Philosophy News & Events
December 29, 2024
2024 CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program supports wide range of campus research
October 15, 2024
The CITRIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Program (I2P) provides UC Santa Cruz Principal Investigators with funding for projects focussed on developing information technology solutions to significant societal challenges.
UCSC alumnus Kauchani Bratt stars in Netflix film Rez Ball
September 26, 2024
UCSC alumnus Kauchani Bratt (Cowell ’23, philosophy) makes his acting debut in the Netflix movie Rez Ball, streaming Sept. 27. The movie, directed by Sydney Freeland, is inspired by Michael Powell’s nonfiction book Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation.
UCSC Humanities Division welcomes new faculty members
September 25, 2024
The University of California, Santa Cruz Humanities Division is proud to announce the recent hires of eight outstanding new faculty members whose disciplines range from Literature and Writing to Linguistics and African history.
UCSC's Center for Public Philosophy to host Facing Technology (Sept. 8-10) with the Public Philosophy Network & UCSC's Engineering and Humanities Divisions.
March 6, 2023
UCSC's Center for Public Philosophy to host Facing Technology (Sept. 8-10) with the Public Philosophy Network & UCSC's Engineering and Humanities Divisions.
Dinishak Recieves 2021 Dizikes Award
April 22, 2021
Janette Dinishak has been selected as the 2020-21 recipient of the Dizikes Faculty Teaching Award in Humanities.
Diversity in Philosophy
September 3, 2019
Undergraduate Diversity Institutes (https://www.apaonline.org/page/diversityinstitutes) are held at universities across the country; Penn State, MIT, Rutgers, Brown, UC San Diego. These engaging 1 or 2 week summer programs are designed to encourage undergraduates to consider future study of philosophy by introducing various areas of specialization, exploring what it means to be a professional philosopher and offering helpful preparation for applying to and succeeding at graduate school in philosophy and beyond.
May 3: Ori Simchen
April 5, 2018
Professor Simchen works mostly in the philosophy of language and metaphysics. Most recently he's been working on metasemantics, or foundational semantics, and its relation to formal semantics. He is particularly interested in how to think about intentionality (or aboutness) in light of the pronouncements of contemporary semantic theory.
May 10: Gene Witmer
April 5, 2018
Professor Witmer's research focuses on metaphysics and philosophy of mind, with a special focus on physicalism.
Kalopsia
March 16, 2018
Check out Kalopsia, a new undergraduate philosophy journal at UCSC!
Nikos Knightly - Grad Slam Winner
February 22, 2018
Congratulations to Philosophy Doctoral Candidate Nikos Knightly!
Alum David Gleason ('70) on Ethics Bowl
February 22, 2018
Alum David Gleason ('70) writes on UC Santa Cruz Ethics Bowl Northern California Regional Event.
Cyndi Tibbetts wins Pedagogy Award
February 22, 2018
Philosophy Doctoral Candidate Cyndi Tibbetts has been selected as a Graduate Pedagogy Fellow by the Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL).
Graduate Students Wanted!
October 10, 2017
Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2018 Philosophy cohort. The deadline for materials is January 2, 2018.
Oct 21: Jonathan Cohen-UCSD
August 10, 2017
Jonathan Cohen is a Professor of Philosophy at UC San Diego. He specializes in Philosophy of mind, language, and perception, particularly as these are informed by the cognitive sciences; color and color vision.
The Center for Public Philosophy at UC Santa Cruz
May 9, 2017
The Center for Public Philosophy cultivates philosophical thinking in the general public, and applies insights from the history of philosophy to problems of current public concern.
The Language of Conservation: Spring Events
April 12, 2017
Daniel Guevara and Claudio Campagna, continue to collaborate on a long-term project dedicated to a revolution in the ethics and discourse of conservation, and to a transformation in our relationship to Nature, and especially to Life itself, in all its great diversity of forms.
New book by alum Lucas McGranahan
April 4, 2017
Dr Lucas McGranahan received his degree from UC Santa Cruz in 2012 and is a Development Writer at the University of Chicago. His new book Darwinism and Pragmatism: William James on Evolution and Self-Transformation is part of Routledge's History and Philosophy of Biology series.
Jonathan Ellis on National Public Radio
February 8, 2017
Jonathan Ellis speaks on NPR: All Things Considered.
Matthew Margulis Remembered
December 20, 2016
Matthew holds a special place in the heart of the department. Faculty, students and staff mourn the loss and will remember him at the anniversary of his death.
Get Involved and Get Connected! 11/15/16
November 1, 2016
PIKSI's engaging 1 or 2 week programs are designed to encourage undergraduates to consider future study of philosophy by introducing various areas of specialization, exploring what it means to be a professional philosopher and offering helpful preparation for applying to and succeeding at graduate school in philosophy and beyond.
Samantha Matherne awarded NEH grant, Hellman Fellow
April 14, 2016
The Philosophy Department is pleased to announce Assistant Professor Samantha Matherne has been awarded a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) University Teachers program in support of her book, "The Philosophy of Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945)".
