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The winner of the inaugural Logic and Language Prize is Gabriel Dupre for his essay “Linguistics and the Explanatory Economy.” Established in honor of Rudolf Carnap and David Kaplan, the…

We are pleased to announce that Milo Crimi is the 2018-19 winner of the Rudolf and Ina Carnap Prize for his essay entitled “The Logic of Words of Consecration.” The…

We are pleased to announce that Antti Hiltunen defended his dissertation, “Spinoza: The Human Mind as an Understanding of the Nature of its Body,” and it has been accepted. His…

We are pleased to announce that Gabriel Dupre has defended his dissertation, “Ways in the Studies of Words: The Methodology and Epistemology of Linguistic Science,” and it has been accepted….

We are pleased to announce that Eric Tracy, has filed his dissertation, “The Bounds of Thought: Prospects for a Norm-Based Metasemantics,” and it has been accepted. His Ph.D. degree was…

The Kalish Prize for Intellectual Excellence in Philosophy is awarded by the faculty of the Department of Philosophy to one or more of their most promising undergraduate students. Congratulations to…

On May 20-24, philosophy students John Abughattas and Alyssa Hsu present their research during UCLA’s Undergraduate Research Week. Over 1,000 undergraduates participate in Research Poster Day on May 21 and over…

Congratulations to Jordan Wallace-Wolf 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…

We are pleased to announce that Gabbrielle Johnson has filed her dissertation, “Cognition and the Structure of Bias,” and it has been accepted. Her Ph.D. degree will be awarded on…

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.