http://philosophy.ucsc.edu News from Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news_and_events/view_news.php?id=13 Dr. Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir, will be presenting a talk on "Human Kinds as Conferred Kinds" on Thursday, November 12th, 4:00-6:00pm in the Cowell College Conference Room.... http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news_and_events/view_news.php?id=11 Welcome Back!... http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news_and_events/view_news.php?id=9 Professor David Hoy, who has been with the UCSC Philosophy Department since 1981, recently published a new book entitled The Time of Our Lives: A Critical History of Temporality (MIT Press 2009). Professor Hoy received his Ph.D. in Philosophy... http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news_and_events/view_news.php?id=8 Professor and Philosophy Department Chair Paul Roth was named as a distinguished visiting scholar at the University of Provence in Aix en Provence, France. Professor Roth received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. His research i... http://philosophy.ucsc.edu/news_and_events/view_news.php?id=6 Each year fifty undergraduates (10 from each of the academic divisions on campus) are selected from a wide pool of applicants to receive the Dean's Award for outstanding achievement in their division. Applicants typically submit a paper or project an...