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SUMMARY:History of Philosophy Research Group Talk (Paul Rateau\, Sorbonne)
DESCRIPTION:The History of Modern Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome as its guest speaker Paul Rateau\, a professor of Philosophy at the Université 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Dr. Rateau works in the history of philosophy\, with a focus on the work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. \nTalk Title\nLeibniz’s Proof of the Existence of God from the Contingency of the World: A Comparison between the Monadology and the Theodicy \nTalk Abstract\n\nI compare Leibniz’s proofs of God’s existence from contingency in the Monadology (paragraphs 31–55) and the Theodicy\, showing they rely on distinct argumentative strategies. In the Monadology\, Leibniz explicitly employs the principle of sufficient reason alongside the principle of contradiction to distinguish truths of reason (necessary) from truths of fact (contingent). Contingent truths lack a sufficient reason within the world\, leading to the necessity of a being outside the world—God—as their ultimate cause. In contrast\, the Theodicy defines contingency more metaphysically\, emphasizing that the world could have been otherwise and thus requires a necessary being for its explanation. The Monadology develops a more logical and analytical approach\, grounded in infinite regress and the analysis of propositions\, while the Theodicy emphasizes divine attributes (intelligence\, will\, and power) and God’s moral necessity to choose the best possible world. I highlight differing conceptions of divine perfection and the role of the principle of the best in both texts. Ultimately\, I argue that although both texts affirm God’s existence from contingency\, they present complementary rather than identical arguments. \n\nOne of six departmental Research Interest Groups\, the History of Philosophy Group explores topics in ancient and/or medieval philosophy\, the period from Descartes to Kant\, and Jewish philosophy from the medieval period to the 20th century.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/history-philosophy-group-talk-paul-rateau-srbonne/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Colloquium (Casey O'Callaghan\, Washington in St. Louis)
DESCRIPTION:As speaker for our first Fall 2025 colloquium\, the department is delighted to welcome Casey O’Callaghan\, a professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. O’Callahan’s research focuses on philosophical questions about perception\, in particular\, on auditory perception and the nature of its objects\, as well as on multisensory perception and consciousness. This work stems from a more general interest in how perceptual awareness relates to its objects and how it shapes our understanding of the natures of those objects. \nThis is an in-person event\, but those unable to attend the lecture in person may join via Zoom. \nPasscode: 904259 \nTalk Title\nWhat’s to Fear in Losing a Sense? \nTalk Abstract\n\nMany people fear losing one or more of their senses\, and most fear losing some more than others. However\, if a disability such as being without the use of a sense does not in the long run make a person worse off\, then such fears may not seem reasonable\, warranted\, or apt. This talk argues that our senses are distinctive sources of value. In particular\, our senses play an underappreciated axiological role. They figure deeply in our cares\, concerns\, and projects\, and they are sources of final or non-instrumental value. Moreover\, different senses comprise distinct collections of perceptual capacities that contribute in distinctive ways to a person’s cares\, concerns\, and projects. Therefore\, from one’s present evaluative perspective\, it makes sense to fear the loss of such a distinctive source of value\, and it makes sense to fear the loss of some senses more than others\, even if\, after adapting\, the loss of a sense does not impact one’s overall\, long-term well-being.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/colloquium-casey-ocallhan-washington-in-st-louis/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall)\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:2025 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the 2025 edition of the Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy. \nProgram\nFRIDAY\, SEPTEMBER 19\nSession I (4:30 – 6:30) \nChair: Boris Hennig (Toronto Metropolitan University) \nYoav Meyrav (University of Hamburg): “Hasdai Crescas and the Ex Uno Principle” \nCommentator: Davlat Dadikhuda (Ludwigs-Maximilians University Munich) \n  \nSATURDAY\, SEPTEMBER 20\nSession II (10:00 – 12:00) \nChair: Giorgio Pini (Fordham University) \nTherese Cory (University of Notre Dame): “The Problem of the Substrate of Thought in Some Greek – Arabic – Latin Treatises De Intellectu” \nCommentator: Richard Taylor (Marquette University) \n  \nSession III (2:00 – 4:00) \nChair: Léo Melançon-Thibault (University of Toronto) \nMatthew Wennemann (University of Colorado\, Boulder): “Being and Being This: Haecceity and Scotus’s Univocal Concept of Being” \nEmma Emrich (Fordham University): “Richard of Mediavilla on the Relationship between Forms” \nDiego Espinoza Bustamante (University of Toronto): “Ockham and Deference to Authority” \n  \nSession IV (4:15 – 6:15) \nChair: Peter Hartman (Loyola University Chicago) \nChristophe Grellard (École Pratique des Hautes Études\, Paris): “The Good\, the Bad and the Ugly. Heroic Virtues and Bestiality in John Buridan’s Ethics” \nCommentator: Aline Medeiros Ramos (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières/Université du Québec à Montréal) \n  \nAll sessions are free and open to the public and will be held in Room 100 of the Jackman Humanities Building (170 St. George Street). \nThe colloquium is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy\, the Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy\, the Centre for Medieval Studies\, the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies\, and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. \nOrganizers: Deborah Black\, Reza Hadisi\, Peter King\, Jon McGinnis\, and Martin Pickavé \n 
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/toronto-colloquium-medieval-philosophy-2025/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall)\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Patrick Girard\, Auckland)
DESCRIPTION:The Logic and Philosophy of Science Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Patrick Girard\, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Dr. Girard works in philosophy of logic\, metaphysics\, and philosophy of mathematics. \nTalk Title\nThe Frog and the Mouse Battle: Logic\, Politics\, and Justice \nTalk Abstract\nThe 1920s saw the rise of modern logic: Hilbert’s formalist programme\, Gödel’s theorems\, and Brouwer’s intuitionism offered competing visions for the foundations of mathematics. At the centre was a clash between Hilbert and Brouwer over the law of excluded middle—a dispute that turned political in the wake of WWI. It ended with Hilbert expelling Brouwer from the Mathematische Annalen\, prompting high-profile resignations\, including Einstein’s. While the episode had political dimensions\, it also reveals a form of epistemic injustice that is logical in nature. Drawing on my recent work in logic\, I’ll offer a fresh analysis of the logical injustice at the heart of the coup that ultimately ended Brouwer’s career. \nAbout the Logic and Philosophy of Science Group\nOne of six departmental Research Interest Groups\, the Logic and Philosophy of Science Group hosts talks on logic\, general philosophy of science\, and philosophy of the particular sciences\, as well as talks in allied areas such as formal epistemology\, decision theory\, and the metaphysics of science.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/logic-science-patrick-girard-auckland/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk and Workshop (Robert Pippin\, Chicago)
DESCRIPTION:The Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is delighted to welcome Robert Pippin as its guest speaker. Dr. Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought\, the Department of Philosophy\, and the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books and articles on German idealism and later German philosophy\, including Kant’s Theory of Form; Hegel’s Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness; Modernism as a Philosophical Problem; and Idealism as Modernism: Hegelian Variations. He was twice an Alexander von Humboldt fellow\, is a winner of the Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award in the Humanities\, and was recently a fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is also a member of the German National Academy of Arts and Sciences. \nTalk Title\nHegel after Heidegger \nTalk Abstract\nMartin Heidegger claimed that German Idealism\, especially the thought of Hegel\, had brought to light a deficiency in the entire rationalist tradition of philosophy\, which\, when exposed as clearly as Hegel had\, meant that the tradition could no longer credibly continue. He went on to argue that the implications of this deficiency had spread far beyond academic philosophy\, were manifest in the daily life of the modern West\, contributing to a historical world dominated by the technological predation of nature\, conformism\, thoughtlessness and a degraded cultural life. The tradition\, he said\, had “culminated” in the thought of Hegel; that is\, the deficiency and its implications had finally become clearest in his system. The question raised in this lecture is whether Heidegger meant to charge that Hegel had simply neglected a question (“the meaning of being”) which he should have raised\, or whether that neglect renders suspect the many other issues Hegel raises. \nIn addition to this lecture\, Dr. Pippin will host an all-day workshop on September 27. The topic of the workshop will be his recent book The Culmination: Heidegger\, German Idealism\, and the Fate of Philosophy\, and it will feature comments by Nick Stang\, Tarek Dika\, and Dave Suarez\, with replies by Robert Pippin. \nThose interested in participating in the workshop on September 27 should email Nick Stang ahead of the event.\n \nThe Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is a a subgroup of the History of Philosophy Research Group\, which focuses on European philosophy in Kant and post-Kantian traditions.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/post-kantian-talk-and-workshop-robert-pippin-chicago/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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