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We are pleased to announce that Melissa Retwka defended her dissertation, “The Value of Recognition.”, and it has been accepted. Her PhD was awarded on December 9, 2022.Congratulations to Dr….

We are pleased to announce that Kim Johnston defended her dissertation, “Contradictions and the Structure of Reasoning.”, and it has been accepted. Her PhD was awarded on December 9, 2022….

Herbert Morris was a seminal figure in the tradition of research and teaching in law and philosophy at UCLA, a tradition that he participated in for seven decades and that…

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Kareem Khalifa has officially joined our faculty. Kareem has many research interests but specializes in general philosophy of science, theory of knowledge, and…

We are pleased to announce that Christian De Leon defended his dissertation, “Situated Conversation: The Role of Attention in Communication”, and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree was awarded…

The UCLA Philosophy Department is saddened to mark the passing of Professor Terence Parsons (1939–2022). Professor Parsons was Professor Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at the…

We are pleased to announce that Zachary Biondi defended his dissertation, “Kant’s System of Moral Law”, and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree will be awarded on June 10,…

We are pleased to announce that Ayana Samuel defended her dissertation, “Joint Action, Speech, and Asymmetric Relations”, and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on June…

Please join us in congratulating Jenna Lyn-Adsit Donohue as she has accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Arkansas!    

The 2022 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy 2022 is awarded to David Kaplan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA “for his contributions to the understanding of the role played…