Philosophy Saturday 2022

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

Join the Department of Philosophy and the Ontario Philosophy Teachers' Association for a workshop on teaching philosophy in high schools. Presenters are Steven Coyne, James John, Alexander Koo, and William Paris.

Phantoms and Philosophy—Annual PCU Halloween Lectures

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

The Philosophy Course Union, in collaboration with the Religion Undergraduate Student Association, is excited to announce that this year’s annual Phantoms and Philosophy Halloween event. Each year, three speakers join us to give three bone-chilling talks on topics related to the scarier side of philosophy.

BRN Speaker Series: In Conversation with William Paris

McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology + Online 39A Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto

William Paris will give the inaugural talk of the newly established Black Research Network Speakers Series, in conversation with Rinaldo Walcott. The topic will be Black power in the work of James Boggs.

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.

PCU Bioethics Symposium 2022

Jackman Humanities Building 100

Join the PCU and its three invited speakers for the 2022 Bioethics Symposium, "The Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy of Abortion and Other Matters of Life and Death." Speakers are Donald C. Ainslie, Steven Coyne, and Wayne Sumner.

UTSC Celebration of Research Excellence Lecture—Jessica Wilson

Online

Metaphysically emergent phenomena synchronically depend on, yet are also to some extent autonomous from, complex lower-level physical goings-on. Jessica Wilson will speak about two forms of emergence, weak and strong, and argue for free will as a strongly emergent phenomenon.

Phenomenology of Black Spirit Book Launch & Discussion

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

Join us for the book launch and discussion of Phenomenology of Black Spirit (Edinburgh University Press), authored by Biko Mandela Gray (Syracuse) and Ryan J. Johnson (Elon), with discussion partners Rebecca Comay (Toronto) and Rinaldo Walcott (Toronto).

PCU 2023 Symposium on Love

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 4416 252 Bloor Street West

The University of Toronto Philosophy Course Union (PCU) invites you to their annual Symposium on Love! On the menu: two talks (by Alex Koo and Zoe Anthony) and a workshop (with Sophia Whicher) on that most elusive feeling.

Philosophy Career Night – Careers in Law

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

Join us at the upcoming Philosophy Career Night, Careers in Law. This is a great opportunity to discover the different career options available to you after graduation and what you can do now to prepare. This session will also allow you to interact with alumni during a moderated Q&A session. ... Read More

2023 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference

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

Food for thought: Join us for the annual conference showcasing the best undergraduate research in Philosophy of 2023, as well as keynote speaker Sol Goldberg of the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.

Workshop: Maṇḍana on Ritual Duties

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

In this weeklong workshop, we will read, translate, and discuss Maṇḍana's Vidhiviveka ("Discernment about Commands"), chapters 12—14, with a group of international scholars.

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