University of California, Santa Barbara | Department of Philosophy

Announcements

Congratulations to Prof. Chris McMahon for the publication of his new book Reasonable Disagreement: A Theory of Political Morality.
We our pleased to welcome five new graduate students this year:
Keith Hess, Jonathan LaSalle, Alex Leibowitz, Jenessa Strickland, and Nat Tabris.
The Department of Philosophy welcomes Matthew Hanser, Ph.D. as the incoming Departmental Chair for the 2009-2010 academic year!
The Undergraduate Philosophy Club and Phi Sigma Tau, the National Honor Sociey for Philosophy, will meet every Monday this quarter at 5:30pm in South Hall 5617. A message from the Phil Club President, Ida Goldkorn:

We welcome both undergraduate and graduate students of philosophy as well as those majoring in other areas who have an interest in engaging in philosophical inquiries. Topics range from exoteric to abstruse. Please join the facebook group "UCSB Philosophy Club" or email igoldkorn@umail.ucsb.edu to be apprised of future meetings and events.

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Course Information

Fall 2009 course schedule. Please check back for updates.
Winter 2010 course schedule. Please check back for updates.
Course Websites & Syllabi. Please check back for updates.

Summer 2009 Office Hours

The list of speakers for the 2009-2010 Colloquia series and Graduate Student Colloquia series is now available. Unless otherwise indicated, all colloquia talks will begin at 4:00pm in South Hall 5617. Click here for more details.

Oct. 2, Peter Vanderschraaf (UC Merced), "The Invisible Foole"
Note: This colloquium will be held at 4:00pm in SH 1431
Oct. 16, A. J. Julius (UC Los Angeles), "Wrongness, the fourth dimension"
Nov. 6, Robert May (UC Davis), "From Inhalt to Bedeutung: The Road to Sense and Reference"
Jan. 8, Josh Dever (The University of Texas at Austin), "TBA"
Feb. 26, Agustín Rayo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), TBA"
May 14, James Woodward (California Institute of Technology), "TBA"

On Friday, Nov. 20th, there will be a talk entitled "Animals, Persons, and Bioethics" by Professor David Hershenov of the University at Buffalo, at 4:00pm in South Hall 5617.