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
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>Another strange thing is that the degree isn't called "Ph.D."
>at Oxford!
>
>Andrew Buxton
>Brighton
>
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>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:
>>
>> On the principle of "keep it simple", couldn't the site be
>made to work
>> without Flash and Java Script?
>
> Writing such a site is a not a trivial undertaking. It's not the
> sort of thing you would throw together, in your spare time,
> while writing a PhD. It appears that the domain is owned by a
> US based company. A whois query shows
>
>Domain Name: ACADEMIA.EDU
>
>Registrant:
> Academia
> 942 Windemere Dr. NW
> Salem, OR 97304
> UNITED STATES
>
> Thus this looks like a commercial, rather than academic endeavor.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel
> RePEc:per:1965-06-05:thomas_krichel
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