Current and Past PhD theses

Current and Past PhD theses

Current PhDs

Leonard Skinner, "Ethical Romantic Relationships: The case for Polyamory". Supervised by Professor Felix Ó Murchadha

Ucha Urushadze, "The Double Movement of Time: Bergson and Gadamer". Supervised by Professor Felix Ó Murchadha.

Greg Crowley, "The Two Worlds of Edmund Husserl: World as correlate of Consciousness and World as Lifeworld". Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha (LOA 2024-5)

Matthews Semba, “On the Value of Knowledge: From Plato’s ‘Meno’ to the contemporary debate”. Supervised by Dr. Tsarina Doyle (LOA 2024-5)

Sibéal Ua Léanacháin, LOA 23/24

Completed PhDs

2024

Tomás Lally, “How Does ‘I’ Begin? An Exploration of the Human Subject’s Initial Beginning in Subjectivity”. Supervised by Mr. Mike McCormack and Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2023

Sarah Carter, “A Value-Centered Approach to Data Privacy Decisions”, funded by Science Foundation Ireland. Supervised by Dr. Heike Felzmann.

Oliver Milne, "Against Computationalism: computation, consciousness, and the limits of the scientific image". Supervised by Dr. Nick Tosh.

2022

Chris Hansen, "Nietzsche will to power metaphysics". Supervised by Dr. Tsarina Doyle (Awarded Posthumously)

2021

Annie McKeown O'Donovan, "Ethics and Assisted Dying in Ireland". Supervised by Dr. Richard Hull.

Gino Querini, "Kantian influences on Aby Warburg’s Thought. The Role of Orientation", funded by IRC Scholarship. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2020

John Roe, “Faith, Reason and the Limits of Linguistic Expression. An Investigation of Soren Kierkegaard and Immanuel Kant”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

Rachel Coventry, “Poetry in the Digital Age: A Heideggerian Account”, funded by College of Arts Fellowship. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2019

Lucy Elvis, "Reading Building: A Gadamerian Account of Architecture". Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

Jonathan O’Rourke, "Expression and Silence: The Language of Phenomenology in Wittgenstein and Heidegger", funded by College of Arts Fellowship. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

Michael Hardiman, "Hannah Arendt and Mass Evil: A Critical examination of Arendt's concepts of ideology and banality". Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

Trine Riel, “Nietzsche’s Askesis and Philosophy as a Style of Life”, funded by Digital Arts and Humanities (DAH) PhD Scholarship. Co-supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha and Prof. Rod Stoneman.

2017

Edmund O’Toole, “The Dark Side of Humanity: Psychiatry, Psychopathy and Human Nature”. Supervised by Dr. Heike Felzmann.

2016

Róisín Lally, “The Ontology of Technology: A Heideggerian Perspective”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2015

Davy Walsh, “Being Played: An investigation into the lived experience of play”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2014

Veronica O’Neill, “Translating Translation: Following Benjamin”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

2011

Catherine Flynn, “Ritual and Authenticity: A Philosophical Exploration of the Possibility of Genuine Religious Practice”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha.

Pierre Yves Fioraso, “Transdisciplinary Implications of Cellular Suicide: Towards an Epistemology of Complexity – Georges Canguilhem, Edgar Morin and J.C. Ameisen”. Supervised by Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha