BQE Text SP26

The text portion of the Basic Qualifying Exam (BQE) will be held on Saturday April 25th 2026 from 12:00pm–3:00pm. The room location is LIBR–201. (If students have reason or cause for taking the exam remotely, please contact Prof. Rosenkrantz.) Please get settled before the exam, and arrive early as needed. Bring a laptop.

The two texts for this spring semester are:

Text 1: F. Wills (1947). Will the future be like the past? Mind, 56: 332–347.
Text 2: S. Collins (2022). I, Volkswagen. Philosophical Quarterly, 72: 283–304.

Students are responsible for retrieving the texts. (For certain pedagogical reasons, the Graduate Committee deliberately does not post them anywhere. Both articles are easily available via the CSULB library, BeachReach, and so forth. Use the skills learned in the proseminar.) 

For general information about the BQE, feel free to consult the graduate handbook. Additionally, Prof. Rosenkrantz will hold an online BQE orientation meeting on <tbd>. The purpose will be to answer any questions you might have about the exam.

It is in graduate students’ interests to attempt and pass the BQE as soon as possible. Normally, for most students and most circumstances, this piece of advice implies taking it in one’s first semester in the program.