Roseman Lecture in Practical Ethics: Tommie Shelby, Harvard
This year's two-day Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Tommy Shelby, the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University.
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Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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*CANCELLED* Roseman Lectures in Practical Ethics: Day 2 (Tommie Shelby, Harvard)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis year's two-day Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Tommie Shelby, the Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University.
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Jewish Philosophy Research Group Talk (Josef Stern, Chicago)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProf. Stern will deliver a talk on "Maimonides and the Falasifa on Certainty and the Certainty of Prophecy." His research is broadly in contemporary philosophy of language and medieval philosophy, especially Arabic and Jewish philosophy.
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Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Group Talk (Louis DeRosset, University of Vermont)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProf. DeRosset's research is focused on metaphysics and the philosophy of language, with a particular interest in the metaphysics of modality, and the utility and limits of explanation and reduction in metaphysics. He will deliver a talk titled “Skepticism about Grounding”.
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Philosophy and Law: Career and Graduate School Information Night
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin us for our panel discussion featuring some of our distinguished alumni who are working in the field of law. A representative from the U of T Faculty of Law Admissions Office will also be on hand to answer any questions.
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Graduate Research Weekend
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaKeynote speakers: U of T alumni Janette Dinishak (UC Santa Cruz) and Jacob Weinrib (Queen’s University). A full schedule of speakers and events for Graduate Research Weekend will be announced shortly.
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Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Group Talk (Jacob Beck, York)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJacob Beck's research focuses on mental representation and consciousness. The title of Professor Beck's talk is "Is Perception Analog?"
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Continental Philosophy Group Talk (Emilia Angelova, Concordia)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProf. Angelova's research is in 20th century continental philosophy, with a particular focus on Heidegger, Nancy, Derrida, and French feminist theory in relation to 19th century philosophy, specifically Kant and Hegel. Her interests involve themes such as temporality, selfhood, freedom, affect, gender and sexuality, and the imagination.
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Spinoza’s Ethics of Joy: A Manuscript Workshop
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSpeakers include Andrew Youpa (Southern Illinois University), John Carriero (UCLA), Matthew Kisner (University of South Carolina), Sanem Soyarslan (North Carolina State University), and Justin Steinberg (CUNY Brooklyn).
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Good Friday (University closed)
For the 2017-18 university-wide holiday schedule, please visit the U of T HR and Equity website.
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Annual Toronto Workshop on Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNew work on the Presocratics, feat. talks by Patricia Curd, André Laks, Claire Louguet, and more.
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Laura Franklin-Hall, NYU)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLaura Franklin-Hall, Associate Professor of Philosophy at New York University, researches problems in the philosophy of biology, the general philosophy of science, and metaphysics.