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Statement of Support
As faculty in the department of Philosophy, we would like to voice our strong support for our teaching assistants and associates. Our support is based on the recognition of graduate students as foundational to the department’s research and teaching mission. We all benefit when graduate students are paid a living wage. We are concerned about economic insecurity among our graduate students. Salaries have failed to keep pace with inflation and rising rents in our area.
Continue Reading Statement of SupportSherri 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.
Continue Reading Sherri Lynn Conklin New PositionUCSB 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!
Continue Reading UCSB on NBC's College Bowl!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!
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.
Jason Hanschmann Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Jason Hanschmann on successfully defending his dissertation, "The Metaphysics of Organized Social Groups".
Continue Reading Jason Hanschmann Defends DissertationIn 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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Continue Reading In Memoriam: Donald W. Crawford (1938-2022)Jason Hanschmann Dissertation Defense
Event Start: August 30, 2022 12:00 PM
Event End: August 30, 2022 12:00 PM
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