2024 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418

Let ideas take flight: Join us for the annual conference showcasing the best undergraduate research in Philosophy of 2024, as well as keynote speaker Kym Maclaren of the Department of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Sophie-Jan Arrien, Laval)

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

Sophie-Jan Arrien is a professor of Philosophy at the Université Laval. Her research focuses on phenomenology, hermeneutics, aesthetics, German, and French philosophy, with a particular interest in the work of Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, and Paul Ricoeur.

History of Philosophy Research Group Talk (Antonia LoLordo, Virginia)

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

Antonia LoLordo, George C. and Clare F. Downing Memorial Professor of Philosophy and the chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Virginia, works on 17th- and 18th-century European philosophy, with a special interest in figures such as Gassendi, Locke, and Shepherd and topics such as causation, freedom, rationality, and canon formation.

Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Bara Kolenc, Ljubljana)

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

Bara Kolenc, a research associate at the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, is also affiliated with the Ljubljana School of Psychoanalysis and currently serves as the president of the International Hegelian Association Aufhebung.

Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Gregor Moder, Ljubljana)

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

Gregor Moderis a senior research associate at the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He co-founded Aufhebung—International Hegelian Association.

Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Curie Virág, Edinburgh)

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

Curie Virág, a senior research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, works in early and medieval Chinese philosophy and intellectual history, specializing in the history of ethics, moral psychology, and emotions.

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.

Inaugural Toronto Bioethics Workshop

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

The inaugural Toronto Bioethics Workshop focuses on philosophical bioethics, with a specific emphasis on health, healthcare, and health research, including public health, research ethics, clinical ethics, neuroethics, and reproductive ethics. Keynote speaker is Dominic Wilkinson (Oxford).

Rediscovering the Philosophy of Ralph Cudworth

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

Join us for a two-day international conference on the philosophy of Ralph Cudworth (1618-1688), an English philosopher and clergyman who defies classification within customary categories of the history of philosophy.

Mary Shepherd’s Philosophy at 200

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418

A two-day workshop on the work of philosopher Mary Shepherd (1777-1847) on its 200th anniversary.

2024 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

Join us for a two-day colloquium comprising talks and workshops in ancient and medieval philosophy. The colloquium is organized by Martin Pickavé, Deborah Black, and Peter King.

Colloquium (Ralph Wedgwood, Southern California)

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.

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