Dean's Report
PHILOSOPHY 47 Articles
5. COADY, C. A. J. - Review of Michael Walzer, Just and Unjust Wars. Philosophy, Vol.
54(209): 415-420 (July, 1979),
6. JUDGE, B. - On Reflection. Psychotherapy: Theorv, Research and Practice, Vol. 16(\):
22-29 (Spring, 1979).
7. McCLOSKEY, M . A. - Review of Perception. Emotion and Action by Irving Thalberg.
Philosophy, Vol. 54(208): 264-266 (April, 1979).
8. McCLOSKEY, M . A. - Review of The Fire and the Sunby Iris Murdoch. The Australasian Journal o f Philosophy. Vol. 57(2): 189-192 (June, 1979).
9. PRESA, W. K. - Theory and Practice. AA TADE. Vol.11: 1-3(1978/79).
10. SRZEDNICKI, J. T. J. - Declarative vs. Operative Signs and True. Semiotic Studies, I X : 77-87(1979).
11. WOOD, D. - Hume on Identity and Personal Identity. Australasian Journal of Philosophy.
Vol. 57:69-73 (1979).
12. WOOD, D. - Rawls's Maximin Argument. The Personalis!. Vol. 60:221 -227 (1979).
T H E S E S PASSED FOR H I G H E R D E G R E E S Doctor of Philosophy
1. JU DGE, B. - Representation and Reality (ANV).
Master of Arts 2. DEL PORTO. A. - Davidson's Theory of Mind.
3. HENDERSON, A.-Justice. Narrowness, and Conflict.
4. RAWNSLEY,G.- Theory ofInductive Acceptance.
5. TREXLER, G. (formerly SMITH) - Kant's Distinction of All Objects in general into Phenomena and Noumena.
T H E S E S IN P R O G R E S S PhD Theses in Progress AKIE, M. - Human Rights, Public Order and Social Purpose.
BURNS, L.- Vagueness.
CROSTH WAITE. J. - Analvsis and Comparison of Some Theories of Meaning.
DEL PORTO, A. - A Study of Nozick's Contribution to Moral and Political Philosophy.
FLEMING, P. - Rationality.
GREY. B. - Modality. Reference and Time.
HENDERSON, A. - Notion of Reciprocity, its relation to Kant's Ethics and Metaphysics.
}ARASUJS,\'.-Necessity.
KONDOR. J. - Explanation in the Social Sciences.
M ARNELL, G. - The use of Mela-ethics.
OPIE, C. - The Logical Structure of a Language Containing Vague Terms.
ROBINSON. D. S.-The Semantics of Mass Terms (Monash).
WOODS, M. - A Study of the Semantic Nature of Natural Kind Predicates and their Importance and Role in Rational Inquiry.
MA Theses in Progress BLONDER, I. - Psychologism: The Frege-HusserlDispute.
DAVENPORT, D. C. - Problems in Dummeli's Philosophy of Language and Logic.
DUSCOV IC, B. - Meiaph vsics and the Aesthetic Experience.
GILHEANY,J. C. - Activity, Abilii v. Skills.
HALIK. S. C. - Power.
IMBERGER. H. - Quine's definition of "Logical Truth". The necessity oj non-existentional notions lo his definition.
1NG1GNERI, J. E. - Names in Fiction.
JOLLEY, M. C. - Mood and Mode.
LEWIS, N. T.- Time and Non-Realistic Theories of Meaning.
MILLER. R. - On Explanation.
MILLER, S.-Convention.
M1LTIADOU. R. - 'Towards an Ethical Knowledge.
NEGRI. A. F.-Equality.
NORTHROP. J. M.-Mcaningfulncss.
POULTON, J. 1). - Getting the Point.
RAINER, V. J. - Some Metuphvsical Problems, with Special Reference lo Immanuet Kant.
RUSSF.1..L; S. (formerly HEATH-RUSSELL) - Kant'.? Mora! and Political Philosophy.
SANDS, C. A.. - Sartre and Freud: a Review of their Theories of Mind.
SOPHOCLEOUS. A. - Pleasure. The beautiful and the Sublime are Symbols of Morality (as thev come out ofEthical and Aesi helical Experience) in Kant s Critique of Judgement.
TULLOCH. P'.C-Skinner and Seeing Red.
WOOD, D. A. R.-Rawh s Theory of Distributive.Justice.
POLITICAL S C I E N C E
R E S E A R C H TOPICS IN PROGRESS
1. A roll-call analysis of U.S. Congressmen's ideology in 1967-76 - K. G. Armstrong.
2. Intergovernmental relationsin Victoria-J. iM. Power.
3. Political resourccsand political skills — J. M . Power.
4. Metaphor: towards a social theory of knowledge and action - D. F. Miller.
5. Public aspirations and public policy-B. W. Headey.
6. Thc Soviet intelligentsia: changing structure and roles - L. G. Churchward
7. A political biography of Governor Philip Gidlcy King, Governor of N.S.W. - J. King.
8. Marxism and individualism - D. F. B. Tucker.
9. Censorship and political freedom - D. F. B.Tucker.
10. Internal security in thc West German Federal Republic-A. H. Hughes.
1 1. The political economy ofstagtlation and structural unemployment-A. I I . Hughes.
12. Beliefs and mood structures associated wilh alienation in mass publics - A. H. Hughes.
13. Public policy and prisons-A. H. Hughes.
14. Political Values and Attitudes in Australia - J. M. Holmes.
P U B L I S H E D WORKS Books
1. CHURCHWARD. L . G . - Australia and America 1788-1972: An Alternative Historv.
APCOL, Sydney (1979).
2. KI NG, J. - 77K' Other Side ofthe Coin - a political history of A ustralia in cartoons. Revised second ed.. Cassell, Sydney (1979).
3. POWER, J. M . (jt. aut.) - Final Report ofthe Board of Review ofthe Role, Structure and Administration of Local Government in Victoria, Victorian Government Printer (1979).
Chapters of Books
4. DAVIES, A. F. - Political Socialisation, Ch. 16 of F. J. Hunt cd. Socialisation in Australia, Australian Instructional Press and Publishers. Melbourne. 301 -314 (1979).
5. DAVIES, A. F. - Varieties of Hope. Ch. 2 of Ross Ritzgerald cd. The Sources of Hope.
Pergamon Press, Sydney, 24-35 (1979).
6. HOLMES, M . j . - The Liberal-National Country Party Coalition, in 77K> Australian National Elections of1977. ed. Howard Penniman, A.N.U. Press 92-124 (1979).
7. PERES, L. G. - The Changing Allocation of Resources of Science and Technology in Australia, in Science and Technology - an Australian Perspective, Proceedings of Australian Academy ofScience, 32-39 (1979).
Articles
8. A L L A N . L. - Ethnic Politics - Migrant Organisation and the Victorian A.L.P. Ethnic Stud..2(2):2\-i\ (1979).
9. CHURCHWARD, L. G. - Public Participation in the USSR. Socialism and Participation.
cd. Marian Sawer, A PSA Monograph No. 24: 83-94(1979).
10. HOLMES, M . J. - Political Chronicle Victoria, A.J.P.II. I5( I): 92-103 (1979).
11. HOLMES, M . J . -Political Chronicle Victoria! A.J.PH.. /5(3): 390-398(1979).
12. HOLMES, M. J. - Administrative Chronicle Victoria. Ausi. J. Pub. Admin.. 38(1): 91 -98 (1979).
13. HOLMES. M. J. - Thc 1979 Victorian State Election. Ethos. 9(4): 36-41 (1979).
14. MILLER, D. F. - Metaphor, The Writing of History and Manning Clark. Australia 1888, 3:
53-65 (1979).
15. SIMMS, M. and TSOKHAS, K. - Ideology. Rhetoric and Liberal Party Policies on Public Enterprise. Politics 14(2): 252-264 (1979).
16. TUCKER, D. F. B. - Nozick's Individualism. Politics 14(\): 109-122(1979).
T H E S E S PASSED FOR HIGHER D E G R E E S Doctor of Philosophy
1. KRIEGLER, R. - /( Comparative Examination of the social, political and normative characteristics of manual and lower white-collar workers in A ustralia.
2. WALTER. J. A.-jt'. G. Whitlam: An Essay in Political Biography.
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Master of Arts
3. TSOKHAS, K. - The Political Economy of Soviet- Third World Relations.
4. WONG, W. S. -A Structuralist Study of Red Guard Language.
5. WOOLFE, T. M. - The Social Involvement of the Roman Catholic Church in the Third World - A Changing Role}1.
T H E S E S IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress
BERRY, M. J. - Politics of Urban Planning in Melbourne with particular reference to Resident Groups.
BRETT, J. M. - The Psychoanalytic Approach to the Writer and His Language.
BROWN, A. D. - Thc Determinants of Local Government Organization.
BURKE, M. J. - Issues in the Australian Political Culture.
CAMPBELL, F. J. - A Comparative Analysis of Class Consciousness among Blue and While Collar Workers.
EDWARDS, M. R.-.-l Studv of Aspects of Extreme Right- Wing Political Activitv in Australia.
GEORGIOU, P.-Organization Theory.
JONES, A. - Social Planning in the Barwon Region.
KING, J. - The political background of the First Fleet.
KIRSNER, D. - The Words of Samuel Beckett.
LOVE. J. - The Political Economvof'Antiquity.
PARAMANATHAN. T. - Television Themes and Styles.
RICHARDS, M. J. - The Canberra Parliamentary Press Gallery.
SCHEDV1N, M. B.-Study of Political Socialization-Interaction in Marriage.
VANDELOO, E. - Political Culture and Local Government. Case Studies in Municipal Politics.
WEBLEY. 1. A. - Political Myth in Australia.
WILSON, J. C. - Social Climbing and Peak Experience.
WHITE, K. R.-A Political Biography of John Cain.
WONG-SANDOR, H. K.-S. - Chinese Political Culture.
MA Theses in Progress ALLAN. L. J. - Preselection in the Viclorian ALP.
BAYLEY, M. I. - Teaching English lo Migrant Students.
BENJAMIN, C. G. - Impact of Whitlam Government Program on Western Region of Melbourne.
BENNETTO, A. W. - Post-war Educational Policy-making in Victoria.
BLACK, D. E.-TheLefi Wing in Australia.
BLATT, P. A. - Technology 'Transfer in India.
CLARK, J. E. - Symbol and Myth in the works of Karl Marx.
CON DON, R. W. - Decision-Making Procedures in University Councils.
CONSIDINE, M. - Australian Government Insurance Corporation Campaign. 1975.
CORN ALL, G. D. - Provision of Legal Services.
CUSACK, D. H.- The Catholic Worker.
DOBLE, B. A. - Focus on Alienation: Anti- Uranium Movement.
DRUMMOND, G. I. - Qualities of Work in an Australian Iron Ore Mining Company.
DUCK, J. L. -An organisational study of the Shipwrights' Union.
EVANS, D. K. - Political Constraints in an Area of Education Welfare in Australia (Adult Literacy).
FRAWLEY, P. F. - Evaluation of Albury- Wodonga Development Corporation.
GOODE, J. E. - Community Health Centres in Melbourne.
INACHIN, V. - The Influence of Economic Factors on Political Processes.
KIELY, R. A. - The Social Adjustments ofa Sample of Single Mothers raising their Children.
KRONEMANN, M. - Labour Disputes in the Soviet Union.
LINDNER, W. - An exposition of Politico-linguistics.
LYNCH. M. E.-Organization 'Theory.
MARTIN,Z. - Western Relations with the Third World.
McCRACKEN-HEWSON, J. - Democracy in Associations - Case Studies of Australian Community Groups.
McLEISH, G. W. - Local Government Reform in Australia.
McGREGOR, J. M. - Biography of Dame Peggy Van Praagh as Administrator.
NILSON, S. - Civil Disobedience.
NYE, A. D. - International Organization.
OLLIVIER-JEAN, P. L. - The French and Italian Communist Parlies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE O'LOUGHLIN.T. W.- Intellectual and Cultural Elites in Australia.
PANAGACOS, G. - Australian/Greek Foreign Policy Relations.
PATTERSON, D. M. - The FACS Program in the Mildura Region.
PHUNG, N. H.-Conventional Missile Defence in Australia.
REILLY, J. J. - The Hogan Government in Victoria 1929-32.
RIMMER, J. R. - The Viclorian Board of Inquiry into Local Government.
RUMPF, P. B. - Policy Making in Heidelberg City Council.
SHORT, P. D. - Comparative Incomes Policies under Communism and Capitalism.
SI NCLAIR, A. - A nalysis of small groups as problem-solving learns.
S1EVERS, J. A.-Civil Disobedience-Protest and Non- Violence.
SM Y R K, L. - Marxism and Feminism.
STEELE, P. - The Canberra Parliamentary Press Gallery.
TONGUE, B. D. - Power and Authority in West German Politics.
TURBAYNE, D. M. - Study of Government Co-ordination.
WARD, M. R. - Political conflict and social order in Machiavelli.
Wl LEM AN, B. - The Politics of Prison: classification and treatment of offenders.
WISHART, B.-Feminism.
SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED Grants have been received as follows:
ARGC: Public Aspirations and Public Policy.
ARGC: Political Values and Attitudes in Australia.
PSYCHOLOGY
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS
1. Thc natural history of personality disorders-1. M. Campbell and G. Mellsop.
2. Reduced sensory environments in (a) reduction of phobic behaviours and (b) elimination of smokingbehaviours-J. J. Summersand I. M.Campbell.
3. Refinement ofthe Ego Resilience, Extravcrsion and Authoritarianism factors of the MMPI andtheCPl-S. B. Hammondandl. M.Campbell.
4. The psychology ofthe CPI Extraversivc scales-1. M.Campbell.
5. Sanity in Madness: in collaboration with young former journalist, on this man's experience ofmadness-C. W. Langley.
6. Development of cross-modal skills in normal and brain-damaged children - A. W. H.
Buffery.
7. Techniques to promote recovery from brain trauma - A. W. H. Buffery.
8. Neuropsychological difficulties associated with Broca's Aphasia-G. Kinsella.
9. Difficulties in posodic discrimination in right hemisphere lesioned patients-G. Kinsella and R. Wales.
10. Acute recovery patterns in psychological functions as found in stroke patients - G.
Kinsella.
I 1. Changes in intellectual function in multiple sclcrosis-G. R. Gates.
12. Auditory function in Australian mammals - G. R. Gates and L. M. Aitkin (Monash University).
13. Context effects in sentence comprehension-V. M.Holmes.
14. Syntactic and semantic strategies in sentence comprehension-V. M. Holmes.
15. Coping skills and the behaviour of dentally anxious children - N . E. McMurray.
16. Cognitive-behavioural interventions with socially withdrawn and anxious children - N. E.
McMurray.
17. The development of language and communication - A. G. Cross.
18. Communication disorders in childhood - A. G. Cross.
19. Parent-child interaction - A. G. Cross.
20. The development of children in day-care centres-A. G. Cross.
21. Language Acquisition: (I) Deixis, (2) Speech perception - R. J. Wales.
22. Planning units and syntax in sentence production - M. Ford and V. M. Holmes.
23. Job attitudes in organizations with changing technologies-G. Gardner.
24. Air traffic control as a socio-technical system-G. Gardner and B. Bartlett.
25. The Melbourne Careers Project - K. F. Taylor, G. 1. Kelso, P. G. Power, H. Pretty, A.
D'Arcy-Evansand N. Longthorpe
26. The developmental priority of identity conservation over equivalence conservation - R.
Gold.
27. False conservations in thc concrete-operational period - R. Gold.
28. The mechanisms of theory change - R. Gold.
29. Sex differences in mathematical abilities in Form IV and Form VI students- N. Grieve and P. Pattison.
30. Students in transition from University-N. Grieve and T. Kotler.
31. Family processes associated with academic achievement in school children-T. Kotler.
32. Marital relations in a clinical and a normal sample-T. Kotler.
33. Planning and efferent components in thc coding of movement - J. J. Summers, A. Levey, J.
Sommer and C. Bucovaz.
34. Lateralization of motor functions in the cerebral hemispheres - J. J. Summers and C. A.
Sharp.
35. Psychological characteristics ofthe marathon runner-J. J. Summers and G. Sargent.
36. Social impact analysis - A.J. Wearing.
37. Policy evaluation - A. J. Wearing.
38. Decision making-A. J. Wearing.
39. Problem solving-A. J. Wearing.
40. Simulation modelling- A. J. Wearing.
PUBLISHED WORK Book
1. MOLLOY, M., STANLEY, G. V. and WALSH, K. W. (eds.) - Brain Impairment:
Proceedings of the 1978 Brain Impairment Workshop. Dominion Press, Melbourne (1979).
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