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.

CANCELLED—History of Philosophy Research Group Talk (Qiu Lin, Simon Fraser)

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

Qiu Lin, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Simon Fraser University, has main research areas in early modern philosophy, history and philosophy of science, and Chinese philosophy, especially Chinese Islamic philosophy.

Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Joseph K. Schear, Oxford)

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

Joseph K. Schear is a regular faculty member in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oxford interested in post-Kantian European philosophy, especially phenomenology, philosophy of mind (esp. the theory of intentionality), and some issues in metaphysics.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Jessica Isserow, Notre Dame)

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

Jessica Isserow, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, pursues main research interests in metaethics, normative ethics, and moral psychology.

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.

Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Amit Chaturvedi, Hong Kong)

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

Amit Chaturvedi, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, has a particular interest in the contributions of Indian philosophical traditions to contemporary debates concerning non-conceptual perception and reflexive self-awareness.

History of Philosophy Research Group Talk (Anik Waldow, Sydney)

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

Anik Waldow, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney, works mainly in early modern philosophy and has published articles on the moral and cognitive function of sympathy, theories of personal identity, the role of affect in the formation of the self, skepticism, and associationist theories of thought and language.

Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Andrew Y. Lee, Toronto)

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

Andrew Y. Lee, an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto,  is interested in the structure of consciousness. His work examines how structural concepts—such as degrees, dimensions, continuity, discreteness, parts, wholes, isomorphisms, and state-spaces—can be applied to conscious experiences. Some of his work can be described as “mathematical phenomenology.”

Toronto-London Workshop on Perception

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

Join us for an international workshop on perception. Organized by Jacob Beck (York University), Bill Brewer (King's College London), Kevin J. Lande (York University), Sonia Sedivy (University of Toronto, Scarborough), Matthew Soteriou (King's College London), and James Stazicker (King's College London) Program Friday, Nov 1  9:30-11:00 – Kevin Lande (York University): ... Read More

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