But a check on the Oxford Library Catalogue does show a D.Phil from
Richard Price entitled "The way things look". The Index to Theses is
not a complete listing.
Lyn
At 10:10 02/10/2008, Exelby Alan Mr (LIB) wrote:
>I wouldn't say that in itself is conclusive, because people may use the
>more common form in general 'speech' even when they know it's
>technically a 'D.Phil.' at Oxford. However, a quick check on
>
>http://www.theses.com/
>
>shows no thesis at Oxford on this subject by an R. 'Price'.
>
>Alan
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> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: A general Library and Information Science list for news
> >and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >Andrew Buxton
> >Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:53 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
> >
> >Another strange thing is that the degree isn't called "Ph.D."
> >at Oxford!
> >
> >Andrew Buxton
> >Brighton
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: A general Library and Information Science list for news
> >and discussion. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >Thomas Krichel
> >Sent: 01 October 2008 23:24
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Academia.edu: 'tree' of academics launches
> >
> > Peter M. Adams writes
> >
> >> On 30 Sep, Richard Price
> ><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'm a Fellow of All Souls College Oxford, where I recently
> >finished my
> >> > Ph.D on the philosophy of perception.
> >>
> >> > I've just launched a website, www.academia.edu, which does
> >two things:
> >>
Lyn Bailey
Librarian
Faculty of Classics
University of Cambridge
UK
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