The UCLA Philosophy Department is saddened to mark the passing of Professor Anand Vaidya (1976-2024). Anand Jayprakash Vaidya was a professor of philosophy at San Jose State University and a…
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Professor Vida Yao’s “Eros and Anxiety” selected for the Philosopher’s Annual 2023
Published: August 21, 2024
The Philosophy Department is thrilled to share that Professor Vida Yao’s article “Eros and Anxiety” from Synthese was selected for the 43rd volume of the Philosopher’s Annual! The goal of…
Read MoreProfessor Kareem Khalifa: “New census categories raise philosophical questions about race and ethnicity”
Published: July 22, 2024
If you’ve ever filled out federal documents for a job, college application, or healthcare provider, you’re probably familiar with questions about race and ethnicity that consist of five racial categories…
Read MoreCongratulations to the Class of 2024!
Published: July 2, 2024
On Saturday, June 15th, the Philosophy Department celebrated our majors, minors, and PhD graduates with their loved ones at our Commencement Reception and Awards Ceremony. The afternoon began with a…
Read MoreCongratulations to Jenny Yi-Chen Wu!
Published: July 14, 2023We are pleased to announce that Jenny Yi-Chen Wu has published the paper “A Defense of Impurist Permissivism” in the journal Episteme.
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