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Graduate Workshop with Roy Arnold Sorensen (Texas at Austin)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 1040Roy A. Sorensen is a professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, a professorial fellow in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and the Jackman Humanities Institute's Distinguished Visiting Fellow for the academic year 2023-24. He has research interests in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language, areas in which he has published widely.
Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Chris Smeenk, Western)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaChris Smeenk, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western University, and the director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, has research interests in the history and philosophy of physics, general issues in the philosophy of science, and seventeenth-century natural philosophy.
Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Mohammed Rustom, Carleton)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 519Mohammed Rustom, a professor of Islamic Thought and Global Philosophy at Carleton University and the director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. focuses his research on Islamic philosophy, Arabic, and Persian Sufi literature, Quranic exegesis, translation theory, and cross-cultural philosophy.
Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (G. Anthony Bruno, Royal Holloway)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaG. Anthony Bruno is an assistant professor at Royal Holloway University of London whose research focuses on metaphysics and epistemology in early modern, Kantian, and post-Kantian philosophy.
Workshop on the Self with Anil Gomes
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaAnil Gomes is a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, and a professor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Philosophy in the University of Oxford. He works mainly in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant and has a long-standing interest in the work of Iris Murdoch.
History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (David James Barnett, Toronto)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDavid James Barnett, an associate professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, specializes in epistemology and the philosophy of mind. He is interested in the epistemic significance of self-consciousness and the boundaries of the self.
Workshop: Maṇḍana on Various Types of Commands
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIn this weeklong workshop, we will read, translate, and discuss Maṇḍana's Vidhiviveka ("Discernment about Commands"), chapter 15, with a group of international scholars.
CANCELLED–Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Robin Zheng, Glasgow)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaRobin Zheng, a lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, has research interests ranging across ethics, moral psychology, feminist, social, and political philosophy. She focuses especially on issues of moral responsibility, structural injustice, and social change, with emphasis on issues of gender, race, and social inequality.
Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Nate Oppel & Stacy Chen, Toronto)
Jackman Humanities Building 100Nate Oppel, a graduate student in the Department of Philosophy, will give a talk on our intentional capacity to revise beliefs, while Stacy Chen, also a U of T graduate student in Philosophy, will address in her lecture reasonableness in medical decision-making.
Public Lecture in Celebration of World Logic Day (Branden Fitelson, Northeastern)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaBranden Fitelson, a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Northeastern University, shows how to apply the insights of David Lewis to repair Lewis's own triviality argument against the Adams's thesis, leading to a more reasonable rendition of the equation.
b2B Careers in Philosophy
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin Philosophy alumni in working in various non-academic fields to learn about their career paths and the role of philosophy in following them.
Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Sara Aronowitz, Toronto)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSara Aronowitz, an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, studies learning and memory in humans, machines, and idealized thinkers. In this talk she will consider the question of ideal rationality.
Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Mark Schroeder, Southern California)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMark Schroeder (Southern California) works on areas of philosophy in some way connected to metaethics. He is interested in the ways in which rationality, reasons, value, and other "evaluative’" or "normative" categories are related to the mundane, physical world in which we live, in which things are round, red, or left of one another. For example, are there really facts about what is rational or not, to go along with the facts about what is round or not?
Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Hagop Sarkissian, CUNY)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHagop Sarkissian, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at CUNY, as well as a professor at CUNY's Graduate Center, focuses his research on moral psychology, drawing on other relevant disciplines (evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, Chinese philosophy) to inform his work.
The 15th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP)
Great Hall, Lillian Massey Building 125 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the 2024 edition of the Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP). This year the workshop will focus on early Christian philosophy.
CANCELLED—Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk and Workshop (David Morris, Concordia)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDavid Morris, a professor of Philosophy at Concordia and the graduate director at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture there, has main research interests in phenomenology, especially Merleau-Ponty, with a focus on the philosophy of the body, mind, and nature in relation to current biology and science.
2024 Roseman Lecture in Practical Ethics (Niko Kolodny, UC Berkeley)
Jackman Humanities Building 100This year's Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Niko Kolodny, a professor of moral and political philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Daniel Muñoz, UNC)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDaniel Muñoz is an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina, where he also forms part of the core faculty of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program. His work mostly counts as “normative ethics,” which means it’s too concrete to be “meta,” but not concrete enough to be useful. He is writing a book called "What We Owe to Ourselves."
Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Research Interest Group Talk (Trenton Merricks, Virginia)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaTrenton Merricks is Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. He specializes in metaphysics.
Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Jeta Mulaj, Toronto Metropolitan)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJeta Mulaj, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University, specializes in feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, critical theory, Marxism, and decolonial thought.
Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk (Ellie Anderson, Pomona)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEllie Anderson, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Pomona College, specializes in continental European philosophy, with an emphasis on twentieth-century French philosophy and feminist theory. She also co-hosts the philosophy podcast Overthink.
Modern Philosophical Readings of the Book of Job
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for an international conference on modern philosophical readings of the Book of Job. Schedule Monday, April 1 (Jackman Humanities Building, 318) 10:00-10:15 Opening remarks: Michael Rosenthal (Toronto) and Ynon Wygoda (Toronto) 10:15-11:30 José María Sánchez de León Serrano (Barcelona) The God of Imagination: Spinoza's Remarks on Job 11:30-11:45 ... Read More
Philosophy Career Night – Careers in Law
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin 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.
Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Research Interest Group Talk (Snow Xueyin Zhang, Berkeley)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSnow Xueyin Zhang, an assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley, works on formal epistemology, philosophy of probability, and the philosophy of statistics.
2024 Undergraduate Philosophy Research Conference
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 & Room 418Let 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 (Igor Shoikhedbrod, St. Francis Xavier)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaIgor Shoikhedbrod, an assistant professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at St. Francis Xavier University, works on political theory, legal theory, ethics, law, and political economy.
Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Sophie-Jan Arrien, Laval)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSophie-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, CanadaAntonia 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, CanadaBara 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, CanadaGregor 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.
CANCELLED—Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Curie Virág, Warwick)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCurie 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.
Recent Work on Aristotle’s “De anima”: Workshop
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaPlease join us for a two-day workshop considering recent work on Aristotle's De anima.
CANCELLED—Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Joseph K. Schear, Oxford)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoseph 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.
Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy (YUSEMP) (UPDATED)
Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON, CanadaThe inaugural YUSEMP seminar, organized by York University's Matthew Leisinger, Zeyad El Nabolsy, and Ian MacLean-Evans, aims to be a small, informal venue for scholars of early modern philosophy at various career stages to share and discuss their work. Featured keynote speakers: Marleen Rozemond (Toronto) and Patricia Sheridan (Guelph).
Inaugural Toronto Bioethics Workshop
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe 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).
2024 CPA Summer Institute Lecture (Meena Krishnamurthy, Queen’s)
Centre for Ethics Larkin Building, Room 200, 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON, CanadaJoin us for the public lecture for the 2024 CPA Summer Institute at the University of Toronto, featuring Meena Krishnamurthy, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Queen's University.
Kumārila Conference
Maanjiwe nendamowinan, Room 3230, UTM 1535 Outer Circle, Mississauga, ON, CanadaThe 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
Jñānaśrīmitra on Yogic Perception
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 401 170 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis workshop will focus on a single Sanskrit text: Yoginirṇayaprakaraṇa (“A Monograph on the Investigation of Yogins”) by the 10th-century Buddhist philosopher, Jñānaśrīmitra. For Buddhist philosophers, the insight that paves the way for liberation is an experience that presents things as they truly are: as suffering, as impermanent, and so on. Participants will include Bhikṣu Hejung (Joongang Sangha University), Jed Forman (Simpson College), Elisa Freschi (Toronto), Lawrence McCrea (Cornell), Parimal Patil (Harvard), and Davey Tomlinson (Villanova).
Rediscovering the Philosophy of Ralph Cudworth
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin 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.
Ibn ‘Arabi and the Shi’i Tradition: Texts, Ideas, Receptions
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for a day-long conference on Islamic Philosophy, co-sponsored by the Shi'a Research Institute.