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  • 2019 SMS Conference

    5th Annual Society for the Metaphysics of Science Conference

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    Victoria College 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    The Society for the Metaphysics of Science (SMS) will be holding its fifth annual conference on November 7-9, 2019 at the University of Toronto. Register HERE Keynote Speaker: Katherine Brading (Duke University) Presidential Address: Max Kistler (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Early registration fees (before 10 October 2019): Faculty: $75 Post-doc: $50 Students and Emeritus faculty: ... Read More

  • UTM Workshop on Indian Epistemology

    Maanjiwe nendamowinan, room 3230 1535 Outer Circle Road, Mississauga

    Presented by the Centre for South Asian Civilizations at the University of Toronto Mississauga, this workshop convenes a group of scholars of analytic and Indian philosophy engaging contemporary problems in epistemology in light of debates occurring in premodern India. Our focus is Gangesa Upadhyaya (14th century CE), a philosopher who ... Read More

  • Tito_Magri

    History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Tito Magri, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza)

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

    The History of Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Tito Magri, distinguished professor of philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza. Prof. Magri’s research interests include political philosophy, in the philosophy of emotions, in the foundations of rational choice and in the philosophy of action. He also has ... Read More

  • Symposium on Discrimination and Subordination

    Professor Sophia Moreau will be running a Symposium on Discrimination and Subordination on November 15-16, 2019. The Symposium will be held at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Centre for Ethics. It will bring together philosophers from North America, the U.K., Denmark and Australia who write about discrimination, subordination, ... Read More

  • Moreau Faces of Inequality

    Author Meets Critics: Faces of Inequality: A Theory of Wrongful Discrimination

    Room 200, Larkin Building 15 Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Sophia Moreau Faculty of Law University of Toronto Commentators: Rebecca Cook (University of Toronto, Law) Deborah Hellman (University of Virginia, Law) Niko Kolodny (UC Berkeley, Philosophy) Seana Shiffrin (UCLA, Philosophy) Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen (Aarhus University, Political Science) ☛ please register here This book defends an original and pluralist theory of when and why discrimination ... Read More

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    UNESCO World Philosophy Day Lecture (Chike Jeffers)

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

    This year's UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture speaker, Chike Jeffers, is an associate professor of Philosophy, cross-appointed with Canadian Studies and International Development Studies at Dalhousie University. His research focuses on Africana philosophy, the philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics. Talk Title What Counts as a Collective ... Read More

  • History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Lonneke Oostland, University of Groningen)

    Jackman Humanities Building, Room 401 170 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    The History of Modern Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Lonneke Oostland, a masters student of philosophy at the University of Groningen. Talk Title: Cavendish on order in nature About the History of Philosophy Group One of five departmental Research Interest Groups, the History of Philosophy Group is home to ... Read More

  • Declan Smithies

    Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind Research Interest Group Talk (Declan Smithies, Ohio State)

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

    The Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind Research Group welcomes Declan Smithies, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Philosophy at Ohio State University. Prof. Smithies specializes in epistemology and philosophy of mind. Talk Title Moral Knowledge By Deduction Abstract How is moral knowledge possible? This paper defends ... Read More

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    2019 Philosophy Saturday: A Workshop for High School Teachers

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

    Building on the success of the first workshop held in 2018, the U of T Department of Philosophy and the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association proudly present the 2019 Philosophy Saturday, a workshop for high school educators on teaching philosophy. While the workshop is designed for area high school philosophy teachers, we encourage ... Read More

  • Kevin Zollman

    Logic and Philosophy of Science Research Group Talk (Kevin Zollman, Carnegie Mellon)

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

    Kevin Zollman is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to his primary appointment at Carnegie Mellon, Professor Zollman is an associate fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, an Adjunct Member of the Department of History and Philosophy of ... Read More