We are pleased to announce that Lauren Schaeffer has filed her dissertation, “Oppression and Resistance,” and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on March 22, 2019.
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Milo Crimi, Kim Johnston, and Jordan Wallace-Wolf awarded 2018-19 Teaching Award
Published: February 11, 2019Congratulations to Milo Crimi, Kim Johnston, and Jordan Wallace-Wolf, the 2018-19 Departmental Teaching Award recipients. Bestowed by the Department of Philosophy faculty, the award recognizes a graduate student’s career of…
Read MorePamela Hieronymi featured in Marie Claire about “The Good Place”
Published: February 8, 2019How accurate is The Good Place’s philosophy? Marie Claire asks UCLA faculty and the show’s resident philosophy consultant Pamela Hieronymi. Read the complete article here.
Read MorePhilosophy undergrad Yewon Kim featured in The Daily Bruin
Published: January 23, 2019Yewon Kim (’19 Philosophy and Psychology), as president and one of the founders of Wazo Connect, discussed her work with the student organization that provides peer counseling services. The complete…
Read MoreMark Greenberg on Presidential Abuse of Pardon Power
Published: October 12, 2018Congratulations to Mark Greenberg who published an analysis of the president’s use of pardon power in the Lawfare blog. You can read his piece at https://www.lawfareblog.com/trumps-corrupt-use-pardon-power.
Read MoreBrian Copenhaver Appointed Chief Editor of History of Philosophy Quarterly
Published: October 9, 2018Congratulations to Brian Copenhaver, who has been appointed as the Chief Editor of the History of Philosophy Quarterly. It, along with the Journal of the History of Philosophy and the…
Read MoreCongratulations to Yost Prize Winner Jennifer Kanyuk!
Published: October 1, 2018The Yost Prize is given annually in honor of Robert M. Yost for excellent performance in teaching. Congratulations to our 2017-18 winner Jennifer Kanyuk!
Read MorePamela Hieronymi’s Work on “The Good Place” Featured in New York Times, Daily Bruin
Published: September 27, 2018Professor Pamela Hieronymi is featured in two article published recently discussing her involvement in the philosophical aspects of the NBC show The Good Place. An article in the the New…
Read MoreDefeasible Inference in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence
Published: July 30, 2018Congratulations to Professors Sam Cumming, Gabe Greenberg, Pamela Hieronymi, and Sean Walsh who have been awarded funding by the Luskin Endowment for Thought Leadership for a conference on “Defeasible Inference…
Read MoreA Transformative Gift
Published: July 30, 2018
The Philosophy Department is delighted to be a beneficiary of an extraordinarily generous gift from Christine and Jordan Kaplan and Jordan’s longtime business partner Ken Panzer, described in the press…
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