Colloquium
Series
The Philosophy Department sponsors a series of colloquium talks. These
talks are generally aimed at an audience with some general (previous
or concurrent) training in the kinds of philosophy taught in our UCLA
classes. These are open to the public.
Workshops
The
Philosophy of Language Workshop generally meets on Wednesday
afternoons.
The
Philosophy of Mathematics Workshop generally meets on
Monday afternoons.
The Ethics
Writing Seminar meets each quarter; students working in the areas
of moral and political philosophy present and discuss current work.
The Occasional
History Group meets sporadically on Tuesday afternoons, often with
a visiting scholar.
The Epistemology Reading Group meets on Thursday afternoons (Spring 2006).
The Southern California Reading Group in Philosophy of Physics meets roughly once a month.
Occasional
workshops and Reading Groups are scheduled as interests
and opportunities arise.
Lectures
and Conferences
The Ruthfest
in honor of Ruth Marcus took place in Fall 2001.
The Davidfest
in honor of David Kaplan's 70th Birthday took place in
Fall 2003.
The Parsonsfest
in honor of Terry Parson's 65th Birthday took place in Fall 2005.
The Moody
Conference in Medieval Philosophy is held annually.
The Quinn
Conference is held bi- or triannually.
The Reichenbach
Lecture, is given annually.
The History
and Philosophy of Science Conference is held annually.
The Rosenkranz
Lecture is given annually or biannually.
The USC/UCLA
Joint Graduate Student Conference is held annually.
Some
Other Programs:
The Legal
Theory Workshop meets regularly, usually on Thursdays
at 4:15
The Logic
Colloquium meets on Fridays in the Department of Mathematics
The Linguistics
Colloquium meets on Fridays at 11.
The Cognitive
Science Program holds Monday lunch seminars and Evening
colloquia.
Events
at UCLA:
The UCLA campus sponsors frequent lectures, many of which have philosophical
themes.
