I thank the University of California, without which this work would not have been possible. The rich resources and faculty of the Irvine campus were invaluable and necessary components of my graduate education.
Thanks go out to the department of philosophy at UCI for all the funding opportunities over the years, both in terms of teaching assistantships and stipends. Since they joined the department, Beth Pace has always had a receptive ear and a helping hand and Alice Decker’s smile and friendliness were always a welcoming presence. I am grateful to the School of Humanities and the department, especially Martin Schwab, for their willingness to honor the spirit of an agreement in my initial financial package offer whose letter had expired. The spirit of this agreement was to cover fees for a quarter near the end of my graduate studies, which the parties did in Winter 2010. In the midst of our deepest recession since the Great Depression, which affected budgets at every level and made funding opportunities sparser than they had ever been in my graduate career, this funding was invaluable and allowed me to finish my dissertation with time to spare.