Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2012 The lost city: examining the relationship between science, philosophy and the Atlantis myth Kimberly Hurd Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. THE LOST CITY: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE, PHILOSOPHY AND THE ATLANTIS MYTH A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Political Science by Kimberly Hurd B.A., Washington and Lee University, 2005 M.A., Boston College, 2007 August 2012 To Lexington ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would first like to thank every professor I have had throughout my undergraduate and graduate education. I would especially like to Eduardo Velasquez for introducing me to the study of political philosophy, and James R. Stoner, Jr. for seeing me through to the end. This dissertation would not have happened without them. Thank you to the members of my dissertation committee for their guidance and insights.