With the conclusion of 2016, the Rotman Institute would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work and achievements of some of our graduate student members. This year a total of seven students successfully defended their doctoral theses. Their names, and the titles of their dissertations are listed below.

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Top row (left to right):

Jennifer Epp: Testimony as Significance Negotiation

Andrew Peterson: Assessing decision making capacity after severe brain injury

Mackenzie Graham: The moral status and welfare of patients diagnosed as vegetative, with covert awareness

 

Second row (left to right):

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

Justin Bzovy: Species Pluralism

 

Not pictured:

Molly Kao: Evaluating the Quantum Postulate in the Context of Pursuit

Stephen Pearce: A Pure Representationalist Account of Belief and Desire

 

Please join us in congratulating these graduates! Best wishes and happy holidays to our graduates, our members, and to our extended community.