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Meaning, Reference and Modality: Celebrating Nathan Salmón’s Work
  • Attendees of the conference honoring Nathan Salmon's work

There was a great turn out for the recent conference honoring Nathan Salmón's work! Click for more details. 

David King Dissertation Defense

Congratulations to  David King, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled On the Nature and Ethics of Belief!

New Fingarette travel awards

The Department is pleased to announce that Daehwi Jeong and Kerong Gao are the Fall 2024...

Charles Perkins Dissertation Defense and New Position
  • Picture of Charles Perkins and his dog, Tuesday

Congratulations to Charles Perkins, who has successfully defended his dissertation Language, Metaphysics, and Natural Theology! Perkins has also been appointed as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma starting August 2024. 

DeMartini Passes Qualifying Paper
  • Picture of Thainá DeMartini

Congratulations to Thainá DeMartini for successfully defending her paper "Microaggressions as Oppressive Implicatures". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Welcome to the new graduate students!

The department warmly welcomes four new graduate students for the Fall '24:  Eric Fossum, Ka Chun Mak, Stephen Boynton, and Eileen Wang!

Keith Dyck Publication
  • Headshot of Keith Dyck

Congratulations to Keith Dyck, whose paper "Credibility Excess as an Epistemic Injustice" has been accepted for publication in Episteme!

Charles Perkins Dissertation Defense via zoom on 7/16

Charles will be defending his dissertation ​Language, Metaphysics, and Natural Theology on July 16th from 2-5pm via zoom. Please email perkins@ucsb.edu for the zoom link. 

Congratulations to our Undergraduate and Graduate End of the Year Award Recipients

To see photos of some of our award winners this, check out our instagram page.