Philosophy of Mind

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Knowledge

Theory of Ethics

Contemporary Ethical Problems

Philosophy and Literature

Existentialism

Foundations in Philosophy (Regular and Honors Sections)

Philosophy of Human Nature (Regular and Honors Sections)

Independent Study on Heidegger

Independent Study on Technology

Independent Study on the Role of Language in Thought

Independent Study on Phenomenology and Catholicism

Husserl

Heidegger, A Close reading of Being and Time

Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Knowledge

German Phenomenology-Existentialism

French Phenomenology-Existentialism

Contemporary French Philosophy: Ricoeur, Derrida, Foucault

The Genesis of the Subject: Merleau-Ponty and Levinas

Coexistence and Communication: Husserl, Heidegger, Apel

The Uncertain Boundaries of the Subject: Levinas, Derrida, Marion

Wild Ontologies: Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault

Poetry and Politics: Heidegger in the 1930s

Ricoeur and Davidson on Action and Event

Figures of Subjectivity: Levinas and Foucault

Independent Study on Heidegger

Independent Study on Ricoeur: Philosophy and Literature

Independent Study on Subjectivity and Vulnerability

Independent Study on Topics of Phenomenology and Philosophy of Mind

Independent Study on Consciousness and Meaning across Philosophical Divides: Husserl, Searle, Frege, Derrida

Independent Study on Language, Meaning, and History: A Phenomenological Approach

Dr. Vandevelde has served as the director of twelve completed doctoral dissertations

Placement:

• 6 have a tenured position (1 as Rector of his institution, 1 as Vice-rector of his institution)

• 2 have a tenure-track position

• 1 is a museum curator and visiting assistant professor

• 1 is an independent scholar and free-lance writer

• 1 is pursuing a second degree in psychology

• 1 is on the job market

Titles of the dissertations:

• “Phenomenal Consciousness: A Husserlian Approach”

• “The Attestation of the Self as a Bridge Between Hermeneutics and Ontology in the Philosophy of Paul Ricoeur”

• “The Poetics of Remembrance: Communal Identity and Memory in Heidegger and Ricoeur”

• "The Paradox of Nature: Merleau-Ponty's Semi-Naturalistic Critique of Husserlian Phenomenology”

• “Ricoeur's Theory of Narrative as a Reformulation of Husserl's Notion of Intentionality”

• "The Social and Historical Subject in Sartre and Foucault and Its Implications for Healthcare Ethics"

• “The Status of Irrationality: Karl Jaspers' Response to Davidson and Searle”

• “Knowledge and Thought in Heidegger and Foucault: Towards an Epistemology of Ruptures”

• “Ricoeur's Narrative Development of Gadamer's Hermeneutics: Continuity and Discontinuity”

• “Friendship and Self-Identity in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur”

• “Towards a Philosophy of the Musical Experience: Phenomenology, Culture, and Ethnomusicology in Conversation”

• “Empathy and Knowledge: Husserl’s Introductions to Phenomenology”