Colloquium: Nicholas Shea, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Royce Hall - Room 306Representation in Cognitive Science Nicholas Shea, School of Advanced Study, University of London Friday, January 11 at 3:30 pm Royce Hall - Room 306
Professor Dana Scott will present “Can Euclid still be classified as an applied mathematician?”
UCLA Dodd Hall Common Room (399)Dana Scott, Professor Emeritus, Carnegie Mellon University and Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley, will present his paper entitled "Can Euclid still be classified as an applied mathematician?" Prof. Scott, one of the world's most eminent mathematical logicians, played a key role in the development of the logics underlying several computer languages.
Distinguished Lecturer: Rae Langton, FBA, Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge
Royce Hall, Room 314The Department is pleased to announce that we will be starting a tradition of hosting a distinguished lecturer in Philosophy, either yearly or biennially. This lecturer will spend a week with us, presenting a public lecture for the university community as well as a more research-oriented colloquium (with a pre-circulated paper) for the members of...
The Herbert Morris Lecture in Law and Philosophy: Anita Allen, The Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania
TBAThe Sixth Herbert Morris Lecture in Law and Philosophy will be presented by Anita Allen, the Vice Provost for Faculty and Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania. Anita L. Allen is recognized for her scholarship about legal philosophy, women's rights, and race relations, with a focus on privacy law, the philosophy of...
Colloquium: Cailin O’Connor, University of California at Irvine
Dodd Hall, Room 161How to Beat Science and Influence People Cailin O'Connor, Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science University of California at Irvine Friday, March 1st at 3:30 pm Dodd Hall - Room 161
The 2019 UCLA-USC Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
Dodd Hall - Room 161The 2019 UCLA-USC Philosophy Graduate Student Conference Saturday, March 2nd UCLA Department of Philosophy Dodd Hall - Room 161 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles 90095 Featuring a keynote address by Stephen Yablo (MIT), entitled "Logical Omniscience and Sentential Subject Matter" For a complete list of participants and talks, please visit the conference website.
2019 Aristotle Bash
Royce Hall - Room 306As part of the History Research Cycle, the Philosophy Department will be hosting the 2019 Aristotle Bash. Featured speakers include Robert Bolton, Rutgers University; Richard McKirahan, Pomona College; Lucas Angioni, Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Marko Malink, New York University; Sukaina Hirji, Virginia Tech; and Adam Crager, UCLA. The schedule is as follows: Friday, March 8 - Royce Hall Humanities...
History of Philosophy Cycle: Dimitri El Murr, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
Royce Hall - Room 306Platonic ‘desmology’ and the making of the body of the World Animal Dimitri El Murr, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris Friday, March 8th at 3:30 pm Royce Hall | Room 306 Professor El Murr's research focuses on ancient philosophy, especially Socrates, Plato and political Platonism in Antiquity. More information about his research can be found here. This...
Colloquium: Japa Pallikkathayil, University of Pittsburgh
UCLA School of Law - Room 1457"Free Speech and the Embodied Self" Japa Pallikkathayil, University of Pittsburgh Friday, April 5 at 3:30 pm UCLA School of Law - Room 1457
Inaugural Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic: Validity throughout History
Royce Hall - Room 306UCLA Philosophy is pleased to host the inaugural meeting of the Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic. The symposium is a meeting of international specialists on diverse traditions in the History of Logic. Each meeting of the symposium focuses on a specific topic central to logic, with the aim of offering a comparative...