Philosophy at Berkeley

Moses Hall and the Grice Bench

Department of Philosophy
314 Moses Hall #2390
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2390

Phone: 510-642-2722
Fax: 510-642-4164

News

2012 NEW CROP PHILOSOPHY PRIZE and SYMPOSIUM

UC Berkeley undergraduate philosophy majors and minors are invited to submit essays for consideration for the 2012 New Crop Philosophy Prize:

First prize: $3,000

First runner-up: $2,000

Second runner-up: $1,000

Essays may be of any length up to ten pages. They should be submitted by electronic attachment to Janet Groome (jmgroome@berkeley.edu) by February 6, 2012. Essays can be on any philosophical topic.

For additional information, click here.

Newletter 2011

The Philosophy Department announces the 2011 edition of its Newsletter for friends and alumni, Philosophy at Berkeley; please download it for information about important recent events and developments in the Department.

Events this week

calendar icon Mon Jan 23, 2012
Howison Library — 4 pm
Philosophy Colloquium
Timothy Clarke (Yale University)
An Ancient Puzzle about Coming to Be
calendar icon Thu Jan 26, 2012
Howison Library — 4 pm
Philosophy Colloquium
Jane Friedman (University of Toronto)
Question-Directed States of Mind
calendar icon Sat Jan 28, 2012
Moses Hall — 8:30 am
Working Group in Ancient Philosophy
2012 Spring Symposium with Prof. Nicholas Smith
calendar icon Sun Jan 29, 2012
Moses Hall — 8:30 am
Working Group in Ancient Philosophy
2012 Spring Symposium with Prof. Nicholas Smith