Stewart Butterfield Featured in Huffington Post Article
Stewart Butterfield, the co-founder of Flickr who holds a BA and MA in Philosophy, was recently featured in a Huffington Post article on the value of a humanities education.
Enter the Philosophy Department Art Contest!
With the new year has come a new collection of artwork in the philosophy department hallway. Many of our new photographs have a hidden philosophical significance; if you can identify the reference, you can win some great prizes!
UBC PhD Dustin Stokes Wins Essay Prize
Congratulations to former UBC Ph.D. student Dustin Stockes for winning Dialectica‘s essay prize for 2012.
PSA Publishes First Issue of hemlock.
The Philosophy Students’ Association (PSA) has published its first issue of the new undergraduate philosophy journal known as hemlock. This issue features six papers written by undergraduate philosophy students at UBC.
Philosophy Department Main Office Closed December 19 – January 6
The main office will be closed from 12:00 pm on December 19th to January 6th. Happy Holidays and we look forward to seeing you in 2014!
Michael Griffin Quoted in Globe and Mail Article
UBC Philosophy Professor Michael Griffin has been quoted in a Globe and Mail article on the modern relevance of ancient stoicism.
Frank Hong Awarded James Ruggles Macdonell Memorial Scholarship
Congratulations to Frank Hong, a philosophy honours student who has been awarded the James Ruggles Macdonell Memorial Scholarship.
Evan Thompson Elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to UBC Philosophy Professor Evan Thompson who was recently elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada.
John Woods Publishes Errors of Reasoning
Congratulations to UBC Philosophy Professor John Woods on the publication of his book, Errors of Reasoning: Naturalizing the Logic of Inference.
Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa Publishes The Rules of Thought
Congratulations to UBC Philosophy Professor Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa on the publication of his book, The Rules of Thought (co-authored with Benjamin W. Jarvis).