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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:March 10\, 2025 | 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  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/study-break-with-the-philosophy-department-7/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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SUMMARY:Finance & Entrepreneurship Career Workshop with UCLA Philosophy Alum Mark Goldfarb
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, March 3\, 2025\n6:00 – 7:30 PM\nDodd Hall 247\nRSVP HERE\n  \nConsidering a career in finance or entrepreneurship after earning your philosophy degree? Join us for an interactive workshop with UCLA Philosophy alum Mark Goldfarb. \n  \nHaving spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley as a Senior Vice President before founding Goldfarb Financial Management\, Mark will discuss how his philosophical background has influenced his approach to finance and business strategy. Students can ask questions\, build connections\, and learn tips for how to apply philosophy training to a career in business. \n  \nCome hungry–there will be food! \n  \nThis event is hosted by Being in the World. \n  \nMeet the Speaker\n  \n\nMark Goldfarb\, Founder\, Goldfarb Financial Management\nMark Goldfarb is a distinguished financial professional and entrepreneur with a strong academic foundation in philosophy. He graduated from UCLA in 1987 with a degree in Philosophy\, which has informed his thoughtful and strategic approach to finance. Mark is the founder of Goldfarb Financial Management\, a family office based in Beverly Hills. Prior to establishing his own firm\, he enjoyed a successful 25-year tenure at Morgan Stanley\, serving as Senior Vice President from 1994 to 2019. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/finance-entrepreneurship-career-workshop-with-ucla-philosophy-alum-mark-goldfarb/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 247
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SUMMARY:HPASS: "A Molyneux Problem for Automated Science" - Kathleen Creel\, Northeastern University
DESCRIPTION:February 26\, 2025 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nDodd Hall 248 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on Wednesday\, February 26\, 2025 in Dodd Hall 248 for a talk by Kathleen Creel\, Northeastern University\, as part of the History\, Philosophy\, and Science of Science (HPASS) speaker series. \n  \nA Molyneux Problem for Automated Science\n\n  \nAutomated science is the attempt to use a combination of machine learning and robotics to perform experiments\, build new models\, postulate new laws\, and design new experiments on the basis of what is observed to be the result of previous experiments. The comparison between the learning problems faced by automated machine learning and the learning problems faced by human scientists sheds light on a subtle measurement problem which I will call the Molyneux Problem for Science.  The Molyneux problem asks whether a newly sighted person could recognize objects previously known by touch. I generalize the Molyneux problem to all forms of data and characterize the problem as a special form of scientific learning. The Molyneux Problem for Science exists whenever identity must be recognized across perceptual modalities or data streams of different types without the aid of causal or correlational information.  After distinguishing the scientific Molyneux problem from inverse problems and problems of causal discovery\, I will use the case of early radio telescopy to demonstrate that scientific Molyneux problems arise in traditional sciences. Finally\, I argue that Molyneux problems for science will vex automated science especially\, but that automated science has solutions unavailable to the Molyneux learner. \n  \n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/hpass-kathleen-creel-northeastern-university/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 248
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Philosophy Student Roundtable
DESCRIPTION:February 24\, 2025 | 6-7PM\nDodd Hall 399\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us for a roundtable discussion with fellow undergraduate philosophy students to discuss post-grad plans\, career pathways\, grad school options\, and course recommendations. This is an opportunity to connect with your philosophy peers in a casual setting to discuss possible future career pathways. \n  \nFeel free to bring your resume if you’d like to participate in peer resume reviews where you can get feedback and advice. \n  \nPizza will be served! 🍕 \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-student-roundtable/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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SUMMARY:"Velleity Without Wishful Thinking: Aquinas and the Weakness of Will" - Andrea Aldo Robiglio (University of Louvain/KU Leuven)
DESCRIPTION:February 18\, 2025 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nDodd Hall 275\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on February 18\, 2025 in Dodd Hall 275 for a talk by Andrea Aldo Robiglio\, University of Louvain/KU Leuven. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nIf you are unable to attend in person\, here is the Zoom info to attend remotely: \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/94157070976?pwd=NYZZ6qBbrx3Bh0uiW60VPnGjSrVe4I.1 \nMeeting ID: 941 5707 0976\nPasscode: 396012 \n  \n  \nVelleity Without Wishful Thinking: Aquinas and the Weakness of Will\n  \nAndrea Aldo Robiglio\nProfessor of the History of Philosophy \nUniversity of Louvain/ KU Leuven \nVan Dyck Chair\, 2023-2024 \n  \nThe late medieval understanding of the human mind as a system of internal acts and dispositions—where multiple acts could coexist within the same faculty—marks a significant development in pre-modern philosophy. This nuanced conceptualization revises ancient accounts of the mind and introduces a more intricate vision of the Self. Within this framework\, medieval debates on incontinence (incontinentia) resonate with Aristotle’s exploration of weakness of will (akrasia) in Nicomachean Ethics\, Book VII. However\, 13th-century thinkers also introduced a novel concept\, velleity (velleitas)\, to describe a distinctive internal conflict: the possibility of choosing what is impossible to realize or achieve\, a choice that nonetheless carries moral significance. This innovation departs from Aristotle by recognizing the moral significance of choices involving the impossible. Over time\, the original meaning of velleity—as a vital aspect of moral action\, with positive connotations in thinkers like Aquinas—was largely diminished. Later philosophers\, such as Suárez\, Malebranche\, and Leibniz\, reduced it to wishful thinking; Locke associated it with uneasiness\, and Schopenhauer and Nietzsche dismissed it as mere vanity or fleeting feeling. Revisiting the original conception of velleity thus offers a compelling opportunity to recover its overlooked philosophical and moral significance. \n  \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n\n\nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/velleity-without-wishful-thinking-aquinas-and-the-weakness-of-will-andrea-robiglio-university-of-louvain-ku-leuven/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 275
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Academia
DESCRIPTION:February 10\, 2025 | 6-7 PM PST\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nConsidering a career in academia after earning your Philosophy degree? Join us for a virtual career panel with UCLA Philosophy alumni who now have careers as professors of philosophy at CSU Northridge and Claremont McKenna College! \n  \n Kristina Meshelski (CSU Northridge) and Amy Kind (Claremont McKenna College) will discuss the paths they took to get where they are now\, give tips and advice\, and answer any specific questions you may have regarding a career as a professor of philosophy. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in academia\, you won’t want to miss this session! \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nAmy Kind\nRussell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy\nClaremont McKenna College\nAmy Kind is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont\, California\, where she also serves as Director of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.  She has authored numerous articles and book chapters on imagination\, consciousness\, and other topics in the philosophy of mind.  She has also authored several textbooks\, Persons and Personal Identity (Polity 2016) and Philosophy of Mind: The Basics (Routledge 2020)\, as well as a monograph on Imagination and Creative Thinking (Cambridge 2022).  She has edited or co-edited several volumes\, most recently Epistemic Uses of Imagination (Routledge 2021).  At CMC\, she teaches classes on philosophy of mind\, metaphysics\, imagination\, and logic. \n  \n  \n\nKristina Meshelski\nProfessor and Department Chair\, Philosophy\nCalifornia State University\, Northridge\n\nKristina Meshelski received her BA from UCLA in 2003\, and her PhD from University of Virginia in 2011. She specializes in Social and Political Philosophy. She has published on Spinoza\, John Rawls\, affirmative action\, nonideal theory\, procedural justice\, and housing policy. She is currently thinking about housing\, territory\, and property rights. \n  \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-academia-2/
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SUMMARY:"Contractualism and Intuitionism" - T. M. Scanlon (Harvard University)
DESCRIPTION:February 7\, 2025 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nRoyce Hall 314\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on February 7\, 2025 in Royce Hall 314 for a colloquium with T. M. Scanlon\, Harvard University. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \n  \nContractualism and Intuitionism\n  \nA reexamination of the contractualist theory of right and wrong put forward in What We Owe to Each Other and subsequent papers\, considering the reasons for finding the view appealing as well as important problems with it\, including overdemandingness\, the charge of circularity\, and the wholesale exclusion of interpersonal aggregation. A new account of aggregation is proposed. \n  \nT. M. Scanlon is Alford Professor of Natural Religion\, Moral Philosophy\, and Civil Polity\, emeritus at Harvard University. He has written on many topics in moral and political philosophy\, including the nature of morality\, moral responsibility\, rights\, and equality. His books include What We Owe to Each Other (Harvard\, 1998) and\, most recently\, Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford\, 2018). Morality and Responsibility\, a collection of his essays\, will be published by Polity Press in early 2025. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n\n\nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2024-25-colloquium-t-m-scanlon-harvard-university/
LOCATION:Royce Hall\, Room 314
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:"Sweet Spots in Modal Metaphysics" - Stephen Yablo (MIT)
DESCRIPTION:January 24\, 2025 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \nJoin us on January 24\, 2025 for a virtual colloquium with Stephen Yablo\, MIT. The talk will take place from 4:00PM – 6:00PM PT on Zoom. \n  \nSweet Spots in Modal Metaphysics\n  \n\n\n\nDe re modal plenitude holds that all transworld modal profiles are exemplified. Where this table sits\, there are a bazillion other things categorically indiscernible from it but taking different paths through logical space. Five metaphysical puzzles are (re)examined through plenitudinarian spectacles. They’re to do with identity over time (the Ship of Theseus puzzle)\, identity across worlds (Chisholm’s paradox)\, how coincidents come by their different profiles (the grounding problem)\, things’ curious tendency to be found at their “modal sweet spot\,” bang in the middle of their zone of tolerance (the centrality problem)\, and how properties definitive of a thing can be losable (the problem of contingent non-accidents). Plenitudinarianism is presented less as a panacea than a theoretical option not to be overlooked. \n  \nStephen Yablo works in metaphysics\, epistemology\, philosophical logic\, and the philosophy of language and math. Older papers are collected in Thoughts and Things (Oxford\, 2009-10). Aboutness (Princeton\, 2014) develops a truthmaker-based theory of sentential subject matter\, and casts about for applications. He gave the Hempel Lectures at Princeton (2008)\, the Lockes at Oxford (2012)\, and the Whitehead Lectures at Harvard (2016). Recent work (some in progress/regress) includes “The Bandersnatches of Dubuque\,” “Leverage: A Model of Cognitive Significance\,” “Relevance without Minimality\,” “Fine-Grained Evidence\,” and “Tangled up in Grue.” \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-stephen-yablo-mit/
LOCATION:On Zoom
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:HPASS: "On the Constitutive Aims of Science" - Josh Hunt\, Syracuse University
DESCRIPTION:January 8\, 2025 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \n***Due to the current Palisades fire\, this talk will take place over Zoom only.***  \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/96707253505?pwd=78HXYt9Sq6rI3LBPlE8ZpHIcIVM7LV.1 \nMeeting ID: 967 0725 3505\nPasscode: 026407 \n  \nJoin us on Wednesday\, January 8\, 2025 over Zoom for a talk by Josh Hunt\, Syracuse University\, as part of the History\, Philosophy\, and Science of Science (HPASS) speaker series. \n  \nOn the Constitutive Aims of Science\n  \nI recast the debate between scientific realists and antirealists as a dispute over the constitutive aims of science. Drawing on accounts of epistemic normativity\, I propose a general method for identifying the constitutive aims of an activity\, understood as minimal criteria for success. Applying this method\, I argue that the constitutive aim of science is to solve problems concerning physical phenomena\, leading in the limit to an aim I call “ideal planning adequacy.” For non-logically omniscient agents like us\, planning adequacy requires determining a theory’s inferential structure\, i.e. what suffices or is needed to apply the theory. Clarifying a theory’s inferential structure requires considering its various formulations\, thereby making theory reformulation a constitutive aim of science. By remaining neutral on what it takes to solve a scientific problem—be it truth\, empirical adequacy\, understanding\, etc.—I provide  a framework that both realists and antirealists can endorse. \n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/hpass-talk-josh-hunt-syracuse-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:HPASS: "Truth\, Approximate Truth\, and the Pessimistic Meta-Induction" - Foad Dizadji-Bahmani\, Cal State LA
DESCRIPTION:December 4\, 2024 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nDodd Hall 247 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on Wednesday\, December 4\, 2024 in Dodd Hall 247 for a talk by Foad Dizadji-Bahmani\, Cal State LA\, as part of the History\, Philosophy\, and Science of Science (HPASS) speaker series. \n  \nTruth\, Approximate Truth\, and the Pessimistic Meta-Induction\n  \nThe scientific realism debate is a longstanding one in the philosophy of science. One of the most important arguments in the anti-realist’s armory is the Pessimistic Meta-Induction (PMI). As is well known\, PMI purportedly shows that the history of science undermines realism. PMI has two guises: an inductive argument for the conclusion that current scientific theories are not true (PMIi) or a reductio ad absurdum against the idea that one can take the empirical and predictive success of a theory as reason to think that it is true (PMIr). I argue that once attention is paid to the logical difference between truth (which is categorical) and approximate truth (which is a matter of degree) it can be shown that the argument\, in each guise\, is fallacious. Specifically\, heeding this distinction\, it can be shown\, first\, that PMIi is either conceptually incoherent or self-defeating\, and second that PMIr is not sound. These results do not\, in and of themselves\, vindicate scientific realism. In order to do so\, the realist must\, inter alia\, further develop and defend the notion of approximate truth by recourse to which her position is formulated. In the last part of the paper\, I give an outline of a proposal to that end. \n  \n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/hpass-talk-foad-dizadji-bahmani-cal-state-la/
LOCATION:Dodd 247\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:December 2\, 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  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/study-break-with-the-philosophy-department-6/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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SUMMARY:"Bias: Some Surprising Truths" - Thomas Kelly\, Princeton University
DESCRIPTION:November 22\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nDodd Hall 167 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on November 22\, 2024 for a colloquium with Thomas Kelly\, Princeton University. The talk will take place in Dodd Hall 167 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nBias: Some Surprising Truths\n  \nIn this talk\, I’ll argue for three claims about bias that many people find deeply counterintuitive if not obviously false: (i) Externalism about bias: a person can count as biased because of their social environment\, even if all of their internal cognitive processes are functioning impeccably; (ii) Rationality requires bias: in some cases\, rationality can require a person to be biased\, in a pejorative sense of ‘bias\,’ and the only way to escape being biased is to be irrational; (iii) Introspection is necessarily unreliable: the empirically well-documented fact that introspection is a highly unreliable way to tell whether we’re biased isn’t a contingent fact about our psychologies.  Rather\, it’s something that holds of necessity: even God could not have made us highly reliable detectors of our own biases by way of introspection \n  \n\nThomas Kelly is a Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University\, where he has taught since 2004.  Prior to coming to Princeton\, he was a Junior Fellow in the Society of Fellows at Harvard University\, where he received his PhD\, writing a dissertation under the supervision of Robert Nozick\, Derek Parfit\, and James Pryor. He works primarily in epistemology and has addressed topics such as the significance of disagreement\, the nature of evidence\, and the relationship between theoretical and practical rationality. His book Bias: A Philosophical Study appeared from Oxford University Press in 2023. \n\n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2024-25-colloquium-thomas-kelly-princeton-university/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 167
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:HPASS: "Against Self-Location" - Emily Adlam\, Chapman University
DESCRIPTION:November 20\, 2024 | 5:00PM – 7:00PM\nDodd Hall 247 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on Wednesday\, November 20\, 2024 in Dodd Hall 247 for a talk by Emily Adlam\, Chapman University\, as part of the History\, Philosophy\, and Science of Science (HPASS) speaker series. \n  \nAgainst Self-Location\n  \nIn this talk\, I will make a distinction between pure self-locating credences and superficially self-locating credences\, and then argue that there is never any rationally compelling way to assign pure self-locating credences. I will first argue that from a practical point of view\, pure self-locating credences simply encode our pragmatic goals\, and thus pragmatic rationality does not dictate how they must be set. I will then use considerations motivated by Bertrand’s paradox to argue that the indifference principle and other popular constraints on self-locating credences fail to be a priori principles of epistemic rationality\, and critique some approaches to deriving self-locating credences based on analogies to non-self-locating cases. Finally\, I will consider the implications of this conclusion for various applications of self-locating probabilities in scientific contexts\, arguing that it may undermine certain kinds of reasoning about multiverses\, the simulation hypothesis\, Boltzmann brains and vast-world scenarios. \n  \n  \n\nRSVP HERE\n\n  \n  \n  \nJoin our mailing list!\nSign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date with future UCLA Philosophy events\, conferences\, and colloquia! \nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/hpass-against-self-location-emily-adlam-chapman-university/
LOCATION:Dodd 247\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:"Faith and World" - Anil Gomes\, Trinity College\, Oxford
DESCRIPTION:October 18\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan Hall 193 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/94936079769?pwd=e0mp6PeBX17pVNnQaJN3LomWqsYZB6.1 \nMeeting ID: 949 3607 9769\nPasscode: 161718 \n  \nJoin us on October 18\, 2024 for a colloquium with Anil Gomes\, Oxford – Trinity College. The talk will take place in Kaplan Hall 193 from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nFaith and World\n  \nWhat connection\, if any\, is there between being self-conscious and being related to an objective world? Answers to this question thread through early modern discussions of the mind and then again\, transmuted and transformed\, across different twentieth-century traditions. My aim today is to clarify the question and set out some of the routes by means of which philosophers have attempted to establish a connection. The intent is to make salient two points: first\, the relevance to the question of Lichtenberg’s enigmatic remarks on the ‘I think’\, and second\, the role that faith and practice play in answering it. \n  \nAnil Gomes is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College\, Oxford\, and a Professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Oxford. He has written on a range of topics in the philosophy of mind\, the philosophy of Immanuel Kant\, and the work of Iris Murdoch. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n\n\n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2024-25-colloquium-anil-gomes-oxford-trinity-college/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Philosophy First-Gen Welcome Party
DESCRIPTION:September 30\, 2024 | 5:30PM – 7:00PM\nRoyce Hall 306\nRSVP HERE\n  \nCome and meet other first-generation Philosophy students\, faculty\, and staff! Food and beverages will be served. \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/philosophy-first-gen-party/
LOCATION:Royce Hall Room 306
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240925T120000
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SUMMARY:2024-25 Philosophy Department Open House
DESCRIPTION:September 25\, 2024 | 12pm – 2pm\nShostak Terrace (in front of Murphy Hall)\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us on Wednesday\, September 25\, 2024 from 12pm – 2pm for the Philosophy Department’s Annual Open House. It will take place at the Shostak Terrace\, which is located in front of Murphy Hall\, across from Dodd Hall and the Law School. This event is open to current and incoming students. \n  \nEnjoy pizza and refreshments as you meet Philosophy faculty\, staff\, and 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  \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2024-25-philosophy-department-open-house/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240920
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SUMMARY:SLIME 3 (Studies in Linguistics\, Information\, Meaning\, and Expression)
DESCRIPTION:September 20-21\, 2024\nRoyce Hall 306\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us for SLIME 3 (Studies in Linguistics\, Information\, Meaning\, and Expression)\, a workshop at UCLA on September 20-21\, 2024. 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 will be available on the workshop website HERE. \n  \nSpeakers\n  \nSamia Hesni\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, Boston University ​ \nRobert Hawkins\, ​Assistant Professor of Psychology\, UW-Madison \nRobert Henderson\, Associate Professor of Linguistics\, University of Arizona \nAndrea Beltrama\, Temporary Assistant Professor\, Linguistics and Cognitive Science\, University of Delaware \nCailin O’Connor\, Professor\, Logic and Philosophy of Science\, UC Irvine \nKartik Chandra\, PhD student\, MIT CSAIL \n  \n  \nCommentators\n  \nAyana Samuel\, ​Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, York University \nGabe Dupre\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, UC Davis \nJessica Rett\, Professor of Linguistics\, UC Los Angeles \nAllison Nguyen\, ​Assistant Professor\, Psychology\, Illinois State University \nSahar Heydari Fard\, Assistant Professor of Philosophy\, Ohio State University \nGabriel Greenberg\, Associate Professor of Philosophy\, UC Los Angeles \n  \nFaculty organizers: Joshua Armstrong\, Sam Cumming\, and Gabriel Greenberg. \n  \nSLIME is made possible through the generosity of the Kaplan-Panzer fund. \n  \n  \nRSVP HERE \n  \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/slime-3-studies-in-language-information-meaning-and-expression/
LOCATION:Royce Hall – Room 306
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240610T130000
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Thomas Icard (Stanford University): "Resource Rationality and Cognitive Costs"
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been canceled.\n\nJune 10\, 2024 | 1:00PM – 3:00PM\nDodd Hall 399\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on June 10\, 2024 for a talk by Thomas Icard (Stanford University). The talk is called\, “Resource Rationality and Cognitive Costs.” It will take place in Dodd Hall 399 (and via Zoom) from 1:00PM – 3:00PM. \n  \nIf you are not able to join us in person\, here is a Zoom link to join remotely: \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/94825315773?pwd=NWt2bmhJR1RKOGJHRTFocGVvYkszUT09 \nMeeting ID: 948 2531 5773 \nPasscode: 350657 \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/thomas-icard-stanford-university-resource-rationality-and-cognitive-costs/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall – Room 399
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240605T190000
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Health & Research
DESCRIPTION:June 5\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nConsidering a career in health or research after earning your Philosophy degree? \n  \nJoin us for a virtual career panel with the below UCLA Philosophy alumni working in these fields:  \n\nAlly Peabody Smith\, PhD (Postdoctoral Researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine)\nBranden Bio\, PhD (Postdoctoral Associate at The Naval Research Laboratory)\nLindsey d’Arnaud\, MD (Resident Physician at the Indiana University School of Medicine)\n\n  \nYou’ll have a chance to ask any questions you may have about pursuing similar careers. \n  \nIf you’re curious about the different types of careers you can have in health or research after earning your philosophy degree\, 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\nAlly Peabody Smith\, PhD\nPostdoctoral Researcher\, David Geffen School of Medicine\, Department of Medicine\, UCLA\nAlly Peabody Smith is a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine in the Department of Medicine\, where she works with The Feinsinger Lab on topics pertaining to human subjects research in neuroscience. Her independent research encompasses philosophy of disability\, ethics\, and philosophy of science. Current projects include a book manuscript\, “Love without Language”\, which proposes a novel\, extensionally adequate grounds for moral status; a qualitative project on non-linguistic means of communication deployed between non-speaking persons and their intimates; proposals on the value of philosophical methodologies in emerging precision healthcare frameworks; and an ongoing analysis of how virtue ethical frameworks might improve deficiencies of goodwill in medicine\, which currently involves the development of a pilot medical school ethics curriculum. Beginning in August 2024\, she will be an Assistant Professor at Lehigh University’s College of Health. \n  \n\n\n  \n\nBranden Bio\, PhD\nNational Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate at the Naval Research Laboratory\nBranden Bio is a third year postdoc currently looking at industry research scientist or data scientist roles for his next position. He completed his PhD in 2021 at Princeton where he studied cognitive psychology and neuroscience. At UCLA he double majored in philosophy and psychology\, especially appreciating the areas where they overlapped. His work explores the scientific side of philosophy of mind\, including but not limited to consciousness\, perceiving other minds\, and epistemic reasoning. He currently lives in Washington\, DC which he enjoys but he misses the boba and mexican food from LA. \n  \n\n  \n\nLindsey d’Arnaud\, MD\nResident Physician\, Psychiatry\, Indiana University School of Medicine\nDr. d’Arnaud was born and raised in Long Beach\, CA. She attended Los Alamitos High\, then completed her freshman year at Long Beach City College before transferring to UCLA her sophomore year\, where she majored in philosophy. She earned her medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine\, where she is currently completing her residency in psychiatry. \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-health-research/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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SUMMARY:Study Break with the Philosophy Department
DESCRIPTION:June 3\, 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-5/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240524T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240524T193000
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SUMMARY:Meditations Journal Conference 2024
DESCRIPTION:May 24\, 2024 | 4:00 PM\nDodd Hall 399\n  \nPlease join us on Friday\, May 24th\, 2024 at 4:00 PM in Dodd Hall 399 for the 2024 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 are undergraduate students who have dedicated several months to this philosophical project. This conference is an exciting opportunity to honor their hard work and hear them present their original ideas. \n  \nConference Program\n4:00 – 4:15 PM: Introductory Remarks: Brendan Bacon \n4:15 – 4:45 PM: Mingwei Zhu: “The Paradox of Connectivity: Social Media\, the Erosion of Individuality\, and the World” \n4:45 – 5:15 PM: Quinton Wood: “Metaphors and Understanding in Quality Space Theory” \n5:15 – 5:45 PM: Bora Barut: “The Problems of Abstracting Thinking in the Categorical Imperative” \n5:45 PM: Catered Dinner \n  \nIf 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-2024/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall – Room 399
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240514T093000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Autonomy and Epistemology
DESCRIPTION:May 14\, 2024\nDodd Hall 399 & Zoom\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/98318164786?pwd=RGVHUFFDSnRtV2pYUzFIcCtHWjM2Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 983 1816 4786\nPasscode: 447193 \nPlease join us on May 14\, 2024 in Dodd Hall 399 (and via Zoom) for a workshop on Autonomy and Epistemology. \n  \nThis workshop aims at exploring the notion of autonomy in epistemology. The value of intellectual or epistemic autonomy has been the object of recent discussions in epistemology. In particular\, philosophers have asked whether being intellectually autonomous is a quality that favors achieving knowledge\, understanding or rationality\, and one which agents should therefore cultivate or\, on the contrary\, whether it promotes methods of inquiry that undermines our epistemic goals. This workshop’s contributions will interrogate the relationship between autonomy and key notions in epistemology such as epistemic responsibility\, inquiry\, and testimony. \n  \n\nWorkshop Program\n  \n\nTuesday\, May 14th\n9:30 – 10:00 AM: Coffee & Tea \n10:00 – 11:40 AM: Pamela Hieronymi (UCLA): “The Force of Fact and Its Fairness” \n11:40 AM – 1:00 PM: Lunch \n1:00 – 2:40 PM: Annalisa Coliva (UC Irvine): “Hinge Trust” \n2:40 – 3:10 PM: Break (Coffee/Tea) \n3:10 – 4:50 PM: Anne Meylan (University of Zurich): “The Zetetic Puzzle” \n  \n  \nTo register please email vanloonmarie_at_gmail_dot_com \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/workshop-autonomy-and-epistemology/
LOCATION:Dodd Hall 399
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240512
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SUMMARY:Time and Language: An Encounter Between Philosophy and Philology
DESCRIPTION:May 10-11\, 2024\nHotel Angeleno (Melrose Room)\nRSVP HERE\n  \nPlease join us on May 10-11\, 2024 in the Melrose Room of Hotel Angeleno for “Time and Language: An Encounter Between Philosophy and Philology\,” an interdisciplinary workshop on the topic of linguistic change. \n  \nOutside of analytic philosophy\, there is a strain of contemporary research in fields such as Comparative Literature\, German\, French\, and Religious Studies that approaches the study of language through the lens of philology. Much of the recent popularity of philology is due to the late Werner Hamacher\, whose works\, including “95 Theses on Philology” and “For—Philology” are inexhaustible wells of philological insight. Presently\, philosophers remain largely ignorant of such philological research\, just as philological researchers may be unaware of the contemporary philosophical interest in philologically relevant topics like metasemantics\, the evolutionary origins of language\, semantic drift\, and conceptual engineering/amelioration. This event is a first-of-its-kind opportunity for philosophers and philological researchers to come together and share their research on topics like these and much\, much more. \n  \nSuggested Readings\nWerner Hamacher\, “95 Theses on Philology” in Give the Word ed. by Richter and Smock\, University of Nebraska Press\, 2019. Read here. \n—\, What Remains to Be Said in Give the Word ed. by Richter and Smock\, University of Nebraska Press\, 2019. Read here. \n—\, “For—Philology”  in Minima Philologica\, Fordham University Press\, 2015. Read here. \n  \n  \nParticipants\n  \nJosh Armstrong (UCLA) \nAri Koslow (UCI) \nJürgen Lipps\, (UCLA) \nSerena Lückhoff (Brown University) \nKristina Mendicino (Brown University) \nJan Mieszkowski (Reed College) \nEleonore Neufeld (UMass\, Amherst) \nJulia Ng (Goldsmiths\, University of London) \nDominik Zechner (Rutgers University) \n  \n  \n\nConference Program\n  \n\nFriday\, May 10th\n9:30 – 9:50 AM: Coffee & pastries \n9:50 – 10:20 AM: Introductions & Opening Remarks by Jürgen Lipps and Serena Lückhoff: “Setting the Stage: Sites of Harmony and Divergence Between Philosophy and Philology” \n10:30 – 11:45 AM: Seminar by Kristina Mendicino\, Jan Mieszkowski\, and Dominik Zechner on Derrida’s “Rams: Uninterrupted Dialogue—Between Two Infinities\, the Poem” – Suggested Reading \n11:45 AM – 12:45 PM: Lunch \n12:45 – 1:45 PM: Dominik Zechner: “The Lack of Philology” \n1:55 – 2:55 PM: Kristina Mendicino: “Lines of Aphiliation: On Language\, Oblivion\, and Love in Hamacher\, among Others” \n3:05 – 4:05 PM: Jan Mieszkowski: “Made in Germany: Negation in Freud and Wittgenstein” \n  \nSaturday\, May 11th\n9:30 – 9:50 AM: Coffee & pastries \n9:50 – 10:50 AM: Julia Ng: “Unlikely Possibility” \n11:00 AM – 12:15 PM: Seminar by Josh Armstrong on “Origins of Language” – Suggested Reading \n12:15 – 1:15 PM: Lunch \n1:15 – 2:15 PM: Ari Koslow: “What Open Texture Isn’t” \n2:25 – 3:25 PM: Eleonore Neufeld: “Engineering Social Concepts” \n  \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/time-and-language-an-encounter-between-philosophy-and-philology/
LOCATION:Hotel Angeleno (Melrose Room)\, 170 N Church Ln\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90049\, United States
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240503T160000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: 2023-24 Colloquium: "Fuel to My Fire; You Can’t Stop Desire"
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event has been postponed. Stay tuned for the new date.\n\nMay 3\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nRoyce Hall 306\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us on May 3\, 2024 for a colloquium with E. M. Hernandez. The talk will take place in Royce Hall 306 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nFuel to My Fire; You Can’t Stop Desire\n  \nTrans existence has been plagued by two different explanations: a natural\, “born this way\,” necessity and a social\, often-thought perverted\, choice. These contrasting explanations of necessity and choice create an explanatory false dichotomy and political catch-22. This talk constructs an alternative explanation for why people transition\, one that centralizes the role of desire while recognizing the necessity of choice that arises from that desire. Toward this end\, I present a moral psychology of desire. An explanation that recognizes the role desire plays\, not just in our actions\, but in our perception. This desire is made apparent when one perceives the option to transition as a salient possibility for themself. Once this desire is recognized\, it functions as what Bernard Williams calls a categorical desire; a desire that partly constitutes one’s ethical identity\, making the satisfaction of that desire a matter of ethical necessity. I argue that this explanation eschews the explanatory false dichotomy and evades the political catch-22. \n  \nE. M. Hernandez (they/them) is an independent philosopher who explores issues of race and gender through understanding our moral psychology. They have published both academically and popularly on issues of transgender affirmation\, language\, and experience. They live in Durham\, North Carolina with their dog Canela. \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-em-hernandez/
LOCATION:Royce Hall – Room 306
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240426T160000
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SUMMARY:2023-24 Colloquium: “Self-Consciousness as Species-Consciousness”
DESCRIPTION:April 26\, 2024 | 4:00PM – 6:00PM\nKaplan Hall 193\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/96481370381?pwd=S3o0Y1Bpd3l5T0orcUVCVmNjY28rdz09 \nMeeting ID: 964 8137 0381\nPasscode: 648893 \n  \nJoin us on April 26\, 2024 for a colloquium with Karen Ng\, Vanderbilt University. The talk will take place in Kaplan 193 (and via Zoom) from 4:00PM – 6:00PM with a reception to follow. \n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \nSelf-Consciousness as Species-Consciousness\n  \nAlthough self-consciousness has been a central theme in many discussions within post-Kantian philosophy\, this paper aims to understand and defend an undertheorized aspect of Hegel’s account of this theme\, namely\, his claim that self-consciousness is species-consciousness. I approach this problem in three stages. First\, beginning with Hegel’s account of self-consciousness as desire and its connection with life\, I show that Hegel defends a version of the materialist conception of self-consciousness (Cassam) by focusing specifically on what he calls the “self-sufficiency” of living objects and subjects. Second\, I turn to Hegel’s account of the significance of what he calls the “simple universality” of the Gattung or species in relation to self-consciousness. This universality arises as a result of his account of the processes of life\, and here I show that Hegel defends a version of Michael Thompson’s argument about the significance of life-form consciousness for self-consciousness. Finally\, I conclude by reconstructing the central paragraphs 172-173 from the Phenomenology of Spirit where Hegel describes self-consciousness as the species or Gattung for itself\, and draw out several consequences and problems of Hegel’s account. Among these include the idea that self-consciousness is an achievement\, alongside the idea that our self-conscious form of life that Hegel calls Geist exists as a living species among other living species. \n  \nKaren Ng is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. She specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century European philosophy\, focusing in particular on Hegel\, German idealism\, Marx\, and Frankfurt School critical theory. Between 2023 and 2025\, she will be an Alexander von Humboldt senior research fellow at the Center for Post-Kantian Philosophy at the University of Potsdam. Her first book\, Hegel’s Concept of Life: Freedom\, Self-Consciousness\, Logic\, was published with Oxford in 2020 and was awarded the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize. \n  \n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]\n 
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/2023-24-colloquium-karen-ng-vanderbilt-university/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 193
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Management\, Finance & Administration
DESCRIPTION:April 24\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/99071909016?pwd=OWVFYm9QSVJsTnhqMUNUWHFLY2xEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 990 7190 9016 \nPasscode: 769203 \n  \n  \nConsidering a career in management\, finance\, or administration after earning your Philosophy degree? \n  \nJoin us for a virtual career panel with UCLA Philosophy alumni Joann Thach\, Aaron Crafts\, and Austin Chan! They’ll discuss their careers as a Senior Director of DEI\, Senior Program Manager\, and an Analyst (respectively) at a broad range of companies & organizations.  \n  \nYou’ll have a chance to ask any questions you may have about pursuing similar careers. \n  \nIf you’re curious about the different types of careers you can have in management\, finance\, or administration after earning your philosophy degree\, 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\nJoann Thach\nSenior Director of Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion & Belonging at Trace3\nJoann Thach is the Senior Director of Diversity\, Equity\, Inclusion & Belonging at Trace3\, a technology consulting firm headquartered in Irvine\, CA. She oversees the company’s commitment to expanding and supporting diversity\, fostering a culture of inclusion & belonging\, and developing initiatives that positively impact the greater community. Joann has a long history and passion in advocating for diversity\, equity and inclusion. Prior to Trace3\, she spent over 10 years leading diversity recruitment\, training\, retention and corporate social responsibility efforts in the legal and tech sectors. Naturally curious about the world and a life-long learner\, she received her undergraduate degree at UCLA in sociology and philosophy and returned as an Executive MBA candidate at UCLA Anderson graduating in 2025\, after completing various certifications and programs on Critical Race Theory and Business Management. When she is not working or studying\, she spends her time practicing ashtanga yoga\, volunteering or cuddling with her Shiba Inu\, Chloe. \n  \n\n  \n\nAustin Chan\nAnalyst\, Stifel’s Public Finance\nAustin is an analyst in Stifel’s Public Finance practice. He and his team provide investment banking services to nonprofits and municipalities throughout the United States. Austin began his career at Stifel as an intern in 2022\, and joined full-time after graduating from UCLA in 2023 with a B.A. in Philosophy.  \n  \n  \n\nAaron Crafts\nSenior Program Manager\, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center \nBorn and raised in California. Passion for reading (Bolaño\, Gaitskill\, Pessoa)\, writing\, music (bad guitar\, worse singing)\, and the outdoors (specifically running\, and backpacking across the Sierras). After graduating from Morro Bay High School\, I attended Cuesta Community College with the intention of being an English Major and writer. Had a chance encounter with a funny-sounding class — “Reality & Knowledge”\, which turned out to be an intro to metaphysics and epistemology — and started a love-affair with Philosophy. Attended UCLA for two years\, graduating cum laude in 2013 with a B.A. in Philosophy. Two years of applications and GREs before being accepted to a handful of PhD programs; thought better of it and relocated from the Central Coast fully to Los Angeles. Discovered I had a knack for organizational strategy\, operations\, and helping improve the workplace of my fellow employees\, so I fell into “Administration” as a career\, which translates essentially to “filling in what other people forget.” Have been working at City of Hope in Duarte since December 2023. \n\n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
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LOCATION:On Zoom
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SUMMARY:USC-UCLA Graduate Conference in Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:April 20\, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM\nUCLA\, Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin us for the 2024 USC-UCLA Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy happening on April 20\, 2024 at UCLA Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)! \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 keynote speaker is Elisabeth Camp (Rutgers University). Her talk is titled\, “Stories and Selves.” See below for the abstract. \nRSVP HERE to let us know you’re coming! \n\n\n\nConference Program\n  \n\nSaturday\, April 20th\n10:00 – 10:50 AM: Breakfast \n10:50 – 11:50 AM: Anni Sun: “Better Than the Best? Supererogation in Deontic Modality” \n12:00 – 1:00 PM: Caitlin Mace: “On a New Content Indeterminacy Problem in Neuroscience” \n1:00 – 2:00 PM: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:00 PM: Danielle Ravitzki: “Form\, Function\, and Self-Identification in the Definition of the Family” \n3:10 – 4:10 PM: Richard Roth: “No Epistemic Discounts” \n4:10 – 4:30 PM: Afternoon Refreshments \n4:30 – 6:00 PM: Keynote Talk: Elisabeth Camp: “Stories and Selves” \n  \nKeynote Abstract: I argue that stories are “equipment for living” in two senses: retrospectively\, they provide synoptic “configurational comprehension” of a temporal sequence of events; and prospectively\, they offer principles for guiding action. Narrative conceptions of selfhood appear poised to explain these functional roles in terms of who an agent is. However\, the “retrospective necessity” of narrative structure entails that the narrative conception holds selves hostage\, epistemically\, normatively and practically\, to the ends of their lives. I offer some alternative species of frames that also provide configurational comprehension without shackling selves to their autobiography’s endings. \n  \nRSVP HERE to let us know you’re coming! \nFor any questions\, please contact the conference organizers at <uscucla.conference@gmail.com>
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LOCATION:UCLA Hershey Hall Salon (Room 158)
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SUMMARY:History of Understanding Workshop
DESCRIPTION:April 12-13\, 2024\nMoore Hall 3340 & Zoom\nRSVP HERE\nVIEW PROGRAM\n  \n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/99761282087?pwd=ZWN6M3AzNzVsdHVnOW9hbGxldlEvUT09 \nMeeting ID: 997 6128 2087\nPasscode: 632738 \n  \n  \nPlease join us on April 12-13\, 2024 in UCLA Moore Hall 3340 (and via Zoom) for the History of Understanding Workshop. \n  \nUnderstanding has become an exciting topic in both contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science. However\, it has a much longer and broader philosophical history. The goal of this workshop is to explore how conceptions of understanding differ across time periods and philosophical traditions\, with the aim of gaining a deeper knowledge of these conceptions’ similarities and differences. \n  \nConference Program\n(Please note: Times are all in Pacific Time Zone (PDT) \n  \n\nFriday\, April 12th\n9:00 – 9:45 AM: Coffee & Light Breakfast \n9:45 – 10:00 AM: Introductory Remarks by Kareem Khalifa \n10:00 – 11:15 AM: Whitney Schwab: “’Epistêmê’ and episteme in (and around) Ancient Greek Philosophy” \n11:15 – 11:30 AM: Break \n11:30 AM – 12:45 PM: Riccardo Strobino: “Understanding The Scale of Logic: Balancing Formal and Material Requirements in Avicenna’s Theory of Science” \n12:45 – 2:00 PM: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:15 PM: Parimal Patil (In-Person) and Anand Vaidya (Online): “Understanding in Indian Philosophy—An Exploration” – Abstract \n3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 4:45 PM: Cristina Lafont: “Understanding and Critique: The Return of the Critique of Ideologies” – Abstract \n  \nSaturday\, April 13th\n9:00 – 10:00 AM: Coffee & Light Breakfast \n10:00 – 11:15 AM: Robert Pasnau: “Ibn Rushd’s Not-So-Crazy Theory of Understanding” – Abstract \n11:15 – 11:30 AM: Break \n11:30 AM – 12:45 PM: John Carriero: “Understanding and Spinoza’s three kinds of cognition” \n12:45 – 2:00 PM: Lunch \n2:00 – 3:15 PM: Lewis Gordon: “Understanding ‘Understanding’ in Strands of African Philosophy Ancient and Recent” – Abstract \n3:15 – 3:30 PM: Break \n3:30 – 4:45 PM: Catherine Elgin: “An Anatomy of Understanding” – Abstract \n  \nDownload Conference Program\n  \nRSVP HERE\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
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LOCATION:Moore Hall 3340 (Reading Room)
CATEGORIES:Work Shops
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Careers in Law & Public Affairs
DESCRIPTION:April 10\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nJoin Zoom Meeting \nhttps://ucla.zoom.us/j/98717017461?pwd=VXlhbUwvQnR4REZUL0EwdzZ4ZW53UT09 \nMeeting ID: 987 1701 7461 \nPasscode: 030576 \n  \nConsidering a career in law or public affairs after earning your Philosophy degree? \n  \nJoin us for a virtual career panel with UCLA Philosophy alumni Gary Meyer\, James Priest\, and Kerri Riley! They’ll discuss their careers as lawyers in a broad range of fields\, share tips/advice\, and answer any questions you might have about pursuing a career in law or public affairs. \n  \nIf you’re thinking about pursuing law\, you won’t want to miss this session! \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nGary A. Meyer \nAttorney-at-Law\, Parker\, Milliken\, Clark\, O’Hara & Samuelian\nGary A. Meyer is a renowned environmental law specialist with an illustrious career marked by significant achievements. A UCLA graduate\, both in Philosophy (B.A.\, Summa Cum Laude\, Phi Beta Kappa) and Law (J.D.)\, he has been recognized multiple times as a California Super Lawyer and named the Best Lawyer in Environmental Law in Los Angeles. In 2017\, he was honored as the Environmental Attorney of the Year by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Since joining Parker Milliken in 1980 and becoming a shareholder in 1986\, Mr. Meyer has led the firm’s Environmental Law Department\, which he founded in 1985. His litigation practice spans federal and state courts\, where he has achieved notable successes. In a recent site remediation and toxic tort case involving over 1\,100 plaintiffs who were seeking upwards of $500 million in damages against Mr. Meyer’s public entity clients\, Mr. Meyer was successful in obtaining a complete dismissal of plaintiffs’ entire personal injury and property damages case. Mr.Meyer’s expertise as a court-appointed receiver and expert witness has significantly influenced complex environmental and insurance litigation\, leading to favorable resolutions. His work in landmark environmental enforcement actions and advisory role in real estate transactions to minimize environmental liabilities underscores his comprehensive expertise. Additionally\, Mr. Meyer’s contributions as a speaker\, lecturer\, and educator\, alongside his community service and personal passion for baseball\, highlight his diverse interests and commitment to professional and personal excellence. \n  \nFor a deeper dive into his illustrious career and accomplishments\, you’re invited to explore:  Gary A. Meyer – Parker Milliken Clark O’Hara & Samuelian\, APC \n\n  \n\n  \n\nJames Priest\nAssistant Counsel\, Senator Rand Paul (KY)\nJames Priest is Assistant Counsel to United States Senator Rand Paul (KY) in his capacity as Ranking Member on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. In this capacity\, James advises the Senator on investigative work\, Federal regulatory issues\, and Presidential nominations. \nOriginally from Bakersfield\, California\, James knew he wanted to work on the hill when he was still a UCLA student. In 2017\, he interned for then-Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy – his representative – and discovered his passion for policy. At UCLA\, he double-majored in philosophy and history. Upon graduating in 2019\, James took a gap-year and worked as a field representative for a California State Senator. He then moved to Washington\, D.C. in 2020 to attend Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. As a law student\, James continued pursuing his interests in policy and government – clerking for Senator Marsha Blackburn on Senate Judiciary\, Special Counsel Henry Kerner in the U.S. Office of Special Counsel\, the Solicitor General of Tennessee\, the Property and Environment Research Center\, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations\, and for Senator Bill Hagerty (TN). James is the oldest of seven and a first-generation lawyer. He has several publications including “Remove Roadblocks” in A Field Guide for Wildlife Recovery: The Endangered Species Act’s Elusive Search to Recover Species – and What to Do About It and Environmental Racism & the Broader Persistence of State-Sanctioned Discrimination in the Wake of Alexander v. Sandoval in the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal. \n  \n  \n\nKerri Riley \nSenior Conflicts Attorney\, Gunderson Dettmer\nAs the firm’s Senior Conflicts Attorney\, Kerri serves as a firm-wide resource on substantive questions regarding conflicts of interests\, the rules of professional conduct\, and compliance with firm policies. Kerri oversees all aspects of the firm’s acceptance of new business\, including legal analysis and resolution of ethical and business conflicts of interest\, conflict waivers\, ethical walls\, client terms of engagement\, reviewing and negotiating outside counsel guidelines\, and conflicts clearance of incoming lawyers.  Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer\, Kerri served as Deputy Trial Counsel for the State Bar of California where she investigated and prosecuted disciplinary and civil matters arising out of attorney ethics and regulation. \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
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SUMMARY:Being in the World: Business Career Panel
DESCRIPTION:March 13\, 2024 | 6:00PM – 7:00PM PT\nZoom\nRSVP HERE\n  \nCurious how you could use your Philosophy degree to build a successful career in business? Join us for a virtual career panel discussion and Q&A with UCLA Philosophy alumni who now work in business doing marketing\, sales\, consulting\, and non-profit leadership! \n  \nJames Costello and Paul Martin will discuss their careers in sales/marketing and consulting/non-profit leadership (respectively)\, walk through the paths they took post-grad\, and share tips/advice with current students. You’ll have the chance to ask any specific questions and connect with our panelists. \n  \nIf you’re wondering how you can use your Philosophy degree to build a business career\, you won’t want to miss this session! \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \nMeet the Speakers\n\n  \n\nJames Costello\nSr. Email Marketing Manager\, Core Digital Media\nJames is an advertising copywriter for Core Digital Media\, a subsidiary of Rocket Companies. After graduating from UCLA in 2003 with a BA in Philosophy\, he began as a recruiter\, which has opened many doors in a sales and marketing career. In 2012 he earned an MA in Philosophy from LMU and taught as a lecturer. Once his daughters graduate from high school\, he looks forward to once again teaching a Philosophy class each year. \n\n  \n\nPaul Martin\nFounder & CEO\, United Against Fentanyl & #JustSayNever campaign\nPresident\, Critical Thinking Initiative\nFounder\, Child Rights Foundation\nPaul Martin (‘03) holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in philosophy. He has a career in nonprofit leadership in Southern California\, nationally\, and internationally\, with an emphasis on children’s rights and youth empowerment. Last year\, with professors from UCLA\, the University of Queensland\, Pepperdine University\, UCI\, and McGill\, he launched The Critical Thinking Initiative\, bringing logic and classical critical thinking tools to K-12 schools. He is also founder and CEO of United Against Fentanyl and the #JustSayNever campaign\, a new NGO responding to the fentanyl crisis. \nTo learn more about Paul’s work\, visit: \nPaul E. Martin (Personal Website) \nCritical Thinking Initiative \nChild Rights Foundation \nUnited Against Fentanyl \n  \n  \nRSVP here to get the Zoom link\n  \n  \n[gravityform id=”32″ title=”true”]
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