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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:March 11\, 2024 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nDodd Hall 399\nRSVP HERE\n  \nTake a study break and relax with the Philosophy Department while you enjoy some pizza and refreshments in Dodd 399! \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/study-break-with-the-philosophy-department-4/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: "Kant Under the Bodhi Tree? Anti-Individualism in Kantian Ethics"
DESCRIPTION:March 8\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nRoyce 314 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/97394083916?pwd=bmhReEZQVURFKzl0Y2hXZDR4Mm8ydz09 \nMeeting ID: 973 9408 3916 \nPasscode: 026985 \n  \nJoin us on March 8\, 2024 for a colloquium with Karl Schafer\, UT Austin. The talk will take place in Royce 314 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nKant Under the Bodhi Tree? Anti-Individualism in Kantian Ethics\n  \nA common complaint about Kantian ethics today is that it cannot do full justice to the social or intersubjective dimensions of human life – that\, unlike Fichte\, Hegel\, or Marx\, Kant remains trapped within a fundamentally individualistic perspective on practical or moral questions. In this talk\, I will argue that such critiques of Kant rest on a natural\, but fundamental mischaracterization of where the most serious problems for Kant lie in this region. Far from being too individualistic\, I will argue that the real worry about Kantian moral theory is in fact that it may not be individualistic enough. As we will see\, this has potentially profound implications for how we understand Kant’s legacy in practical philosophy. Indeed\, if this is right\, from a certain perspective\, it might be Kant who is the most ethically radical of these philosophers. \n  \nKarl Schafer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy at University of California\, Irvine and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh. He works primarily in the history of modern philosophy (esp. Hume and Kant)\, ethics\, and epistemology. \n  \n  \n\n\n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-karl-schafer-ut-austin/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Tech
DESCRIPTION:February 28\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nCurious how you can build a successful career in tech after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who now have careers in tech! \n  \nEvan Sullivan (Technology Product Manager at UCLA)\, Rashi Garg (Data Scientist at ByteDance)\, and John Kardosh (Full-Stack Developer at UCLA) will discuss the paths they took after earning their philosophy degrees to build successful careers in tech. They’ll share tips and advice for current students and answer any questions you might have. If you’re curious about a career in tech\, you won’t want to miss this session! \n  \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nEvan Sullivan\, Technology Product Manager\, UCLA\nEvan has worked in the user-experience design field for over 10 years. Leveraging the critical thinking and communication skills he acquired in the UCLA Philosophy undergraduate program\, Evan began his career with design roles at Honda and Acura. Presently\, Evan serves as the Technology Product Manager for the Advancement Technology Solutions group within UCLA External Affairs. \n  \n  \n\nRashi Garg\, Data Scientist\, ByteDance\nRashi graduated from UCLA in 2023 as a Philosophy and Statistics major. She currently works as a data scientist at ByteDance. \n  \n  \n\nJohn Kardosh\, Full-Stack Developer\, UCLA\nAs a full-stack developer on the HumTech WebOps team\, John helps create and maintain websites for the UCLA Humanities Division. Additionally\, he plays a key role in managing the team’s DevOps pipeline. Before starting as a developer with HumTech\, John was a PhD student in the Department of Philosophy at UCLA\, where his research focused on the history and psychology of logic and reasoning. \n  \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-tech-2/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: "Radical Chains: Marx and the Dialectical Compatibilism of Freedom and Determinism"
DESCRIPTION:February 16\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan 193 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/99929612695?pwd=d1I4UUMvRFB4eEhlTHI4Y2E5MHZNZz09 \nMeeting ID: 999 2961 2695 \nPasscode: 579432 \n  \nJoin us on February 16\, 2024 for a colloquium with Vanessa Wills\, George Washington University. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall 193 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nRadical Chains: Marx and the Dialectical Compatibilism of Freedom and Determinism\n  \nIf Marx’s economic determinism requires that individual human beings always only behave just as the “laws of history” unavoidably compel them to\, then the practice of assigning moral praise and blame is no more appropriately applied to people than it is to inanimate objects dropped from heights. Numerous interpreters of Marx\, presuming that historical materialism does entail a strict\, mechanistic determinism\, have gone on to reason that Marx’s theory is therefore inhospitable to morality. However\, historical materialism does not entail this. \n  \nIn this talk\, I argue that Marx should be understood as advancing a “dialectical compatibilism” of freedom and determinism. I use the term “dialectical compatibilism” to invoke both the ways in which Marx’s approach to freedom and determinism is in conversation with traditional analyses of this pairing\, and also the ways in which it is fundamentally divergent from them. This position moves beyond the views typically arrayed along the axes of determinist or libertarian\, compatibilist or incompatibilist. \n  \nHuman freedom is itself a human product\, developing out of human beings’ goal-directed interactions with their natural and social environment. There is no inconsistency in Marx describing fairly lawlike\, deterministic regularities of human behavior on the one hand and speaking of a flourishing of human freedom\, individuality\, and creative potential on the other. If determinism is the negation of real human agency\, then human freedom is the negation of that negation\, one that can emerge only in the course of history. \n  \nVanessa Wills is Associate Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University. Her areas of specialization are moral\, social\, and political philosophy\, nineteenth century German philosophy (especially Karl Marx)\, and the philosophy of race. Her research is importantly informed by her study of Marx’s work\, and focuses on the ways in which economic and social arrangements can inhibit or promote the realization of values such as freedom\, equality\, and human development. Her monograph\, Marx’s Ethical Vision\, is set to be released in April 2024. \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-vanessa-wills-george-washington-university/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Health & Medicine
DESCRIPTION:February 14\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:30PM\nRoyce 314\nRSVP HERE\n  \nConsidering a career in health/medicine after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for an in-person career panel with UCLA Philosophy alumni who have built successful careers in healthcare and medicine! \n  \nAustin Momii\, MD\, and Dara Goldberg\, PhD\, will discuss the paths they took to become a neurologist and psychologist (respectively)\, share tips and advice for current students\, and answer any specific questions you might have. If you’re thinking about a career in health/medicine\, you won’t want to miss this session! \n  \nThe panel will run from 6pm – 7pm followed by a reception where you can chat with the panelists over some pizza! 🍕 \n  \nIf you are not able to attend in person and need an accommodation\, please reach out to ashnamadni@humnet.ucla.edu for information on how you can attend virtually. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nDr. Austin Momii\, MD\, Clinical Instructor in Neurology at the University of Colorado\nAustin Momii\, MD\, is a Neurologist and Clinical Instructor of Neurology at the University of Colorado. He has additional subspecialty training in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry\, as well as Vascular Neurology. His scholarly work lies in exploring the role of the cerebrovascular system in neurodegenerative disease. He also writes for selected publications on the topics of medicine\, neuroscience\, and the philosophy of medicine. \n  \n\nDr. Dara Goldberg\, PhD\, Psychologist\nDara is a psychologist specializing in therapy for loss\, grief and aligning to soul purpose. She is the author of Awaken Your Inner Goddess and the Awaken Your Inner Goddess Journal. She received her B.A. in Philosophy at UCLA and PhD in Clinical Psychology from Palo Alto University. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-health-and-medicine-2/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240131T180000
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Law Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:January 31\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nConsidering a career in law after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who have built successful careers in the field of law! \n  \nLaura Neacato\, Matthew Snider\, and Ed Wunch will discuss their careers as attorneys in a broad range of fields and answer any questions you might have about pursuing a career in law. \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nLaura Neacato\, Associate Attorney\, Delfino Madden O’Malley Coyle Koewler\nLaura Neacato is an associate attorney at Delfino Madden O’Malley Coyle & Koewler LLP. Prior to joining private practice\, Laura clerked for the Honorable Gregory G. Hollows (Ret.) (2022-2019) and the Honorable Allison Claire (2019-2017) of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Prior to her federal clerkships\, Laura worked with California Indian tribes as a California Bar Foundation Fellow (now ChangeLawyers) with California Indian Legal Services. Laura maintains an active pro bono practice with the Eastern District of California’s Pro Bono Panel where she assists prisoners in their habeas corpus appeals. \nLaura Neacato earned her B.A. in philosophy from the University of California\, Los Angeles. She received her J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law with an International & Comparative Law Certificate. Laura is the current Secretary for the Federal Bar Association\, Sacramento Chapter. She also serves on the Executive Committee for the Milton L. Schwartz/Levi American Inn of Court in Davis\, California. \n  \n\nMatthew Snider\, Associate Attorney\, Winston & Strawn LLP\nMatt transferred to UCLA after a brief collegiate baseball stint at Azusa Pacific University and Cabrillo College in Santa Cruz County. He earned his B.A. in philosophy from UCLA in 2017 and his J.D. from Tulane University in 2023. Matt is a litigation associate attorney at Winston & Strawn LLP in downtown Los Angeles\, where he works on a range of business litigation matters in trial and appellate courts. Over the next few years\, he will clerk for federal trial and appellate judges in consecutive terms. As a young attorney\, Matt hopes to continue developing his practice and sharpening his writing abilities\, building on the stellar philosophy education he received in Dodd Hall. \n  \n\nEd Wunch\, Criminal Justice Debt Attorney\, Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma\nEd Wunch is the Criminal Justice Debt Attorney with Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma\, Inc. (LASO)\, where he has served indigent Oklahomans since 2016. Mr. Wunch represents individuals in District (County) and Municipal Courts across Oklahoma regarding their fines and fees related to prior criminal cases. He has appeared before more than 30 courts across the state defending clients unable to pay fines and fees. Mr. Wunch also provides training to judges and attorneys on these issues and consults with national organizations working on fines and fees advocacy and reforms.  Additionally\, Mr. Wunch chairs the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Law Day Committee\, which coordinates education and pro bono service for the public around May 1 every year. Mr. Wunch has received multiple awards from the OBA for his Law Day work. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2010 and earned his J.D. from UC Irvine in 2013. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-law-career-panel-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240119T160000
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: "Conceivability and Possibility in Avicenna"
DESCRIPTION:January 19\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan 193 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/93109412131?pwd=VFcrbHl2MEViVkg3dzUrZEV0NTN2QT09 \nMeeting ID: 931 0941 2131 \nPasscode: 279424 \n  \nJoin us on January 19\, 2024 for a colloquium with Jari Kaukua\, University of Jyväskylä. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall 193 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nConceivability and Possibility in Avicenna\n  \nIn his theory of science\, Avicenna seems to commit to a very demanding concept of concept (taṣawwur): only the intellect’s adequate conceptions of real essences are concepts in the strict sense. This lands him the task of explaining what it is that we are doing when we think of things that are never realised\, such as phoenixes or counterfactual states of affairs. I suggest that his solution relies on a nuanced distinction\, grounded in his psychology\, between a descriptive and a normative concept of concept. Unrealised\, and consequently impossible\, things are not conceivable in the strict sense of the word (they do not have real concepts)\, but they may be conceived as conjunctions of real concepts that are instantiated in mental images construed by our imagination. Such conjunctions may be epistemically indistinct from real concepts\, which raises interesting questions concerning the metaphysical or scientific consequences of conceivability. Thus\, I conclude with the suggestion that Avicenna would not have appreciated conceivability as a sign of metaphysical possibility. \n  \nJari Kaukua is Professor of philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of Self-Awareness in Islamic Philosophy (CUP\, 2015) and Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism (Brill\, 2022)\, as well as many articles on classical and post-classical Islamic philosophy. \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-jari-kaukua-university-of-jyvaskyla/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Academia Panel
DESCRIPTION:January 17\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nConsidering a career in academia after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who are now working as professors at institutions such as University of Toronto and Wichita State University! \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\n\nSusan V. H. Castro\, PhD\nDirector\, The Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities\nAssociate Professor and Department Chair\, Department of Philosophy at Wichita State University\n  \nSusan is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Wichita State University. In her early career\, she worked on the Human Genome Project at UCLA\, where she developed an interest in conceptual analysis\, systematicity\, and applied ethics. Her research primarily concerns the family of phenomena involved in acting or cognizing as if\, in a wide range of contexts that include an imagination-centered Kantian theory of autism\, cognitive shifts in philosophy of humor\, algorithmic agency and social justice\, Immanuel Kant’s peculiar moral imperative to “act as if your maxim were to become by your will a universal law of nature” (aka Kant’s formula of nature)\, and Japanese philosophy of art (mastery and performance in renga and Noh). Most recently\, as the founding director of The Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum) in 2023\, she is working with a multidisciplinary cohort of scholars to raise visibility\, collaboration\, and effectiveness of biomedical and health humanities in the region. Susan teaches a wide variety of courses including Late Modern Philosophy\, Metaethics\, Philosophy of Law\, Philosophy of Medicine\, Business Ethics\, Philosophy of Humor\, Biomedical Engineering Ethics\, Cyberethics\, and Ethics of Big Data. Susan graduated from UCLA with a BA in math/applied science\, specialization in computing\, in 1993 and PhD in philosophy from UCLA in 2006. \n  \n\nMarleen Rozemond\, PhD\nProfessor of Philosophy at University of Toronto\n  \nMarleen Rozemond is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto whose research interests include early modern philosophy. Professor Rozemond earned a BA in French literature and linguistics from Free University\, Amsterdam\, and a PhD from UCLA. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-academia-panel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T120000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy First-Gen Holiday Party
DESCRIPTION:December 6\, 2023 | 12:00PM – 2:00PM\nRoyce Hall 314\nRSVP HERE\n  \nCome and meet other first-generation students\, faculty\, and staff\, and enjoy some tamales and hot chocolate! \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/philosophy-first-gen-holiday-party-2/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314
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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:December 4\, 2023 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nDodd Hall 399\nRSVP HERE\n  \nTake a study break and relax with the Philosophy Department while you enjoy some pizza and refreshments in Dodd 399! \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/study-break-with-the-philosophy-department-3/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231103T160000
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: "Generics Favor Stability"
DESCRIPTION:November 3\, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan 193 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/97634448928?pwd=RnhYeklPTlhIMEhVaTI0SFd3NVdkdz09 \nMeeting ID: 976 3444 8928 \nPasscode: 016526 \n  \nJoin us on November 3\, 2023 for a colloquium with Katherine Ritchie\, UC Irvine. The talk will take place in Kaplan 193 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Shostak Terrace to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nGenerics Favor Stability\n  \nWe are creatures that seek to predict\, explain\, and control our environments. Generalizations—like those expressed by “birds have hollow bones” and “cigarettes cause cancer”—provide one resource to facilitate these tasks. In this paper (collaborative work with Ny Vasil) we develop a psychological account of the acceptability judgments of generic statements rooted in the psychological functions of generalizations. We argue that a notion of stability based on Woodward’s work on causation provides the basis for a unified account of generics. Generics that are taken to be stable are favored over those that are not. The account coheres with the function of generics\, while providing a unifying account of judgments about both causal and categorical generics. Moreover\, it can accommodate generics with both essentialist and structural explanatory commitments by recognizing the ways generics can express generalizations with relatively unrestricted scope and generalizations that are covertly contextually restricted to situational “bubbles”. Overall\, the account unifies an apparently diverse range of generics\, fits with a plausible account of the function of generalization in human psychology\, and provides a framework ripe for further empirical and theoretical investigation. \n  \nKatherine Ritchie is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at UC Irvine. Her research lies at the intersection of inquiry into linguistic and mental representation and the social world. She has written on the nature of social groups (e.g.\, teams\, committees\, races\, genders)\, the semantics of terms that pick out groups (e.g.\, plurals\, collective nouns\, slurs\, generics)\, and the ways we mentally represent groups. One central thread in her current research is to investigate how insights from metaphysics and from the ways we represent can help inform viable social-political projects. Her work has been published in Ethics\, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research\, Cognition\, Cognitive Psychology\, Mind & Language\, and other journals and volumes. \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-kate-ritchie-uc-irvine/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231020T180000
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: "Aesthetic Acquaintance in Practice"
DESCRIPTION:October 20\, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan 193 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nZoom link: \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/97140529852?pwd=a1NSL1AwVnBrMnF3eStHQTg4RlhDdz09 \nMeeting ID: 971 4052 9852 \nPasscode: 314912 \n  \nJoin us on October 20\, 2023 for a colloquium with Nick Riggle\, University of San Diego. The talk will take place in Kaplan 193 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Shostak Terrace to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nAesthetic Acquaintance in Practice\n  \nThe Acquaintance Principle (AP)—the claim that aesthetic beliefs must be based on first-hand engagement and not on testimony—used to be “well-entrenched” in aesthetics. But today there is a near consensus that it fails in the light of a range of apparent counterexamples. Even pessimists about aesthetic testimony who believe in the spirit of AP reformulate its letter to accommodate these counterexamples. I will argue that when AP is correctly understood\, a position opens up that accommodates both pessimism and optimism. AP is not a principle to which there are counterexamples but rather a practice-governing rule to which there are legitimate exceptions. As such\, the so-called counterexamples do little to diminish the rule. The view results\, in part\, from appreciating how the norms of aesthetic valuing require us to apply AP not merely to the hearer but also to the speaker: one must base one’s aesthetic beliefs on one’s own engagement with their objects\, and not only must aesthetic testimony not be accepted\, it must not be offered. The exceptions to AP allow aesthetic knowledge to pass around under special circumstances but do nothing to minimize AP’s importance and force\, which can be justified by appeal to central features of the social practice of aesthetic valuing. The result is a more thoroughgoing Unusability Pessimism nestled within a novel communitarian theory of aesthetic value. If this is right\, then the decades-long debate between optimists and pessimists dissolves. \n  \nNick Riggle is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego. He completed his BA in philosophy at UC Berkeley\, earned his PhD at NYU\, and has been teaching at USD since 2015. Riggle’s work is primarily in aesthetics\, though his publications draw on and contribute to a range of fields in philosophy\, including the philosophy of language\, value theory\, social philosophy\, and the history of philosophy. He writes for both public and academic audiences\, and his work has appeared in The Philosophical Review\, The Philosophical Quarterly\, Philosophers’ Imprint\, The New York Times\, Aeon\, Penguin Books\, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency\, and many other outlets. His most recent book\, This Beauty: A Philosophy of Being Alive\, explores the existential significance of valuing beauty. \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-nick-riggle-uc-san-diego/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231006
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231009
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SUMMARY:JohnFest: Conference in Honor of John Carriero
DESCRIPTION:October 6-8\, 2023\nRoyce 306 & Kaplan 193\nRSVP Here\nView Program\n  \nPlease join us October 6-8\, 2023 for JohnFest\, a conference celebrating the work and contributions of our valued colleague John Carriero on the occasion of his retirement. \n  \nDates & Locations:\nFriday\, October 6th @ Royce Hall 306\nSaturday\, October 7th @ Royce Hall 306\nSunday\, October 8th @ Kaplan Hall 193* \n*Please note the different location on Oct 8th. \n  \nDon’t miss the welcome reception/light dinner at the end of Day 1 of JohnFest! We’ll have lots of food\, drinks\, mingling\, and a few words in honor of John. All are welcome to attend! Details below: \nWhen: Friday\, Oct 6th at 5:30pm (right after the first talk at 4pm) \nWhere: Royce Hall 3rd Floor Balcony (between rooms 340 and 334). \n  \nSpeakers & Talk Titles:\nJoseph Almog (University of Turku): “Sum Ergo Cogito” (via Zoom) \nTalia Bettcher (California State University\, Los Angeles): “Locke\, Personhood and Slavery” – Abstract \nKatherine Dunlop (University of Texas at Austin): “Émilie Du Châtelet on the Ideality of Space and Time” \nKarolina Hübner (Cornell University): “Spinoza on thought“ \nOlli Koistinen (University of Turku): “Under the idea of infinity: Descartes and Spinoza” – Abstract \nEd McCann (University of Southern California): “Early Modern Substance(s): Branded\, Generic\, One-offs\, ONE” – Abstract \nPeter Myrdal (University of Turku): “Leibniz on Final Causes” \nJustin Steinberg (Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate Center): “That Intelligible Object of Desire: Spinoza on Motivation” – Abstract \n  \nFull Conference Program\n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/johnfest/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 306 and Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230927T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230927T140000
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Philosophy Department Open House
DESCRIPTION:September 27\, 2023 | 12pm – 2pm\nShapiro Courtyard\nRSVP Here\n  \nPlease join us on September 27\, 2023 from 12pm – 2pm in the Shapiro Courtyard (between Dodd Hall & the Law School) for the Philosophy Department’s Annual Open House. All are welcome! \n  \nEnjoy pizza and refreshments as you meet Philosophy faculty & graduate students and learn more about the Philosophy Department in an informal setting. Students interested in learning more about the Philosophy major/minor\, or just Philosophy courses in general\, are encouraged to attend! \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-philosophy-department-open-house/
LOCATION:Shapiro Courtyard
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230624
DTSTAMP:20230613T185821Z
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SUMMARY:Second Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic: Existence and Nonexistence
DESCRIPTION:June 20-23\, 2023\nRoyce Hall 314 & 190 (and Zoom)\nTo register to attend (in-person and virtually): email panamhistoryoflogic@gmail.com\nView Conference Program\n  \nPlease join us on June 20 – 23\, 2023 in Royce 314 and Royce 190 (and online) for the Second Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic. \n  \nDates & Locations:\nTuesday\, June 20th @ Royce Hall 314\nWednesday\, June 21st @ Royce Hall 314\nThursday\, June 22nd @ Royce Hall 314\nFriday\, June 23rd @ Royce Hall 190 \n  \nThe symposium brings together specialists from all over the world\, and in any academic discipline\, to share their research on any and all traditions in the history of logic\, from the distant to the recent past\, anywhere on the globe\, and in all linguistic contexts. Each meeting will focus on a chosen general theme central to logic\, with the aim of offering a comparative picture of that topic’s treatment throughout history. For information on the previous symposium\, see: https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/pan-american-symposium/ \n  \nThe theme for the 2023 symposium is “Existence and Nonexistence.” Topics include existential import\, empty reference\, logical and linguistic puzzles involving fictional / imaginary beings\, modality and existence\, vacuous inference\, nominalism\, quantification\, negation\, contradiction\, and much more. We welcome approaches that draw connections between the logical and metaphysical treatments of these and related subjects. \n  \nThis year’s event is dedicated to the memory of Terence Parsons\, who made groundbreaking contributions to the study of nonexistent objects and medieval logic. For a memorial notice\, see: https://philosophy.ucla.edu/in-memoriam-terence-parsons/ \n  \nThe symposium will have a hybrid (in-person and online) format\, with all presentations live streamed through Zoom. \n  \nThose who wish to attend (whether in person or online) should register in advance by emailing the organizers at panamhistoryoflogic@gmail.com. Zoom links will be made available to all registered participants shortly before the event. \n  \n  \nView Conference Program\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/second-pan-american-symposium-on-the-history-of-logic/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314 and Royce Hall 190
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230617T130000
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SUMMARY:Philosophy Department Commencement Reception
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 17\, 2023\nCoral Tree Walk\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us Saturday\, June 17th for our department’s commencement reception! \n  \nThe reception will be held on Coral Tree Walk\, the area between McGowan Hall and the Sculpture Garden. We will begin at 1:00pm with light refreshments\, and at 1:30pm we will have a brief ceremony to highlight Departmental Honors recipients\, award the Kalish Prizes for outstanding undergraduates in the major\, and announce the names of graduating students in attendance. \n  \nIf you plan to attend\, please RSVP via the link below by next Friday\, June 9th \n  \n  \nRSVP HERE TO ATTEND\n  \n  \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/philosophy-commencement-reception/
LOCATION:Coral Tree Walk
CATEGORIES:Reception
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230609T180000
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SUMMARY:Professor John Carriero's Retirement Celebration
DESCRIPTION:June 9\, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM\nOutdoor Patio at Plateia | 425 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095\n  \nPlease join us for a retirement celebration to honor Professor John Carriero’s achievements\, contributions\, and lasting impact at the UCLA Philosophy Department! \n  \nThe reception will take place on Friday\, June 9th from 4pm – 6pm on the outdoor patio at Plateia. All are welcome. \n  \nPlease RSVP at the link below to help us with our planning efforts. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n 
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/john-carrieros-retirement-celebration/
LOCATION:Outdoor Patio at Plateia | 425 Westwood Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T190000
DTSTAMP:20230605T203506Z
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Graduate School Panel
DESCRIPTION:June 7\, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nAre you considering going to grad school after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who are pursuing graduate degrees in Philosophy\, Computer Science\, and Visual Studies at Harvard\, UC Berkeley\, and UC Irvine! \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nJohn Abughattas\, Ph.D Student\, Department of Philosophy\, and Master’s Student\, Department of Computer Science\, at Harvard University\nJohn graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2019 and has since gone on to Harvard University to pursue a PhD in Philosophy as well as a Master’s in Computer Science. \n  \n\nElias Allen\, Ph.D. Student\, Department of Philosophy at UC Berkeley\nElias graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2022 and has since gone on to UC Berkeley to pursue a PhD in Philosophy. \n  \nElliot Yu\, Ph.D. Student\, Department of Visual Studies at UC Irvine\nElliot Yu (He/Him) is a multidisciplinary artist and a first year PhD Student in the Visual Studies department at UCI. He studies the intersection of art\, technology\, experimentation\, and interaction\, with a specific focus on video games and audiovisual media. His work is heavily informed by “practice as research” and believes that making and doing are essential aspects of experimental scholarship. Elliot graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Philosophy in 2021. Learn more about Elliot’s work here: https://elliotbearyu.com/ \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-graduate-school-panel/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230605T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230605T193000
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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:June 5\, 2023 | 5:30PM – 7:30PM\nDodd Hall 399\nTake a study break and relax with the Philosophy Department while you enjoy some pizza and refreshments in Dodd 399! \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/study-break-with-the-philosophy-department-2/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230526T180000
DTSTAMP:20230526T224820Z
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SUMMARY:2022-23 Colloquium: "Art as a Shelter from Science"
DESCRIPTION:May 26\, 2023 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nRoyce 314\nZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99826733700?pwd=cGUvN1ZzdXdrZmVibElaVVRTZnJTZz09\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on May 26\, 2023 for a colloquium with C. Thi Nguyen\, University of Utah. The talk will take place in Royce 314 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception on the Royce Patio (3rd floor) to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nArt as a Shelter from Science\n  \nAesthetic judgment is different from scientific judgment. For many\, a key difference is that aesthetic judgment does not proceed via inferences. We cannot infer the existence of an aesthetic property based on the application of a rule. We must see for ourselves if some arrangement of lines and colors is\, in fact\, graceful. But we also give\, exchange\, and demand of each other reasons for our judgments about aesthetic properties. What kind of property could be non-inferential\, but\, at the same time\, subject to reasons? I would like to present a new solution: that non-inferentialism about aesthetic properties is not a some mysterious metaphysical feature of aesthetic properties\, but is rather a norm of a social practice. When we accept this rule\, the activity of aesthetic appreciation goes better in a few ways. First\, it drives the appreciator’s attention towards looking at particular details in a work\, rather than looking for recurring statistical regularities or abstract principles. This prevents a purely scientific approach to aesthetic judgment\, and drives the appreciator towards a detail-oriented perception of a work’s particularities. It drives conversants to continue to sensuously attend to works\, rather than shifting to more abstract methods of inquiry such as the philosophical search for first principles\, or the scientific study of aggregate regularities in perception. Second\, it sculpts a particular kind of interaction: open-ended exchanges of reasons which motivate the conversants to return to attending to the work. The value of the activity of aesthetic appreciation turns out to be quite distinct from that of\, say\, science. The goal is not the accumulation of true knowledge\, but fostering engagement in a particular valuable human activity. Perhaps we don’t disagree about art to get to the truth\, but we construct our artworks and art practices to foster endless\, satisfying disagreement.  \n  \nC. Thi Nguyen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. His research concerns aesthetics and social epistemology; he has written about trust\, games\, echo chambers\, cultural appropriation\, and the ethics of transparency. His first book is Games: Agency as Art (OUP). \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2022-23-colloquium-c-thi-nguyen-university-of-utah/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 314
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230524T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230524T190000
DTSTAMP:20230524T183641Z
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Philosophy & MBA Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:May 24\, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/93664571311?pwd=NkZaRjN6aFp2Tm5BdkJKcUtVeEx4UT09\nRSVP HERE\n  \nAre you considering pursuing an MBA after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who completed their MBAs and went on to become senior leads/directors at businesses like Google and Scotiabank. \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\n\nAlison Carroll\, Executive and Internal Communications Lead\, Google AI / Google Research\nAlison is Executive and Internal Communications Lead\, Google AI / Google Research. UCLA was pivotal in shaping her life’s trajectory! After graduating with a double major in Philosophy and Chinese language\, Alison spent eight years working in Shanghai and Hong Kong\, doing business risk consulting\, PR consulting\, and as a program editor for The Economist across Asia. After juggling an executive MBA from Columbia and London Business School\, Alison moved back to California in 2015 (her happy place!) and has worked in various roles at Google since. She’s been doing AI communications at Google for the last four years. \n  \n  \n\nNick Yulico\, CFA\, Managing Director\, Head of U.S. REIT research\, Scotiabank\nNick has been a sell-side Wall Street equity analyst since 2008\, having previously worked at UBS and Macquarie. His stock analysis focus is publicly-traded REITs (real estate investment trusts). He is currently based in Scotiabank’s New York City office\, where he leads a team that covers ~40 stocks and provides investment advice and research reports to institutional investors (e.g. mutual funds\, hedge funds\, pension funds). From 2001-2008\, he worked as a financial/investigative journalist at various publications including TheStreet.com and The Oakland Tribune. He graduated with a BA in Philosophy from UCLA in 2001 and later completed an MBA degree from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is also a CFA charterholder. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-mba-panel/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230519
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230521
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SUMMARY:Studies in Language\, Information\, Meaning\, and Expression (SLIME)
DESCRIPTION:May 19-20\, 2023\nKaplan Hall 193\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us for SLIME (Studies in Language\, Information\, Meaning\, and Expression)\, a workshop at UCLA on May 19-20\, 2023. All are welcome. \n  \nThe conference is pre-view. Each session is 100 minutes. The commentator will start the session with 15-20 min discussion. The speaker may reply for up to 15 minutes. The rest is Q+A. \n  \nThe most up-to-date schedule and information are available on the workshop website HERE. \n  \nRSVP HERE TO ATTEND\n  \n  \nSpeaker links: \n\nMárta Abrusán\nJudith Fan\nCarolina Flores\nGuillermo Del Pinal\nW. Starr​\nSeth Yalcin\n\n  \nPlease direct any inquiries to slime2organizers@gmail.com \n  \nFaculty organizers: Joshua Armstrong\, Sam Cumming\, and Gabriel Greenberg. Graduate student organizers: Jürgen Lipps & Alonso Molina. \n  \nSLIME is made possible through the generosity of the Kaplan-Panzer fund. \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/studies-in-language-information-meaning-and-expression-slime/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T180000
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SUMMARY:2022-23: Colloquium: Does Institutional Racism Presuppose Racist Ideology?
DESCRIPTION:May 12\, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT\nKaplan 193 (and Zoom)\nZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98656610498?pwd=TkRXeUMvdDVkRDlPY1piQVVxZ2gydz09\n  \nJoin us on May 12\, 2023 for a colloquium with Alberto Urquidez\, St. Olaf College. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM with a light reception on the Shostak Terrace in front of Murphy Hall to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nDoes Institutional Racism Presuppose Racist Ideology?\n  \nWhat is racism? Standard definitions depict racism as a personal phenomenon thereby inviting questions about personal responsibility. A common definition analyzes racism as a cognitive phenomenon\, as in the belief that race R1 is superior to race R2. A nonstandard version of the cognitive approach centers widely held beliefs (rather than mere individual belief) and\, for purposes of moral assessment\, stresses social consequences (not mere cognitive contents). This approach is typically put in the service of explaining the persistence of racial inequality/injustice. Tommie Shelby defends a version of the nonstandard cognitive approach. For him\, racism is racist ideology. Roughly\, racist ideology consists in a widely held set of racial beliefs that misrepresent racial oppression and that function\, through this distortion\, to bring about or perpetuate unjust social relations. One alleged virtue of the nonstandard cognitivist approach is that it explains institutional racism. In this talk\, I will argue that at least one kind of institutional racism cannot be explained in terms of racist ideology. While I will not advocate rejecting Shelby’s analysis\, I will underscore the limitations of his analysis as a general theory of racism \n  \nAlberto G. Urquidez is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at St. Olaf College. He will be an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at James Madison University in Fall 2023. Urquidez works primarily on the nature of racism\, drawing on the tools of analytic philosophy in conjunction with interdisciplinary insights to understand racism in connection with various topics\, such as the problem of white identity politics\, moral responsibility for racial oppression\, and the relationship of individual racism to institutional racism. His aim is to develop an empirically-informed\, comprehensive\, structuralist analysis of racism as a system of racial oppression. He is the author of (Re-)Defining Racism: A Philosophical Analysis (Palgrave Macmillan 2020). \n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2022-23-colloquium-alberto-urquidez-st-olaf-college/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230510T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230510T190000
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Startup Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:May 10\, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/96491280392?pwd=YjFTVi9LTEtEelpZOWQyZFZoblByQT09\nRSVP HERE\n  \nAre you considering entering the startup world after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who have built exciting careers as founders\, CTOs\, and CEOs of tech startups!  \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nAlfred Fung\, CEO of FUN-GI\nAlfred is the Founder and CEO of FUN-GI\, the game design and publishing studio behind House Flip (a top home renovation simulation game in Apple’s App Store and Google Play). With his experience in free-to-play economics and user acquisition\, Alfred leads FUN-GI’s product\, art\, and marketing teams.  Prior to FUN-GI\, he served overseas for the United States Peace Corps and headed media and creative at M&C Saatchi. Alfred holds an MBA from USC and a BA in Philosophy from UCLA. \n  \n  \n\nDavid Titarenco\, Independent Software Engineer and CTO & Founder of CR Technologies\nDavid is a software engineer and a self-proclaimed startup addict who’s founded several ventures in the past decade. He is the CTO and Founder of CR Technologies\, a gaming studio focused on bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. David co-wrote Introducing Meteor and edited Dart for Absolute Beginners. He occasionally contributes to projects like Google Go and the Java Kilim microthreading library. He loves esports and used to play Counter-Strike professionally—his teams competed in CAL\, CEVO\, the CPL\, and the CGS combine. A few years ago\, he built Game:ref\, which was featured on PCGamer\, Polygon\, Vice\, RedBull eSports\, and Tom’s Hardware. David studied Philosophy and Mathematical Logic at UCLA. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-startup-execs-founders-panel/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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SUMMARY:2022-23: Colloquium: Hume on Economic Inequality
DESCRIPTION:May 8\, 2023 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT\nKaplan 193 and Zoom\nZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99674975385\n  \nOn May 8\, 2023\, the Philosophy Dept. History Occasional Colloquium will host a talk by and discussion with Professor Margaret Schabas (UBC) on “Hume and Economic Inequality.” The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.  \nHere is the Zoom link if you would like to join virtually: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/99674975385 \nRSVP HERE\n  \nHume and Economic Inequality\n  \nIn his essay “Of the Original Contract\,” Hume endorsed the longstanding belief in “how nearly equal all men are in their bodily force\, and even in their mental powers and faculties\, till cultivated by education.” Although not an egalitarian\, Hume\, I will argue\, sought to reduce economic inequality of income though not necessarily of wealth. Two central goals of his economic philosophy were to raise the standard of living of the lower classes and to expand the so-called “middle station.” Above all\, Hume opposed the “utility of poverty” doctrine as a hindrance to economic growth. His position was motivated by utilitarian ends: a more prosperous laboring class would result in a happier nation\, not only because of the larger basket of goods in the household but also because citizens would tend to become more law-abiding and thus promote political stability. As Hume observed\, “a too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state.” Finally\, Hume sought to enrich poorer nations and thereby reduce economic inequality between nations\, primarily as a means to foster peace. \n  \nProfessor Schabas (FRSC) works primarily in the History and Philosophy of Science\, with a focus on Economics.  Her first book\, A World Ruled by Number (Princeton\, 1990) addressed the transformation of economics into a mathematical science; her second book\, The Natural Origins of Economics (Chicago\, 2005) addressed the concept of the economy since the early modern period; her third and most recent book is on Hume’s economics (A Philosopher’s Economist Chicago\, 2020).  She has also co-edited a book on Hume’s economics and another entitled Oeconomies in the Age of Newton. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2022-23-colloquium-hume-on-economic-inequality/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Meditations Journal Conference
DESCRIPTION:May 5\, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM\nDodd Hall 399\n  \nPlease join us on Friday\, May 5th\, 2023 from 4pm – 8pm in Dodd 399 for the Meditations Journal Conference. \n  \nIn 2014\, the Philosophy Club at UCLA proudly hosted its first conference on behalf of Meditations: The Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy at UCLA. All participating authors and editors of the journal were undergraduate students who dedicated several months to this philosophical project. This conference was an exciting opportunity to honor their hard work and hear them present their original ideas. Additionally\, we look forward to again hosting a keynote speaker who will present an original work on an exciting topic. \n  \nPresentations will run from 4pm – 5:30pm followed by a catered dinner from Sunnin Lebanese Cafe. If you have any questions\, please reach out to meditations.philosophy.journal@gmail.com. \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/meditations-journal-conference/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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SUMMARY:Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) Colloquium: Against Philosophy\, Against Inquiry
DESCRIPTION:April 28th\, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT\nKaplan Hall 193 (and Zoom)\nHosted by Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) at UCLA\nZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94960209231?pwd=Q3lLbnRzNXZPRkgxZ3FnOFFEbHVEZz09\n  \nJoin us on April 28th\, 2023 for a colloquium with Dr. Johnathan Flowers\, California State University\, Northridge. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall Room 193 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nNote: ASL interpreters will be available for the duration of the talk. \n  \nAgainst Philosophy\, Against Inquiry\n  \nThis talk will position the current practice of inquiry in philosophy\, colloquially described as “just asking questions\,” as enabling the maintenance of structures of oppression through the ways in which it refuses to grapple with the social\, political\, and cultural realities from which it emerges. This failure allows for the laundering of ableism and transphobia through scholarship that aims to “just ask questions” not just about the nature of gender identity and disability\, but about the very humanity of trans and disabled persons. Finally\, this talk will describe how the conflation of “just asking questions” with contemporary practices of inquiry in philosophy also serve to position objections to this practice of inquiry as “anti-philosophy\,” or opposed to the very nature of philosophy and academia itself. \n  \nJohnathan Flowers is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University\, Northridge. Flowers’s research areas include African American intellectual history\, Japanese Aesthetics\, American Pragmatism\, Philosophy of Disability\, and Philosophy of Technology. Flowers also works in the areas of Science and Technology Studies and Comics Studies\, where he applies insights from American Pragmatism\, Philosophy of Race\, and Disability Studies to current issues in human/computer interaction\, artificial intelligence and machine learning\, and representations of identity in popular culture. His book\, Mono no Aware and Gender as Affect in Japanese Aesthetics and American Pragmatism\, is due out in April. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2022-23-colloquium-dr-jonathan-flowers/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Attorney Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:April 26\, 2023 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92957039342?pwd=eVZzWWpFTmVvbU5LMzRQSzJ3K2RKdz09\nRSVP HERE\n  \nAre you considering a career as an attorney after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who now work as attorneys! \n  \nFind out what our alumni are doing now and how they got there. Walk away with real-world advice for how to approach your post-grad career. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nEmily Gerrick\, Civil Rights & Consumer Protection Attorney at Gerstein Harrow LLP\nEmily is a plaintiff-side civil rights and consumer protection attorney at a small firm called Gerstein Harrow. Emily’s docket includes cases challenging police brutality\, labor law violations\, whistleblower retaliation and employment discrimination\, first amendment violations\, and wrongful detention. Before joining Gerstein Harrow in 2022\, she was a senior attorney and policy director at the Texas Fair Defense Project\, where she worked on high-impact cases challenging unconstitutional bail and detention practices. She has also drafted and successfully advocated for major legislation that helped hundreds of thousands of people affected by court debt\, driver’s license suspensions\, and marijuana criminalization. Emily graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in philosophy in 2011 and from Yale Law School in 2014. \n  \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-attorney-career-panel/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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SUMMARY:2022-23 Colloquium: The Reasons We Cannot Share
DESCRIPTION:April 21\, 2023 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT\nRoyce Hall 243 (and Zoom)\nZoom link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/98234276234?pwd=ZkpiMFNCSjFvSVNoK1FpWFBJWjkzQT09\n  \nJoin us on April 21\, 2023 for a colloquium with Kyla Ebels Duggan\, Northwestern University. The talk will take place in Royce Hall Room 243 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM with a reception on the 3rd floor Royce Patio to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nThe Reasons We Cannot Share\n  \nAccording to political liberals\, a pluralist society should leave each person free to pursue their own conception of the good\, but individuals should bracket these values when engaging in political reasoning with one another.  When reasoning about the basic institutions and fundamental laws that govern the society\, each person should appeal only to so-called public reasons.  Public reasons are considerations that everyone (or at least all reasonable people) can see as reasons\, reasons that we can all share. \n  \nIn the first several sections of the paper\, I explore the ways in which we can and cannot give one another reasons and share reasons that we have.  I compare and contrast the possibilities with respect to reasons for believing\, reasons for valuing\, and reasons for acting.  I then use these distinctions to support the claim that the liberal ideal for relating to others does not require\, and in fact cannot be realized by\, limiting our political reasoning to appeals to shared reasons.  Instead\, I’ll suggest\, it requires regarding others as giving us new reasons to act by valuing and choosing what they do.  When I regard you this way\, I act on reasons that are necessarily different from those on which you act—reasons that we cannot share. \n  \nKyla Ebels-Duggan is Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University.  She specializes in moral and political philosophy and their history\, working in a broadly Kantian tradition. Her work has appeared in Ethics\, The Philosophical Quarterly\, Philosophical Studies and Philosophers’ Imprint.  She is completing a book on valuing attitudes and starting a book on Iris Murdoch’s moral philosophy. \n  \n\nRSVP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2022-23-colloquium-kyla-ebels-duggan-northwestern-university/
LOCATION:Royce Hall 243
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:USC-UCLA Graduate Conference in Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:April 15\, 2023 | 9:45AM – 6:00PM\nUSC\, Mudd Hall 101\n  \nThe USC-UCLA Graduate Student Conference began in 2006. Each year\, the graduate students of the University of Southern California and the University of California\, Los Angeles solicit high-quality papers in all areas of philosophy from graduate students studying at other departments to be presented at the annual conference. For more information\, please visit the Conference Home Page. \nThis year\, the conference will be held at USC on April 15\, 2023. Click here to learn more. \nConference Program \nLet us know you’re going by filling out this RSVP form.
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/usc-ucla-graduate-conference-in-philosophy/
LOCATION:The University of Southern California\, Mudd Hall of Philosophy\, Room 101
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