Conference – Interdisciplinary Simmel
This conference explores interdisciplinary approaches to the work of George Simmel; presenters include Omar Lizardo, Natàlia Cantó Milà, Elizabeth Goodstein, and more.
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Events
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208 North House Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Group Talk (Hartry Field, NYU)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaHartry Field's current research focuses on objectivity and indeterminacy, a priori knowledge, causation, and the semantic and set-theoretic paradoxes. He will talk on "Epistemology from a "Naturalistic" (but not Reliabilist) Perspective."
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Conference – Spinoza: New Directions in Research
170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThis year's speakers at this annual conference on Spinoza's philosophy include Lilli Alanen, John Carriero, Olli Koistinen, Jon Miller, Steve Nadler, Alan Nelson, Alison Peterman, and Noa Shein.
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2018 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall) 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaJoin 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.
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History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Ken Winkler, Yale)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProfessor Winkler is a leading scholar of early modern philosophy best known for his work on Berkeley and Hume. He will deliver a talk titled "Locke on the Scope of Sensitive Knowledge".
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Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Serene Khader, Brooklyn College/CUNY)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProfessor Khader's research focuses on moral and political issues relevant to women in the global South. Her work on adaptive preferences develops an approach to responding to choices made by oppressed and deprived people that perpetuate their own oppression and deprivation. She will deliver a talk titled "Transnational Feminisms and the Normativity Question".
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Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Jacob Stegenga, Cambridge)
Victoria College, Room 115 73 Queen Park's Crescent #106, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaA university lecturer in philosophy of science at Cambridge University, Jacob Stegenga's research focuses on methodological problems of medical research, conceptual questions in evolutionary biology, and fundamental topics in reasoning and rationality.
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Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Group Talk (Gabriel Greenberg, UCLA)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProfessor Greenberg's research is oriented around language, mind, and depiction. His publications include “Beyond Resemblance”, in Philosophical Review (2013), and “Varieties of Iconicity”, in a special issue of the Review of Philosophy and Psychology (2015).
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Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) Philosophy Career Panel: Careers in Business
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaWondering where your degree will take you after graduation? Join us for a Philosophy Career Panel where you can learn about career development, build your professional network, participate in a Q&A session with alumni, and connect with faculty and alumni after the panel over light refreshments.
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CPAMP Research Talk (Terence Irwin, Oxford)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy is pleased to welcome Emeritus Professor Terence Irwin. Professor Irwin will deliver a talk titled "The place of habituation in Aristotelian virtue of character".
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CPAMP Research Talk (Gail Fine, Cornell)
Room 205, Lillian Massey Building | Centre for Medieval Studies 125 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProfessor Fine's research interests include ancient philosophy, the rationalists and empiricists, epistemology, and metaphysics. She will deliver a talk on "Knowledge and Truth in the Greatest Difficulty Argument: Parmenides 133b4-134c3".
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Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Stephen White, Northwestern)
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaProfessor White will deliver a talk on "Self-Prediction in Practical Reasoning" which attempts to answer the question: "Are predictions about how one will freely and intentionally behave in the future ever relevant to how one ought to behave?"