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Thomason Passes Qualifying Paper

Congratulations to Tiffani Thomason for successfully defending her paper "Inferences of Grief in Animals". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Hristienko Passes Qualifying Paper

Congratulations to Lee Hristienko for successfully defending his paper "Four Questions About Moral-Functional Artificial Intelligence". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Adina Roskies elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Tang Passes Qualifying Paper

Congratulations to Jiyao Tang for successfully defending his paper "Strict-Energeia in Aristotle’s Metaphysics 1048b18-35". Passing the Qualifying Paper is the last hurdle in our graduate program before advancing to candidacy.

Just published: Roskies on the value of truth

A recent OpEd from Professor Adina Roskies explores the critical role that truth plays in maintaining democracy, scientific progress, and moral integrity. Read more here.

Congratulations Ethics Bowl!

Congratulations to the UCSB Ethics Bowl team, who competed at nationals in Virginia and made it to the quarterfinals with a top spot of 2nd place overall!

Rick Lamb Dissertation Defense

Congratulations to Rick Lamb, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled Moral Disagreement as Evidence!

Steven Canet Dissertation Defense

Congratulations to Steven Canet, who has successfully defended his dissertation titled Genuine Property Naturalism in Object Metaphysics!