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Fingarette awards
The department is pleased to announce the first three awards from the fund established in honor of former UCSB philosophy professor Herb Fingarette by a generous gift from his daughter Ms. Ann Hasse. Kerong Gao and Daehwi Jeong will be receiving support towards presenting their work at upcoming conferences of the American Philosophical Association. Salvador Escalante Diaz Barreiro will be supported for an extended visit to Princeton University where he will conduct research for his dissertation.
Continue Reading Fingarette awardsNon-fiction from UCSB PhD
Daniel Story (PhD, 2020) recently published a piece of non-fiction in Reed Magazine. You can read more here.
Continue Reading Non-fiction from UCSB PhDEnrollment Services Resource Fair
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Continue Reading Enrollment Services Resource FairMainwaring Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Tim Mainwaring, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled A Defense of the One over Many Argument for Universals!
Continue Reading Mainwaring Dissertation DefensePierce Dissertation Defense
Congratulations to Seán Pierce, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled An Exploration and Defence of Non-Eliminative Nihilism!
Continue Reading Pierce Dissertation DefenseEvan Green Passes Qualifying Paper
Congratulations to Evan Green for successfully defending his paper "The Socratic Fallacy and the Priority of Controversy". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.
Continue Reading Evan Green Passes Qualifying PaperYuchen Li Passes Qualifying Paper
Congratulations to Yuchen Li for successfully defending his paper "Seeking Forgiveness". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.
Continue Reading Yuchen Li Passes Qualifying PaperLeBrun Dissertation Defense and Placement
Congratulations to Alex LeBrun, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled On the Metaphysical Content of Scientific Theories! Alex will be starting as a lecturer at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) this fall.
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