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We are pleased to announce that Sevcan Gugumcu defended her dissertation, “Essays on Being and Predication in Aristotle”, and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on…

Please join us in congratulating Ally Peabody Smith (PhD, UCLA Philosophy) in accepting a position as Assistant Professor at the College of Health at Lehigh University.

Elvie Lin, a graduating senior Philosophy major, has been elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Congratulations, Elvie!

Kyle Scott has been awarded the  Charles E. and Sue K. Young Graduate Student Fellowship. This fellowship is presented to exceptional graduate students who have achieved distinction through outstanding scholarship, teaching…

Congratulations to Kyle Scott who has been chosen to receive UCLA’s Distinguished Teaching Award!! Each year, the award is given to only five teaching assistants on campus and recognizes extraordinary…

Sean Brenner | May 2, 2024 Brian Copenhaver has received the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award for 2023–24. Copenhaver, a UCLA distinguished professor emeritus of philosophy and history, was one of…

Paul Taylor, Presidential Professor of Philosophy, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the highest honors American academics can receive. Philosophy professor Paul Taylor is among…

Robert M. Adams, Professor Emeritus of philosophy at Yale University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,…

The Yost Prize is given annually in honor of Robert M. Yost for excellent performance in teaching. Congratulations to our 2022-23 winners Savannah Leon and Hannah Widmaier.

The winner of the 2022-2023 Logic and Language Prize is Torsten Odland for his essay “Fine-grained Content and Open Texture.” “Fine-Grained Content and Open Texture” by Torsten Odland uses considerations…