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UNESCO World Philosophy Day Lecture (Chike Jeffers)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This year's UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture speaker, Chike Jeffers, is an associate professor of Philosophy, cross-appointed with Canadian Studies and International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on Africana philosophy, the philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics. Talk Title What Counts as a Collective ... Read More

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2019 Philosophy Saturday: A Workshop for High School Teachers

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Building on the success of the first workshop held in 2018, the U of T Department of Philosophy and the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association proudly present the 2019 Philosophy Saturday, a workshop for high school educators on teaching philosophy. While the workshop is designed for area high school philosophy teachers, we encourage ... Read More

Underrepresented Philosophy Conference 2020

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The 2020 Underrepresented Philosophy Conference aims to spotlight and lend esteem to philosophy and philosophers underrepresented (or otherwise maligned) within the discipline and in the academy at large.

CANCELLED–The 12th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The 12th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy explores Platonic metaphysics with 12 international speakers and commentators.

Colloquium (Caspar Hare, MIT)

Online

Caspar Hare, a professor of Philosophy at MIT, has main professional interests in ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. His recent work has sought to bring ideas about practical rationality and metaphysics to bear on issues in normative ethics and epistemology.

World Philosophy Day Lecture 2020 (Robin Dembroff, Yale)

Online

Robin Dembroff is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Yale University, working primarily in feminist philosophy, metaphysics, and epistemology. In their research, they place a particular emphasis on relationships between social categories, concepts, and language.

Celebrating Wayne Sumner

Online

We are celebrating and paying tribute to our colleague, teacher, and friend Wayne Sumner for his 80th birthday.

Bernard D. Katz Retirement Conference

Online

Ryerson University is hosting a conference in honor of Bernard Katz's retirement. Please see the Ryerson event page for a full schedule of speakers and abstracts. Bernard D. Katz worked in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto from 1976 until his retirement in 2021. This conference is ... Read More

UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Vanessa Wills, George Washington)

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 2212 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

This year's UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture speaker, Vanessa Wills, is Assistant Professor at George Washington University. Her areas of interest include moral and political philosophy (particularly Karl Marx) and philosophy of race. Her recent work includes "Revolutionary Admiration" (The Moral Psychology of Admiration, 2019) and "'Man is the Highest ... Read More

Underrepresented Philosophy Conference 2022

Online

The 2022 Underrepresented Philosophy Conference aims to spotlight and lend esteem to philosophy and philosophers underrepresented (or otherwise maligned) within the discipline and in the academy at large.

A Celebration of David Gauthier

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418

Join us as we gather in celebration of our colleague and former chair of the department David Gauthier.

Colloquium (Robert Pasnau, Colorado Boulder)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robert Pasnau, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder, has main interests in the history of philosophy, especially the end of the Middle Ages and the beginnings of the modern era. His colloquium talk will focus on the Hume's philosophy.

Margaret Morrison Memorial

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join us as we remember and celebrate the life and legacy of our late colleague Professor Emerita Margaret "Margie" Morrison.

Colloquium (Harvey Lederman, Princeton)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Harvey Lederman is professor and Jonathan Edwards Bicentennial Preceptor at Princeton University, with broad interests in contemporary philosophy and the history of philosophy.

UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Agnes Callard, Chicago)

George Ignatieff Theatre 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON

Agnes Callard is an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Chicago and that department's director of undergraduate studies. Dr. Callard's primary areas of specialization lie in ancient philosophy and ethics., and she is also noted for her work in and on public philosophy.

CANCELLED—2023 Jerome S. Simon Lectures (Rainer Forst, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rainer Forst (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), winner of the 2012 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, works mainly on political theory, pragmatism, tolerance, and political and social justice. He is considered one of the world's most eminent authorities on the subject of toleration. This year's Simon Lectures occur under the general title "The Nature of Normative Concepts: Dependence vs. Independence."

Celebrating the Life of Kathryn P. Morgan

William Doo Auditorium 45 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON

The Women and Gender Studies Institute and the Department of Philosophy are hosting a memorial service in honour of the late Professor Emerita Kathryn P. Morgan celebrating her life, legacy, and work.

Fifth Annual Scientific Understanding and Representation (SURe) Workshop

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & online 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The fifth annual SURe Workshop, in honour of Margie Morrison and with keynote speakers Eran Tal (McGill) and Agnes Bolinska (South Carolina) aims to foster greater synergy between scientific understanding and scientific representation in the philosophy of science, as they face complementary problems—and hold the promise of complementary solutions.

Celebrating Mohan Matthen

University College, Rooms UC 140 & UC 240 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON, Canada

This three-day event will celebrate the life and work of our dear colleague Mohan Matthen, who is retiring this year. Program JULY 13 9:00-9:15 AM Introduction and Welcome 9:15-10:15 AM Lana Kuhle (Illinois State), "The Tone of Embodiment in Perception & Action" 10:30-11:30 AM Casey O’Callaghan (Washington in St. Louis), ... Read More

Conference in Honour of Tom Hurka

Jackman Humanities Building 100

This conference will celebrate the work and life of our cherished colleague Tom Hurka, who is retiring this year. It will take place in person in the Jackman Humanities Building at the University of Toronto, as well as being live-streamed. To register for the Zoom link, please contact the assistant ... Read More

Colloquium (Jenann Ismael, Johns Hopkins)

Claude T. Bissell Building, BL 205 140 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Jenann Ismael is the inaugural William H. Miller III Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. She specializes in philosophy of physics, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and the philosophy of mind.

2023 Jerome S. Simon Lectures (Rainer Forst, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

Jackman Humanities Building 100, Victoria College 215, Claude Bissell Building 205

Rainer Forst (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), winner of the 2012 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, works mainly on political theory, pragmatism, tolerance, and political and social justice. He is considered one of the world's most eminent authorities on the subject of toleration. This year's Simon Lectures occur under the general title "The Nature of Normative Concepts: Dependence vs. Independence."

Colloquium (Julia Jorati, Massachusetts Amherst)

Tartu College Event Space 3 Madison Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada

Julia Jorati is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The main focus of Dr. Jorati’s research is the history of early modern philosophy, at the moment especially debates about slavery and race in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Book Launch: Waheed Hussain, Living with the Invisible Hand

Centre for Ethics Larkin Building, Room 200, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join us for the book launch of Living with the Invisible Hand: Markets, Corporations, and Human Freedom (OUP, 2023), by the late Waheed Hussain and edited by Arthur Ripstein and Nicholas Vrousalis.

UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Sharon Street, NYU)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sharon Street, a professor of Philosophy at NYU, specializes in metaethics. She has authored a series of articles on how to reconcile our understanding of normativity with a scientific conception of the world. Her work concerns the nature of both practical and epistemic reasons, and it draws especially on an evolutionary biological perspective.

b2B Careers in Philosophy

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Join Philosophy alumni in working in various non-academic fields to learn about their career paths and the role of philosophy in following them.

Kumārila Conference

Maanjiwe nendamowinan, Room 3230, UTM 1535 Outer Circle, Mississauga, ON, Canada

The conference, organized by Elisa Freschi and Nilanjan Das and held at the Department of Philosophy at the UTM campus, will bring together experts who will lead two-hour reading sessions on key passages of Kumārila’s texts and provide participants with the necessary tools to understand the hidden gems of Kumārila’s philosophy

Knowledge, Empiricism, & the Political: In Debate with Danny Goldstick

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

5:00 PM Welcome and Refreshments 5:30 PM Speaker: Duncan MacIntosh (Dalhousie) Title: "Interrogating the Goldstick Maneuver: Arguing from Beliefs to Metaphysical Realities" 6:00 PM Reply from Danny Goldstick and discussion 6:20 PM Break 6:30 PM Speaker: David Alexander (Iowa) Title: "Goldstick on A Priori Knowledge" 7:00 PM Reply from Danny ... Read More

2024 Jerome S. Simon Lectures (Cailin O’Connor, California, Irvine)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Cailin O'Connor, a professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of California, Irvine, works in the philosophy of biology and behavioral sciences, the philosophy of science more generally, and in evolutionary game theory.

Colloquium (Ralph Wedgwood, Southern California)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ralph Wedgwood, a professor of Philosophy and the director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, works in ethics and epistemology, more specifically, in metaethics, practical reason, normative ethical theory, and the history of ethics.

UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Linda M. Alcoff, CUNY)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Linda Martín Alcoff, a professor of Philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Centre, CUNY, has worked for many years on the intersections of knowledge, identity, and power. She specializes in social epistemology, feminist philosophy, philosophy of race, decolonial theory and continental philosophy, especially the work of Michel Foucault.

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