{"id":1391,"date":"2025-08-15T21:37:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/?page_id=1391"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:35:50","slug":"phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD &#8211; THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center\">\n<h1>THE UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR, NORTH WALES<\/h1>\n<h2>THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead h3\">A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"lead\">(This version of the thesis which was the version awarded the PhD is provided under the terms of the <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\">CC BY-SA license<\/a> )<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead h3 mb-0 pb-0\">BY<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead h3 mb-3 mt-0\"><b>MICHAEL P\u00d2L MACNEIL<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead h4 mb-0 pb-0\">Nov 1, 2023<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead h4 mt-0 pt-0\">BANGOR, NORTH WALES<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"text-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/phd\/abstract\/\" title=\"Abstract\">Abstract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE UNIVERSITY OF BANGOR, NORTH WALES THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS PROJECT &nbsp; 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