FALL 2024


Splash Biography



HANNAH DEBRINE, PhD candidate in the philosophy department.




Major: Philosophy

College/Employer: UC Berkeley

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hannah is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the philosophy department. Her dissertation is on the epistemology of testimony: she studies when and why we ought to believe what people tell us. She has previously taught philosophy to high school students via the ORIAS speakers bureau, Corrupt the Youth, and Madison Public Philosophy.



Past Classes

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H1227: Intro to Philosophy in Splash Spring 2024 (Apr. 21, 2024)
Together we will do some philosophy! We will participate in a "community of inquiry" philosophy discussion. Along the way, we'll learn some basic philosophical skills, such as: how to ask a philosophical question, how to make distinctions between concepts, and how to support value claims. You'll leave better equipped to conduct any kind of systematic inquiry.