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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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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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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
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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
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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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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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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”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-management-finance-administration/
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>
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/usc-ucla-graduate-conference-in-philosophy-2/
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”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/history-of-understanding-workshop/
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”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-careers-in-law-public-affairs/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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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”]
URL:https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/being-in-the-world-business-career-panel/
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240216T160000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240214T180000
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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/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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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/
LOCATION:On Zoom
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231204T170000
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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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