autonomy, Suffering, and the Practice of Medicine: A Relational Approach , Michael A. Stanfield

The Case for the Green Kant: A Defense and Application of a Kantian Approach to Environmental Ethics , Zachary T. Vereb

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Augustine's Confessiones : The Battle between Two Conversions , Robert Hunter Craig

The Strategic Naturalism of Sandra Harding's Feminist Standpoint Epistemology: A Path Toward Epistemic Progress , Dahlia Guzman

Hume on the Doctrine of Infinite Divisibility: A Matter of Clarity and Absurdity , Wilson H. Underkuffler

Climate Change: Aristotelian Virtue Theory, the Aidōs Response and Proper Primility , John W. Voelpel

The Fate of Kantian Freedom: the Kant-Reinhold Controversy , John Walsh

Time, Tense, and Ontology: Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Tense, the Phenomenology of Temporality, and the Ontology of Time , Justin Brandt Wisniewski

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

A Phenomenological Approach to Clinical Empathy: Rethinking Empathy Within its Intersubjective and Affective Contexts , Carter Hardy

From Object to Other: Models of Sociality after Idealism in Gadamer, Levinas, Rosenzweig, and Bonhoeffer , Christopher J. King

Humanitarian Military Intervention: A Failed Paradigm , Faruk Rahmanovic

Active Suffering: An Examination of Spinoza's Approach to Tristita , Kathleen Ketring Schenk

Cartesian Method and Experiment , Aaron Spink

An Examination of John Burton’s Method of Conflict Resolution and Its Applicability to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict , John Kenneth Steinmeyer

Speaking of the Self: Theorizing the Dialogical Dimensions of Ethical Agency , Bradley S. Warfield

Changing Changelessness: On the Genesis and Development of the Doctrine of Divine Immutability in the Ancient and Hellenic Period , Milton Wilcox

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

The Statue that Houses the Temple: A Phenomenological Investigation of Western Embodiment Towards the Making of Heidegger's Missing Connection with the Greeks , Michael Arvanitopoulos

An Exploratory Analysis of Media Reporting of Police Involved Shootings in Florida , John L. Brown

Divine Temporality: Bonhoeffer's Theological Appropriation of Heidegger's Existential Analytic of Dasein , Nicholas Byle

Stoicism in Descartes, Pascal, and Spinoza: Examining Neostoicism’s Influence in the Seventeenth Century , Daniel Collette

Phenomenology and the Crisis of Contemporary Psychiatry: Contingency, Naturalism, and Classification , Anthony Vincent Fernandez

A Critique of Charitable Consciousness , Chioke Ianson

writing/trauma , Natasha Noel Liebig

Leibniz's More Fundamental Ontology: from Overshadowed Individuals to Metaphysical Atoms , Marin Lucio Mare

Violence and Disagreement: From the Commonsense View to Political Kinds of Violence and Violent Nonviolence , Gregory Richard Mccreery

Kant's Just War Theory , Steven Charles Starke

A Feminist Contestation of Ableist Assumptions: Implications for Biomedical Ethics, Disability Theory, and Phenomenology , Christine Marie Wieseler

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Heidegger and the Problem of Modern Moral Philosophy , Megan Emily Altman

The Encultured Mind: From Cognitive Science to Social Epistemology , David Alexander Eck

Weakness of Will: An Inquiry on Value , Michael Funke

Cogs in a Cosmic Machine: A Defense of Free Will Skepticism and its Ethical Implications , Sacha Greer

Thinking Nature, "Pierre Maupertuis and the Charge of Error Against Fermat and Leibniz" , Richard Samuel Lamborn

John Duns Scotus’s Metaphysics of Goodness: Adventures in 13th-Century Metaethics , Jeffrey W. Steele

A Gadamerian Analysis of Roman Catholic Hermeneutics: A Diachronic Analysis of Interpretations of Romans 1:17-2:17 , Steven Floyd Surrency

A Natural Case for Realism: Processes, Structures, and Laws , Andrew Michael Winters

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Leibniz's Theodicies , Joseph Michael Anderson

Aeschynē in Aristotle's Conception of Human Nature , Melissa Marie Coakley

Ressentiment, Violence, and Colonialism , Jose A. Haro

It's About Time: Dynamics of Inflationary Cosmology as the Source of the Asymmetry of Time , Emre Keskin

Time Wounds All Heels: Human Nature and the Rationality of Just Behavior , Timothy Glenn Slattery

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Nietzsche and Heidegger on the Cartesian Atomism of Thought , Steven Burgess

Embodying Social Practice: Dynamically Co-Constituting Social Agency , Brian W. Dunst

Subject of Conscience: On the Relation between Freedom and Discrimination in the Thought of Heidegger, Foucault, and Butler , Aret Karademir

Climate, Neo-Spinozism, and the Ecological Worldview , Nancy M. Kettle

Eschatology in a Secular Age: An Examination of the Use of Eschatology in the Philosophies of Heidegger, Berdyaev and Blumenberg , John R. Lup, Jr.

Navigation and Immersion of the American Identity in a Foreign Culture to Emergence as a Culturally Relative Ambassador , Lee H. Rosen

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

A Philosophical Analysis of Intellectual Property: In Defense of Instrumentalism , Michael A. Kanning

A Commentary On Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's Discourse on Metaphysics #19 , Richard Lamborn Samuel Lamborn

Sellars in Context: An Analysis of Wilfrid Sellars's Early Works , Peter Jackson Olen

The New Materialism: Althusser, Badiou, and Zizek , Geoffrey Dennis Pfeifer

Structure and Agency: An Analysis of the Impact of Structure on Group Agents , Elizabeth Kaye Victor

Moral Friction, Moral Phenomenology, and the Improviser , Benjamin Scott Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Virtuoso Human: A Virtue Ethics Model Based on Care , Frederick Joseph Bennett

The Existential Compromise in the History of the Philosophy of Death , Adam Buben

Philosophical Precursors to the Radical Enlightenment: Vignettes on the Struggle Between Philosophy and Theology From the Greeks to Leibniz With Special Emphasis on Spinoza , Anthony John Desantis

The Problem of Evil in Augustine's Confessions , Edward Matusek

The Persistence of Casuistry: a Neo-premodernist Approach to Moral Reasoning , Richard Arthur Mercadante

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Dewey's Pragmatism and the Great Community , Philip Schuyler Bishop

Unamuno's Concept of the Tragic , Ernesto O. Hernandez

Rethinking Ethical Naturalism: The Implications of Developmental Systems Theory , Jared J.. Kinggard

From Husserl and the Neo-Kantians to Art: Heidegger's Realist Historicist Answer to the Problem of the Origin of Meaning , William H. Koch

Queering Cognition: Extended Minds and Sociotechnologically Hybridized Gender , Michele Merritt

Hydric Life: A Nietzschean Reading of Postcolonial Communication , Elena F. Ruiz-Aho

Descartes' Bête Machine, the Leibnizian Correction and Religious Influence , John Voelpel

Aretē and Physics: The Lesson of Plato's Timaeus , John R. Wolfe

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Praxis and Theōria : Heidegger’s “Violent” Interpretation , Megan E. Altman

On the Concept of Evil: An Analysis of Genocide and State Sovereignty , Jason J. Campbell

The Role of Trust in Judgment , Christophe Sage Hudspeth

Truth And Judgment , Jeremy J. Kelly

The concept of action and responsibility in Heidegger's early thought , Christian Hans Pedersen

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• L’État peut-il être juste ?
• La conscience de soi est-elle une connaissance de soi ?
• L’homme a-t-il nécessairement besoin de religion ?
• L’homme doit-il travailler pour être humain ?
• La conscience est elle ce qui définit l’homme ?
• La conscience fait-elle de l’homme une exception ?
• Changer, est-ce devenir quelqu’un d’autre ?
• L’idée d’inconscient exclut-elle celle de liberté ?
• Peut-on parler pour ne rien dire ?
• L’art nous détourne-t-il de la réalité ?
• Sartre, L'Être et le Néant (1943), Tel, Gallimard, p. 88.
• Faut-il libérer ses désirs ou se libérer de ses désirs ?
• Peut-on renoncer à sa liberté ?
• Est-il raisonnable de croire en Dieu ?
• Annales BAC 2007 - Toute prise de conscience est-elle libératrice ?

Nouveaux sujets publiés

• Annales BAC 2021 - Est-il toujours injuste de désobéir aux lois ?
• Annales BAC 2021 - Sommes-nous responsables de l’avenir ?
• Annales BAC 2021 - L’inconscient échappe-t-il à toute forme de connaissance ?
• Annales BAC 2021 - Discuter, est-ce renoncer à la violence ?
• Annales BAC 2017 - Peut-on se libérer de sa culture ?
• Annales BAC 2017 - Pour trouver le bonheur, faut-il le rechercher ?

Sujets tendances

• Jean-Paul Sartre, L'Etre et le néant, troisième partie, chapitre premier, section IV (le Regard)
• Dans quelle mesure peut-on parler d’une révolution freudienne ?
• Comment faire de la prévention sans répression ?

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• La conscience et l'inconscient
• Le désir
• La liberté
• Le travail et la technique

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D’où viennent nos connaissances ?

La question de l’origine de nos connaissances s’impose comme une problématique cruciale de la philosophie. Cette dissertation aborde-t-elle en scrutant particulièrement les théories empiriste et rationaliste pour mieux appréhender la genèse de notre savoir.

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• La conscience

Est-ce par l’intériorité qu’il faut définir l’esprit ?

Notre dissertation interroge sur la nature de l’esprit : faut-il le définir par l’intériorité ? À travers cette énigme, nous plongerons dans l’étude des concepts de conscience, de subjectivité et d’introspection.

Est-ce par crainte que l’on obéit aux lois ?

La problématique philosophique de l’obéissance aux lois alimente le débat sur les motivations humaines. Cette dissertation questionnera s’il est la peur, l’élément premier régissant notre soumission aux législations existantes. Une thématique épineuse, retraçant les méandres de la conscience morale.

Désirer, est-ce nécessairement souffrir ?

Dans un élan d’interrogation métaphysique, on questionne la nature du désir en lien avec la souffrance. Désirer, est-ce nécessairement souffrir ? Voilà une problématique qui pousse à étudier la dimension existentielle du désir, et sa fusion intrinsèque avec la douleur.

En politique, tous les moyens sont-ils bons ?

La question de la légitimité des moyens utilisés en politique est un débat ancien. Ce sujet interroge notre conception de l’éthique, des valeurs démocratiques et du pouvoir. Sont-ils les piliers de la construction politique, ou sont-ils sacrifiables dans l’obtention du but ultime ?

Choisir, est-ce renoncer à sa liberté ?

La dissertation suivante analysera la problématique : choisir est-ce renoncer à sa liberté ? Nous tenterons de répondre à cette question en passant en revue différents points de vue philosophiques sur la liberté et le choix.

Ce qui est subjectif est-il nécessairement faux ?

Approcher la question « Ce qui est subjectif est-il nécessairement faux ? » veut nous amener à réfléchir à la corrélation entre subjectivité et fiabilité de la vérité. Cette dissertation analysera cette problématique stimulante depuis diverses perspectives philosophiques.

Comment puis-je savoir qui je suis ?

Nous aborderons ici une question essentielle : Comment puis-je savoir qui je suis ? Cette interrogation profonde nous incite à envisager notre propre identité à travers diverses perspectives, depuis un regard intérieur jusqu’à l’impact de notre environnement social.

Est-ce raisonnable d’avoir peur du progrès technique ?

La dissertation qui suit va analyser l’interrogation autour de la peur du progrès technique. Cette question enjoint à ruminer sur la rationalité de la peur, les implications du progrès technique et l’interaction entre les deux.

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En quel sens peut-on dire que la vérité s’impose ?

La question de savoir si la vérité s’impose à nous est l’objection en philosophie. Autrement dit, est-ce que nous découvrons la vérité ou est-elle une construction de nos perceptions ? Ce débat stimulant est au cœur de notre dissertation.

Avons-nous le choix d’être libre ?

La notion de liberté soulève d’interminables questionnements, et le choix d’être libre entrelace l’ontologie de l’existence et l’éthique du comportement. Dans cette dissertation, nous tenterons d’interroger ce concept complexe et profond.

En quoi suis-je concerné par la liberté des autres ?

Dans le cadre de cette dissertation philosophique, nous allons nous pencher sur la problématique de la liberté d’autrui. Plus précisément, nous considérerons de quelle manière je suis, en tant qu’individu, affecté et impliqué par la libération de mes contemporains.

En quel sens les mots nous apprennent-ils à penser ?

La dissertation qui suit se penche sur l’interrogation suivante : en quoi les mots nous instruisent-ils à penser ? Nous analyserons d’abord la nature intrinsèque du langage, puis l’impact des mots sur notre processus de réflexion.

Dans quelle mesure les énoncés scientifiques peuvent-ils être considérés comme des vérités ?

La recherche de la vérité est un objectif fondamental en science. Toutefois, la notion de vérité en science est complexe et soulève de nombreuses questions philosophiques. Cette dissertation examinera donc la nature et la portée de la véracité des énoncés scientifiques.

Doit-on toujours dire la vérité ?

Le débat sur l’obligation morale de dire la vérité est ancien et complexe. C’est une question cruciale en philosophie morale et éthique. Cette dissertation vise à examiner les divers aspects et perspectives de cette problématique.

En art, tout s’apprend-il ?

La dissertation philosophique qui suit aborde la question fascinante : « En art, tout s’apprend-il ? ». De nombreux aspects seront examinés pour évaluer si l’art peut être entièrement enseigné ou s’il existe des éléments intrinsèquement innés.

Dire que l’art qu’il n’est pas utilitaire, est-ce dire qu’il est inutile ?

Dans cette dissertation philosophique, nous nous interrogerons sur le rôle et la valeur de l’art. Si l’art n’a pas d’utilité pragmatique, est-ce pour autant qu’il est sans valeur ou même inutile ? Une réflexion qui questionne l’essence même de l’art.

Connaissons-nous immédiatement le réel ?

Dans ce travail de réflexion philosophique, nous allons nous interroger sur le lien entre la connaissance et la réalité. Est-ce que nous connaissons immédiatement le réel ou notre compréhension de celui-ci est-elle filtrée ou indirecte ?

A-t-on besoin de certitudes pour agir ?

La question « A-t-on besoin de certitudes pour agir ? » nous invite à réfléchir sur l’interaction entre notre connaissance du monde et notre capacité d’action. Cette dissertation philosophique analysera comment la certitude influe sur nos actions.

Ce qui est naturel échappe-t-il à l’histoire ?

Dans le débat philosophique, la question de la relation entre nature et histoire suscite diverses réflexions. En effet, l’interrogation « Ce qui est naturel échappe-t-il à l’histoire ? » nous invite à une profonde analyse des liens entre ces deux dimensions.

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General exam and dissertation, on this page.

• For Students in the Standard Program and Special Tracks

For Students in the Classical Philosophy Program

The qualifying exam.

• Choose a Reasonably Sized Project

Dissertations Consisting of Several Essays

General exam format, for students in the standard program, the logic & philosophy of science track, or the interdepartmental program in political philosophy.

October General Exam Schedule ( General Exam in October of the Third Year) :

• Provide the name of your General Exam adviser to the DGS  by March 15 th  of your second year of regular enrollment.  Once your General Exam adviser is approved, the DGS will set up your General Exam committee.
• Submit all papers, take all exams, complete all distribution requirements and units  by May 31 st  of your second year   of regular enrollment*. This includes your first and second oral units.
• At the latest, two weeks before the oral exam, students will have received the approval of two examiners for an examination proposal, which must include a description of the unit’s field of study, six to ten sample questions, and a bibliography. This document, after approval by the examiners, must be forwarded to the DGS. The written part of the unit can be a paper or a 48-hour take-home exam on questions formulated by the examiners. Both written and oral parts of the exam must combine a survey of the field with creative philosophical work.
• Your undergraduate lecture, observed and confirmed in writing by a Princeton PHI faculty member, must be completed  by May 31 st  of your second year of regular enrollment.
• Part 2 of the General Exam is the qualifying exam (the oral portion; preceded a few days before by submission of a draft chapter of your dissertation). This due date is based on the University academic calendar for October General Exams. (See below for a complete description of the qualifying exam.)
• Teaching in your second year at Princeton is optional.

January General Exam Schedule  (General Exam in January of the Third Year):

• Provide the name of your General Exam adviser to the DGS  by March 15 th  of your second year   of regular enrollment. Once your General Exam adviser is approved, the DGS will set up your General Exam committee.
• Submit all papers, take all exams, complete all distribution requirements and units (including your first oral unit)  by May 31 st  of your second year of regular enrollment*.
• Your undergraduate lecture, observed and confirmed in writing by a Princeton PHI faculty member, must be completed  by December 15 th  of your third year of regular enrollment.
• Part 2 of your General Exam is the qualifying exam (the oral portion; preceded a few days before by submission of a draft chapter of your dissertation). This due date is based on the University academic calendar for January General Exams. (See below for a complete description of the qualifying exam.)

*Failure to meet this deadline results in loss of entitlement to staying enrolled in the program and in the deferral of the department’s re-enrollment recommendation. In that case, a new timeline for completion of the ten units is agreed upon with the student by June 15, and continued enrollment is conditional on implementation of the new timeline.

If any of the above dates occur on a weekend or during recess, the due date will be on the following Monday.

• Provide the name of your General Exam adviser to the DGS  by March 15 th  of your second year of regular enrollment. Once your General Exam adviser is approved, the DGS will set up your General Exam committee.
• At the latest, two weeks before the oral exam, students will have received the approval of two examiners for an examination proposal, which must include a description of the unit’s field of study, six to ten sample questions, and a bibliography. The written part of the unit can be a paper or a 48-hour take-home exam on questions formulated by the examiners. Both written and oral parts of the exam must combine a survey of the field with creative philosophical work.
• Your undergraduate lecture, observed and confirmed in writing by a Princeton PHI faculty member, must be completed  anytime prior to your General Exam.
• Part 2 of your General Exam is the qualifying exam (the oral portion; preceded a few days before by submission of a draft chapter of your dissertation). This can be completed in October, January, or as late as May of your third year of regular enrollment,  following the schedule based on the University academic calendar. (See below for a complete description of the qualifying exam.)

Part 2 of the General Exam is the qualifying exam.  The written part of this exam is constituted by (1) a draft dissertation chapter of between 7500 – 8500 words, and (2) a dissertation prospectus of 2 – 4 pages. If you feel the need to exceed these limits (with quotations, for example), consult with the DGS. The oral part of the exam is conducted by the student’s General Exam committee, which is composed of four faculty members, under the direction of the exam committee chair. It is preferred that students enrolled in the regular program take this oral exam in the General Exam period in October of their third year of enrollment. However, students may also take the exam in the January exam period of their third year of enrollment. 

All students who are allowed to retake their General Examination after a failed attempt are required to do so by following the format of the qualifying exam (Part 2 of the new General Exam format).

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Qualifications to Write A Dissertation In A Given Area

If you can complete pre-Generals requirements and pass Generals, then we take it that you are able to write some dissertation or other, but not necessarily the dissertation of your choice. To do justice to some topics, you may need preparation and qualifications that go beyond those required of everyone as part of our pre-Generals requirements, and beyond what you could reasonably expect to pick up while working on the dissertation. You might need to know a considerable amount of logic, or linguistics, or physics, or history, or econometrics, or something else. In par­ticular, you might need a level of proficiency in some foreign language which is substantially higher than that needed to pass the language requirement. That might be because there are impor­tant untranslated scholarly works relevant to your topic. Or it might be because your topic requires you to figure out what someone meant by something written in a foreign language. Note the department's requirement that "if a student's dissertation is devoted to any considerable extent to an author, the student must be able to read the author's works in the original language." (But note also the delicate, yet real, distinction between writing about an author and writing about philo­sophical ideas that come from that author.) Don't take chances. The standards that apply are the generally accepted standards of sound scholarship, not the standards of doing the best you can with what preparation you have. If you can't do sound scholarship on a topic because you aren't good enough at a language (or something) that doesn't excuse or justify bad scholarship – it means that you should have chosen a different topic.

If in doubt about what qualifications are needed for a topic, and whether you have them, seek advice! Your adviser cannot determine by an exercise of authority what standards of scholarship will suffice – the adviser is only an adviser, there is no such authority – but the adviser can give you good advice on what will be needed to meet generally accepted standards of scholarship, and the adviser (with your help) can try to measure your level of proficiency. If you can't do a topic justice, you'd rather find out now than after you've submitted a dissertation.

Choose a Reasonably-Sized Project

In choosing a dissertation topic and General Examination field, beware of overambition. Students sometimes attempt enormous projects which later have to be abandoned, others are completed many years later. Either way is a disaster for the student's academic career. It is hard to write a dis­sertation while starting to teach, hard to remain employed without the Ph.D., hard to publish arti­cles that would support promotion to tenure while still struggling with the dissertation. It is extremely advantageous to finish the Ph.D. before leaving Princeton. Your dissertation does not need to be a magnum opus; it does not need to contain every thought you have about the topic; the end of the dissertation need not be the end of your research and writing on the topic. Choose a project you can soon finish!

Some dissertations consist of several significant philosophical essays on different topics. Each essay in such a dissertation must be a substantial full-length philosophical article, not just a dis­cussion note.

Your dissertation should have a useful title that gives some indication of the philosophical content of the dissertation. Specifically ruled out are titles like "Philosophical Essays" or "Three Philo­sophical Essays."

Although a good dissertation might be significantly shorter or longer, the department recom­mends a target length of 30,000-50,000 words. Besides this recommendation, we also have established a length limit. Dissertations will normally be limited to 100,000 words (about 400 standard pages); exceptions must be approved by the Graduate Committee.

The following links will provide information on preparing your dissertation for submission:

FPO Checklist

Mudd Library

Graduate School – Dissertation and FPO

Graduate School - Advanced Degree Application Process

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Philosophy Theses and Dissertations

This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Philosophy, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Solidarity Building in a Structurally Unjust World , Emily T. Cichocki

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

The Phenomenology and Intentionality of Normative-Evaluative Experience , Shawn K. Bartlett

Causal Variable Choice, Interventions, and Pragmatism , Zili Dong

What Do We Owe The Other Animals In Health-Related Research? , Jessica A. du Toit

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Derogatory Words and Speech Acts: An Illocutionary Force Indicator Theory of Slurs , Chang Liu

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Methodological Challenges for Empirical Approaches to Ethics , Christopher Shirreff

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Modes of Argumentation in Aristotle's Natural Science , Adam W. Woodcox

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Computing, Modelling, and Scientific Practice: Foundational Analyses and Limitations , Filippos A. Papagiannopoulos

A Pluralism Worth Having: Feyerabend's Well-Ordered Science , Jamie Shaw

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A Complete Special Goods Theory of Filial Obligations , Cameron Fenton

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Foreknowledge, Free Will, and the Divine Power Distinction in Thomas Bradwardine's De futuris contingentibus , Sarah Hogarth Rossiter

A New Framework for Enactivism: Understanding the enactive body through structural flexibility and Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of flesh , John Jenkinson

The Foundations of Revealed Religion 100 Years before David Hume: The Contribution of Anthony Collins , Nicholas Bryant Nash

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Fiduciary Duties and Commercial Surrogacy , Emma A. Ryman

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Species Pluralism: Conceptual, Ontological, and Practical Dimensions , Justin Bzovy

Tesitmony as Significance Negotiation , Jennifer F. Epp

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Similarity, Adequacy, and Purpose: Understanding the Success of Scientific Models , Melissa Jacquart

Varieties of Objectivity: What's Worth Keeping? , Lori Kantymir

Evaluating the Quantum Postulate in the Context of Pursuit , Molly M. Kao

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Civil Interests, The Social Contract, and The Conditions of Political Legitimacy , Michael S. Borgida

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Representationalism About Sensory Phenomenology , Matthew Ivanowich

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Apprendre la philosophie

Découvrir la philosophie pas à pas

Exemple de dissertation de philosophie rédigée

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Afin que vous compreniez mieux ce que l’on attend de vous dans une dissertation, voici un exemple de dissertation de philosophie. A chaque fois, je précise entre parenthèses juste après à quelle étape de la méthodologie de la dissertation cela correspond. Si vous ne l’avez pas lu, je vous invite à lire d’abord cet article sur la manière de bien commencer sa dissertation de philosophie ou si vous préférez la vidéo c’es t ici.

Sujet : « L’homme est-il à part dans la nature ? » (Exemple de dissertation de philosophie)

Petit rappel de la structure de l’introduction. Pour un exemple d’introduction de dissertation en vidéo c’est ici .

Introduction

Vinciane Despret, philosophe et psychologue, remarque combien les hommes sont enclins à se considérer eux-mêmes comme exceptionnels. Mais, à ses yeux, c’est oublier que nous sommes aussi de grands destructeurs ou si l’on peut dire des êtres particulièrement nuisibles pour les autres, pour nous-mêmes et pour la nature. Ce faisant, elle considère bien les hommes comme « à part » dans la nature, du moins par nos capacités de destruction. Mais, est-il réellement justifié de dire que nous sommes à part dans la mesure où nous restons dépend d’une nature qui peut également nous détruire en tant qu’espèce ? (Accroche qui propose une première réponse au sujet et formule un début d’objection ) Alors, l’homme est-il réellement à part dans la nature ? (Rappel du sujet) A première vue , et si l’on se fie à la manière dont les hommes se considèrent eux-mêmes depuis des siècles, l’homme est bien à part dans la nature car il serait doté de facultés exceptionnelles telles la conscience, un langage riche et articulé, une raison ou encore des cultures variées et complexes qui l’éloignent toujours davantage de la vie animale. Mais, notre tendance à nous considérer comme supérieurs, ne nous fait-elle pas oublier que notre espèce comme toutes les autres est le produit de l’évolution des espèces ? Ainsi, on pourrait dire que l’homme n’est pas particulièrement à part. L’être humain reste une espèce qui, par le fait du hasard, a développé une raison, une conscience de soi, autant de facultés qui sont devenues la norme chez l’homme car elles lui procurent un avantage et lui permettent d’étendre son influence ou peut-être son territoire. Ce mécanisme est le même pour toutes les espèces, pourquoi alors considérer l’homme comme à part ? (Problématique constituée d’une première réponse au sujet « A première vue », puis d’une objection à cette première réponse « Mais »). Nous verrons d’abord que l’être humain peut effectivement être considéré comme à part dans la nature. Puis, nous nous demanderons si cette idée que nous serions une espèce à part n’est pas une pure illusion. Enfin, nous envisagerons bien une spécificité humaine, mais qui au lieu d’être un privilège est plutôt une immense responsabilité. (Annonce du plan en 3 parties) .

Développement

Avant de rédiger le développement de l’exemple de dissertation de philosophie, petit rappel de la structure globale que doit avoir votre devoir. Le nombre des sous-parties est indicatif. Il doit y avoir au moins deux sous-parties par partie et pas plus de trois.

Attention, ci-dessous, je vais mettre des titres Première grande partie / premier paragraphe. Vous ne devez pas les mettre dans vos copies. Je les mets seulement pour que vous compreniez bien la structure. Afin que votre copie soit bien lisible, vous devez passer des lignes entre les grandes parties et revenir à la ligne + alinéa quand vous changez de paragraphe (ou sous-partie).

Première grande partie : l’homme est bien à part dans la nature

Premier paragraphe :.

L’être humain peut semble-t-il être considéré comme à part dans la nature car il est doté de facultés qui le rendent très différent des autres espèces. (Thèse générale du paragraphe qui répond au sujet) Certes, l’être humain appartient en un sens à la nature, car si l’on définit la nature comme l’ensemble de ce qui n’a pas été créé ou transformée par l’homme (définition de la nature) alors l’espèce humaine est bien naturelle. L’homme ne s’est pas créé lui-même, il est donc un être naturel au moins en partie. Mais, l’être humain à ceci de particulier que précisément il a cette capacité à transformer sa nature et à n’être pas totalement soumis à son instinct. Il peut se cultiver c’est-à-dire se transformer si bien qu’il peut devenir réellement très différent d’un autre être humain. (Argument formulé avec mes propres termes pour soutenir la thèse) Aux yeux de Rousseau, ce qui fait la spécificité de l’être humain par rapport aux autres espèces, c’est sa capacité à « se perfectionner ». (Utilisation d’une référence à Rousseau qui justifie la thèse, avec utilisation du vocabulaire de l’auteur). Il remarque ainsi qu’un être humain peut, par les choix qu’il fait, aussi bien devenir un très grand artiste, sportif ou savant, qu’un toxicomane. C’est d’ailleurs lui qui pose la question « Pourquoi l’homme, seul, est-il sujet à devenir imbécile ? » et il y répond que c’est parce qu’il est le seul à être libre, c’est-à-dire à pouvoir ne pas suivre un programme inscrit à l’avance dans ses gènes et qui décide de son mode de vie. Ce que l’on appelle communément un instinct. L’homme peut donc se perfectionner toute sa vie, là où l’animal va très rapidement cesser de changer dès lors qu’il est adulte. (Développement en utilisant les arguments que l’auteur utilise pour justifier sa thèse) Nous pouvons donc dire que l’homme est bien à part dans la nature, car il a cette capacité de se perfectionner que n’ont pas les autres espèces. (Retour au sujet : le but est de rappeler en quoi ce que l’on vient de dire répond au sujet)

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Introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie

Publié le 19 février 2019 par Justine Debret . Mis à jour le 7 décembre 2020.

L’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie est différente d’une introduction de dissertation juridique .

Elle doit introduire votre sujet philosophique et intéresser votre lecteur. Elle doit aussi permettre à un lecteur profane de comprendre votre sujet et votre angle d’attaque pour le traiter.

Une bonne introduction de dissertation de philosophie contient :

• la phrase d’accroche (amorce) ;
• l’énoncé du sujet ;
• la définition termes et reformulation du sujet ;
• la problématique ;
• l’annonce du plan.

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L’introduction ne se rédige pas directement après la lecture ou le choix du sujet de philosophie.

Nous vous conseillons de commencer par définir les termes du sujet une fois le sujet de la dissertation révélé.

Ensuite, faites un brainstorming , trouvez votre problématique et définissez votre plan.

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L’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie est très importante et doit suivre une méthode particulière.

Elle est composée de cinq éléments qui doivent absolument apparaître.

1. La phrase d’accroche (amorce).

Bien que facultative, l’accroche permet de capter l’attention du lecteur et d’introduire le sujet dans l’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie.

Vous pouvez utiliser un élément qui sort du domaine de la philosophie, comme un fait historique, un événement récent ou une citation. Le but de l’accroche est de ne pas démarrer trop sèchement en donnant simplement une définition des termes du sujet.

Conseil : Faites une fiche avec des citations que vous pourriez mettre en accroche (en fonction des thèmes étudiés en cours).

2. L’énoncé du sujet.

Il est important d ’énoncer  clairement le sujet juste après votre accroche dans l’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie.

3. La définition termes et reformulation du sujet .

Avec la définition termes et la reformulation  du sujet, i l faut expliciter le sens des mots du sujet en leur donnant une définition précise. La définition que vous choisissez peut donner un angle d’attaque au traitement du sujet, car des termes peuvent avoir plusieurs définitions. Chaque définition doit être détaillée et justifiée.

Normalement, les termes du sujet auront été vus en cours et vous devriez connaître leurs définitions.

Astuce : Nous vous conseillons de partir des racines grecques et latines pour définir les termes du sujet.

4. La problématique.

La définition des termes devrait faire émerger un problème ou paradoxe. C’est la problématique du sujet.

Dans votre introduction de dissertation de philosophie, vous devez expliquer clairement quel est ce problème.

Votre dissertation de philosophie est là pour solutionner ce problème.

5. L’annonce du plan.

Une fois le problème introduit, vous présentez les étapes de sa résolution avec le plan dans l’annonce du plan.

Dans l’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie, vous donnez ainsi une idée au lecteur de la progression que vous allez suivre.

Sujet  : Être libre, est-ce faire ce que l’on veut ?

« Tous les Hommes naissent et demeurent libres et égaux ». C’est ce que promet la Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen française établie en 1789, ainsi que la Constitution française de la Vème République de 1958. Ainsi, la « liberté » semble être une vertu naturelle et innée que l’être humain est en droit de posséder dès sa naissance. Être « libre » signifierait « faire tout ce que l’on veut ». Toutefois, comme dans tout texte juridique, ce droit accordé à l’Homme n’est valable que si certains devoirs imposés sont respectés. La « liberté » est donc entourée de normes et de lois qui la définissent au sein d’une société démocratique. On définit communément un être « libre » comme ayant le pouvoir de faire ce qu’il veut, d’agir ou non, et de n’être captif d’aucun devoir moral ou juridique. On peut donc lier la « liberté » à la seule « volonté » du sujet. Cette « volonté » pouvant être décrite comme le fait de « désirer » ou celui de « décider rationnellement » une chose. Toutefois, le « désir » peut sembler posséder un caractère coercitif qui rendrait toute liberté humaine impossible à atteindre. Il est donc nécessaire de se demander si l’Homme est un être libre, capable de faire des choix rationnels, ou s’il est esclave de lui-même et de ses désirs ? Pour répondre à cette question, il est tout d’abord nécessaire de s’interroger sur l’Homme en tant qu’individu considéré comme libre et doté de raison. Puis, il convient d’étudier l’Homme comme un être prisonnier qui subit la contrainte et l’obligation que lui impose sa personne, ainsi que l’environnement qui l’entoure.

Voici une présentation que vous pouvez utiliser pour vous améliorer ou partager nos conseils méthodologiques sur l’introduction d’une dissertation de philosophie. N’hésitez pas à la partager ou à l’utiliser lors de vos cours :).

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What is a Ph.D. Dissertation?

[I wrote this in 1993 as a letter to a student concerning a draft of his dissertation. In 2003 I edited it to remove some specific references to the student and present it as a small increment to the information available to my grad students. In 2023 I made small edits for grammar and to expand coverage.--spaf]

Let me start by reviewing some things that may seem obvious:

• Your dissertation is part of the requirements for a PhD. The research, theory, experimentation, et al. also contribute. One does not attempt to capture everything in one's dissertation.
• The dissertation is a technical work that documents and proves one's thesis. It is intended for a technical audience and must be clear and complete but not necessarily exhaustively comprehensive. Also note -- experimental data, if used, is not the proof -- it is evidence. The proof is presented as an analysis and critical presentation. Generally, every statement in your dissertation must be common knowledge, supported by citation to technical literature, or original results proved by the candidate (you). Each of those statements must directly relate to the proof of the thesis, or else they are unnecessary.

Let's revisit the idea of the thesis itself. It is a hypothesis, a conjecture, or a theorem. The dissertation is a formal, stylized document used to argue your thesis. The thesis must be significant, original (no one has yet demonstrated it to be true), and it must extend the state of scientific knowledge.

The first thing you need to do is to come up with no more than three sentences that express your thesis. Your committee must agree that your statements form a valid thesis statement. You, too, must be happy with the statement -- it should be what you will tell anyone if they ask you what your thesis is (few people will want to hear an hour's presentation as a response).

Once you have a thesis statement, you can begin developing the dissertation. The abstract, for instance, should be a one-page description of your thesis and how you present the proof of it. The abstract should summarize the results of the thesis and should stress the contributions to science made thereby.

Perhaps the best way to understand how an abstract should look would be to examine the abstracts of several dozen dissertations that have already been accepted. Our university library has a collection of them. This is a good approach to see how an entire dissertation is structured and presented. MIT Press has published the ACM doctoral dissertation award series for decades, so you may find some of those to be good examples to read -- they should be in any large technical library.

The dissertation itself should be structured into 4 to 6 chapters. The following is one commonly-used structure:

• Introduction. Provide an introduction to the basic terminology, cite appropriate background work, and briefly discuss related work that has already covered aspects of the problem.
• Abstract model. Discuss an abstract model of what you are trying to prove. This chapter should not discuss any specific implementation (see below)
• Validation of model/proof of theorems. This is a chapter showing proof of the model. It could be a set of proofs or a discussion of the construction and validation of a model or simulation to gather supporting data.
• Measurements/data. This would present data collected from actual use, simulations, or other sources. The presentation would include analysis to show support for the underlying thesis.
• Additional results. In some work, there may be secondary confirmation studies, or it might be the case that additional significant results are collected along the way to the proof of the central thesis. These would be presented here.
• Conclusions and future work. This is where the results are all tied together and presented. Limitations, restrictions, and special cases should be clearly stated here, along with the results. Some extensions as future work may also be described.

Let's look at these in a little more detail

Chapter I, Introduction. Here, you should clearly state the thesis and its importance. This is also where you define terms and other concepts used elsewhere. There is no need to write 80 pages of background on your topic here. Instead, you can cover almost everything by saying: "The terminology used in this work matches the definitions given in [citation, citation] unless noted otherwise." Then, cite some appropriate works that give the definitions you need. The progress of science is that we learn and use the work of others (with appropriate credit). Assume you have a technically literate readership familiar with (or able to find) standard references. Do not reference popular literature or WWW sites if you can help it (this is a matter of style more than anything else -- you want to cite articles in refereed conferences and journals, if possible, or in other theses).

Also, in the introduction, you want to survey any related work that attempted something similar to your own or has a significant supporting role in your research. This should refer only to published references. You cite the work in the references, not the researchers themselves. E.g., "The experiments described in [citation] explored the foo and bar conditions, but did not discuss the further problem of baz, the central point of this work." You should not make references such as this: "Curly, Moe, and Larry all believed the same in their research [CML53]" because you do not know what they believed or thought -- you only know what the paper states. Every factual statement you make must have a specific citation tied to it in this chapter, or else it must be common knowledge (don't rely on this too much).

Chapter II. Abstract Model. Your results are to be of lasting value. Thus, the model you develop and write about (and indeed, that you defend) should have lasting value. Thus, you should discuss a model not based on Windows, Linux, Ethernet, PCMIA, or any other technology. It should be generic and capture all the details necessary to overlay the model on likely environments. You should discuss the problems, parameters, requirements, necessary and sufficient conditions, and other factors here. Consider that 20 years ago (ca 1980), the common platform was a Vax computer running VMS or a PDP-11 running Unix version 6, yet well-crafted theses of the time are still valuable today. Will your dissertation be valuable 20+ years from now (ca 2050), or have you referred to technologies that will be of only historical interest?

This model is tough to construct but is the heart of the scientific part of your work. This is the lasting part of the contribution, and this is what someone might cite 50 years from now when we are all using MS Linux XXXXP on computers embedded in our wrists with subspace network links!

Chapters III & IV, Proof.There are basically three proof techniques that I have seen used in a computing dissertation, depending on the thesis topic. The first is analytic, where one takes the model or formulae and shows, using formal manipulations, that the model is sound and complete. A second proof method is stochastic, using statistical methods and measurements to show that something is true in the anticipated cases.

• clearly showing how your implementation model matches the conditions of your abstract model,
• describing all the variables and why you set them as you do,
• accounting for confounding factors, and
• showing the results.

Chapter V. Additional results. This may be folded into Chapter III in some theses or multiple chapters in a thesis with many parts (as in a theory-based thesis). This may be where you discuss the effects of technology change on your results. This is also a place where you may wish to point out significant results that you obtained while seeking to prove your central thesis but which are not supportive of the thesis. Often, such additional results are published in a separate paper.

Chapter VI. Conclusions and Future Work. This is where you discuss what you found from your work, incidental ideas and results that were not central to your thesis but of value nonetheless (if you did not have them in Chapter V), and other results. This chapter should summarize all the important results of the dissertation --- note that this is the only chapter many people will ever read, so it should convey all the important results.

This is also where you should outline some possible future work that can be done in the area. What are some open problems? What are some new problems? What are some significant variations open to future inquiry?

Appendices usually are present to hold mundane details that are not published elsewhere but are critical to the development of your dissertation. This includes tables of measurement results, configuration details of experimental testbeds, limited source code listings of critical routines or algorithms, etc. It is not appropriate to include lists of readings by topic, lists of commercial systems, or other material that does not directly support the proof of your thesis.

Here are some more general hints to keep in mind as you write/edit:

• Adverbs should generally not be used -- instead, use something precise. For example, do not say that something "happens quickly." How fast is quickly? Is it relative to CPU speeds? Network speeds? Does it depend on connectivity, configuration, programming language, OS release, etc? What is the standard deviation?
• As per the above, the use of the words "fast," "slow," "perfect," "soon," "ideal," "lots of," and related should all be avoided. So should "clearly," "obviously," "simple," "like," "few," "most," "large," et al.
• What you are writing is scientific fact. Judgments of aesthetics, ethics, personal preference, and the like should be in the conclusions chapter, if they should be anywhere at all. With that in mind, avoid the use of words such as "good," "bad," "best," and any similar discussion. Also, avoid stating "In fact," "Actually," "In reality," and any similar construct -- everything you are writing must be factual, so there is no need to state such things. If you feel compelled to use one of these constructs, then carefully evaluate what you are saying to ensure you are not injecting relative terms, opinions, value judgments, or other items inappropriate for a dissertation.
• Computers and networks do not have knees, so poor performance cannot bring them to something they do not have. They also don't have hands, so "On the one hand..." is not good usage. Programs don't perform conscious thought (nor do their underlying computers), so your system does not "think" that it has seen a particular type of traffic. Generalizing from this, do not anthropomorphize your IT components!
• Avoid mention of time and environment. "Today's computers" are antiques far sooner than you think. Your thesis should still be true many years from now. If a particular time or interval is necessary, be explicit, as in "Between 1905 and 1920" rather than "Over the last 15 years." (See the difference, given some distance in time?)
• Be sure that any scientist or mathematician would recognize something you claim as proof.
• Focus on the results and not the methodology. The methodology should be clearly described but not the central topic of your discussion in chapters III & IV
• Keep concepts and instances separate. An algorithm is not the same as a program that implements it. A protocol is not the same as the realization of it; a reference model is not the same as a working example, and so on.

As a rule of thumb, a CS dissertation should probably be longer than 100 pages but less than 160. Anything outside that range should be carefully examined with the above points in mind.

Keep in mind that you -- the Ph.D. candidate -- are expected to become the world's foremost expert on your topic area. That topic area should not be unduly broad but must be big enough to be meaningful. Your advisor and committee members are not supposed to know more about the topic than you do -- not individually, at least. Your dissertation is supposed to explain your findings and, along with the defense, demonstrate your mastery of the area in which you are now the leading expert. That does not mean writing everything you know -- it means writing enough about the most important points that others can agree with your conclusions.

Last of all, don't fall into the trap that ties up many candidates and causes some of them to flame out before completion: your thesis does not need to be revolutionary. It simply needs to be an incremental advancement in the field. Few Ph.D. dissertations have ever had a marked impact on the field. Instead, it is the author's set of publications and products of the author that may change the field.

If your dissertation is like most, it will only be read by your committee and some other Ph.D. candidates seeking to build on your work. As such, it does not need to be a masterwork of literature, nor does it need to solve a long-standing problem in computing. It merely needs to be correct, to be significant in the judgment of your committee, and it needs to be complete. We will all applaud when you change the world after graduation. And at that, you will find that many well-known scientists in CS have made their careers in areas different from their dissertation topic. The dissertation is proof that you can find and present original results; your career and life after graduation will demonstrate the other concerns you might have about making an impact.

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