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SAGE Center Lecture Series: Michael Strevens (NYU), "The Highly Effective Irrationality of Science"

Event Start: March 10, 2022 05:00 PM

Event End: March 10, 2022 05:00 PM

Event Location: Psychology 1312

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Michael Strevens is Professor of Philosophy at New York University. See talk abstract and location details here.

Philosophy Department Colloquium: Trenton Merricks (UVA), “Arguments and Closure”

Event Start: March 11, 2022 05:00 PM

Event End: March 11, 2022 05:00 PM

Event Location: South Hall 5617

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Talk details forthcoming

Philosophy Department Colloquium: James Weatherall & Cailin O’Connor (UC Irvine)

Event Start: April 22, 2022 04:00 PM

Event End: April 22, 2022 04:00 PM

Event Location: South Hall 5617

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Philosophy Department Colloquium: Michael Hardimon (UCSD)

Event Start: April 29, 2022 04:00 PM

Event End: April 29, 2022 04:00 PM

Event Location: South Hall 5617

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Three Ontological Truisms and the Metaphysics of Race

Philosophy Department Colloquium: Katrina Elliott (UCLA)

Event Start: May 06, 2022 04:00 PM

Event End: May 06, 2022 04:00 PM

Event Location: South Hall 5617

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Thinking Outside the (Black) Box: The Inverted Proxy Problem for Machine Learning.

Philosophy Department Colloquium: Timothy Clarke (UC Berkeley), "Justice in Simpler Times"

Event Start: March 04, 2022 05:00 PM

Event End: March 04, 2022 05:00 PM

Event Location: South Hall 5617

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Sherri Lynn Conklin New Position

Congrats to Sherri Lynn Conklin (UCSB PhD, 2020)! Her project "Tools for Philosophers Pursuing Non-Academic Careers" received $5,000 in support from the APA Fund for Diversity and Inclusiveness. Also recently, she was hired as the CEO of a tech startup (AviAI, Inc.), won the GEM Startup Assistance Grant, and secured their participation in three competitive startup accelerators: the G2 Summer Launchpad Startup Accelerator (UCSB), Starburst Aerospace SCALE Startup Accelerator (UCLA), & the Berkeley SkyDeck Pad-13 Incubator Program (UCB).  

Ethics Bowl Regional Results

Congratulations to the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl debate team for placing second in the California Regional Competition (with twenty-four teams competing) and advancing to the National Finals this spring -- the fourth consecutive year that the UCSB team has made it to the national playoffs! Well done, UCSB!

Team 1 placed second in the regional competition, and consisted of Natalie Ries, Nica Aranaga, Schuyler Capita, Jaze Matteo Wharton, Conor Beezhold, and Aisha Shah (alternate).