GRADUATE STUDENTS: Gabbrielle Johnson completed her dissertation entitled Cognition and the Structure of Bias. Beginning in the fall 2019, she will be a Bersoff Faculty Fellow at New York University (postdoctoral fellowship). Lauren Schaeffer completed her dissertation entitled Oppression and Resistance. She is currently a UCLA lecturer.   POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS: Arrivals: Rose Lenehan will join the…

Over the past winter and spring quarters—in addition to hosting the annual Kant Workshop and Aristotle Bash— the department hosted a couple of firsts including the Distinguished Lecture with Rae Langton (Cambridge University) and the Pan-American Symposium on the History of Logic that featured 25 international speakers. Our Distinguished Visitors included Dimitri El Murr (École…

It is with great sadness that we report that the following alumni have passed away: Fenwicke Holmes ’41 David Whitney ’68 Herbert Fingarette ’47,’49 Gloria D. Rock ’68, ’76

FACULTY: Pamela Hieronymi was interviewed by LAist.com, Marie Claire, and Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for her work as a consultant on NBC’s The Good Place. Read more at https://laist.com/2018/10/26/the_good_place_writers_ room_is_like_an_intro_to_philosophy_course_1.php, https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a26092075/the-good-place-nbc-philosophy/, and https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/stories/good-place   STUDENTS: Yewon Kim was featured in the Daily Bruin for her work as president and one of the…

The Collected Works Of Alonzo Church As a colleague of Alonzo Church, Tyler Burge promised to publish a definitive collection of the famous logician’s work. After 25 years of gathering and editing, and 16 more years of circumventing practical obstacles, his efforts culminated in the recently published book entitled The Collected Works of Alonzo Church (MIT Press, April…

We are pleased to announce this year’s graduate and undergraduate award and prize recipients. DEPARTMENTAL DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD Bestowed by the Philosophy faculty, the award recognizes a graduate student’s career of excellence in teaching. Congratulations to Kim Johnston, Milo Crimi, and Jordan Wallace-Wolf. In different ways, each have inspired students and helped to improve the philosophy department’s…

Yohana Abughattas Gloria Rock Prize and Kalish Prize Winner “My next step is to apply to Ph.D. programs in philosophy this fall. I would love to professor one day. No matter what career I eventually find myself in, my philosophy education will push me to question workplace and social assumptions.” Jordan Wallace-Wolf UCLA and Departmental…