FLOW: Philosophy and Jiu-Jitsu Workshop

Name: FLOW: Philosophy and Jiu-Jitsu Workshop
Start: 2025-12-11T00:00:00-08:00
End: 2025-12-13T23:59:59-08:00
Location: John Wooden Center (Blue Room) & Dodd Hall

December 11 - December 13

December 11-13, 2025

John Wooden Center (Blue Room) & Dodd Hall 399

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Please join us December 11-13, 2025 for FLOW: Philosophy Workshop.

FLOW is a pre-read workshop in which leading philosophers working in a range of areas in philosophy will present work in progress and receive comments from other leading philosophers in their respective fields. In addition to the usual academic discussions, FLOW will have a distinctive community-building component– the workshop will include sessions at the Blue Room in the John Wooden Center in which workshop participants will be able to participate in sport jiu-jitsu together. We will be offering seminars by Dominyka Obelenyte, Michael Schweiger, and Christian Barry, as well as open-mat sessions. These sessions will take place in the mornings of Dec 11-13.

In the afternoons, we will shift over to the philosophy position of the workshop. The format here is pre-read. Talks will be made available either as a paper or a recorded video.

Seminars

Dominyka Obelenyte, 10x Overall BJJ World Champion

Christian Barry, Australian National University

Michael Schweiger, Alliance Lucas Lepri

Pre-Read Talks

Christian Barry, ANU / Comments by Josh Armstrong, UCLA

Daniel Greco, Yale / Comments by Rush Stewart, Rochester

Caroline Wall, Boston University / Comments by Thomas Lambert, Pitzer

Adam Elga, Princeton / Comments by Florian Steinberger, Birbeck College

Workshop Program

Thursday, December 11

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Gi Seminar with Michael Schweiger and Open Mat (Wooden Center Blue Room)

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM – Welcome and introductions (Dodd Hall 399)

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Talk by Dominyka Obelenyte on Philosophy of Jiu-Jitsu (Dodd Hall 399)

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Pre-Read Talk: Christian Barry, “Regulated Responsibilities.” Comments by Josh Armstrong (Dodd Hall 399)

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM – Dinner (Dodd Hall 399)

Friday, December 12

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Open Mat (Wooden Center Blue Room)

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Pre-Read Talk: Daniel Greco, “Can the Fragmentationist Accept a Formal Account of Irrationality?” Comments by Rush Stewart (Dodd Hall 399)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM – Gi Seminar with Dominyka Obelenyte (Wooden Center Blue Room)

Saturday, December 13

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM – No-Gi Seminar with Christian Barry (Wooden Center Blue Room)

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Pre-Read Talk: Caroline Wall, “No Scars Left Behind: A Hegelian Account of Apologies and Forgiveness.” Comments by Thomas Lambert (Dodd Hall 399)

3:30 PM – 5:30 PM – Pre-Read Talk: Adam Elga, “A money pump argument against imprecise credences.” Comments by Florian Steinberger (Dodd Hall 399)

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Details

Start: December 11
End: December 13
Event Category: Work Shops
Event Tags:Humanities
Website: https://philosophy.ucla.edu/event/flow-philosophy-workshop/

Organizer

UCLA Department of Philosophy
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Venue

John Wooden Center (Blue Room) & Dodd Hall
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