UCLA Department of Philosophy
The UCLA Department of Philosophy is a constituent department of the Division of Humanities in the UCLA College of Letters and Science. From the mid-20th century, the department has been a leading and widely respected center for the study of Analytic Philosophy, especially Mathematical Logic, Philosophical Logic, Ethics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Political Philosophy and the Philosophy of Law.[1] The department has been noted for the application of logic and other formal methods to classical philosophical problems.[2]
Notable members
- Rogers Albritton, Former Professor and Chair
- C. Anthony Anderson, Graduate Student, now Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Tyler Burge, Professor, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Rudolf Carnap, Former Professor
- Alonzo Church, Former Flint Professor (Mathematics & Philosophy)
- Brian Copenhaver, Affiliated Professor (History), American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Angela Davis, Assistant Professor, fired from the Department in 1969 by the Board of Regents and California Governor Ronald Reagan for her membership in the Communist Party
- Keith DeRose, Graduate Student, now Professor, Yale University
- Keith Donnellan, Former Professor
- Kit Fine, Former Flint Professor and Chair
- Philippa Foot, Former Griffin Professor
- Barbara Herman, Griffin Professor, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Donald Kalish, Former Professor and Chair
- Abraham Kaplan, Former Professor (Philosophy)
- David Kaplan, Graduate Student and Reichenbach Professor, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- David Kellogg Lewis, Former Assistant Professor
- Hans Kamp, Graduate Student, now Professor, University of Stuttgart and University of Texas, Austin
- Saul Kripke, Visiting Professor, Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy
- Donald A. Martin, Professor (Mathematics & Philosophy), Harvard Society of Fellows, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Richard Montague, Former Professor
- Calvin Normore, Professor, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Terence Parsons, Professor, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- John Perry, Former Professor (1968–1974)
- Hilary Putnam, Graduate Student, now Emeritus Professor, Harvard University
- Warren Quinn, Former Professor
- Hans Reichenbach, Former Professor
- Abraham Robinson, Former Professor (Mathematics & Philosophy)
- Bertrand Russell,[3] Visiting Professor, Nobel Prize in Literature
- Nathan Salmon, Graduate Student and Visiting Professor, now Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Wesley Salmon, Graduate Student, Late Professor, University of Pittsburgh
- Seana Shiffrin, Professor, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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