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Sherri Lynn Conklin New Position

Congratulations to Sherri Lynn Conklin (PhD, 2020)! Her project, titled “Set Theoretic Accounts of Second Order Moral Properties: A Study in Algorithmic Ethics” is supported by the 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on Ethics and Technology with the Georgia Tech School of Public Policy.

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UCSB on NBC's College Bowl!

UCSB will be appearing on NBC's College Bowl game show airing 9/23 at 8pm. Most of the team members are part of our Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl debate team based in the Philosophy Department. Go UCSB!

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Welcome to the new graduate students!

The department warmly welcomes five new graduate students for the Fall '22:  Gavin Beretvas, Jess Wood, Jiyao Tang, Lee Hristienko, and Tiffani Thomason!

 

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R. Wolfe Randall New Publication

Congratulations to R. Wolfe Randall!  His paper (co-authored with Avram Hiller) "Epistemic Structure in Non-Summative Social Knowledge" has been accepted for publication in Social Epistemology.

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Jason Hanschmann Defends Dissertation

Congratulations to Jason Hanschmann on successfully defending his dissertation, "The Metaphysics of Organized Social Groups".

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In Memoriam: Donald W. Crawford (1938-2022)

Donald W. Crawford died peacefully at home on July 19, 2022. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, sister Linda, daughters Kathryn and Alison, and 5 grandsons. Professor Crawford was a longtime senior member of the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he also served as the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs for more than a decade. He was well-known for his work in aesthetics.

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Jason Hanschmann Dissertation Defense

Event Start: August 30, 2022 12:00 PM

Event End: August 30, 2022 12:00 PM

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Jason Hanschmann will be defending his dissertation, titled "The Metaphysics of Organized Social Groups." The defense will be held via zoom at this address: https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/9564264452

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2022 Undergraduate Prizes

Congratulations to this year's winners of the Philosophy Department's undergraduate awards!
 
Girvetz Award: Varun Magesh Iyer
Church Award: Nick Christian Kim
Wilkins Award: Mackenzie Alitzah Taradalsky
 
Congratulations also to our Philosophy majors who are among the winners of University Undergraduate Awards this year: Sofia Lyon, Alex Proksch, and Lucas Parsons for the University Award of Distinction, and Yuval Cohen for the University Service Award.

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