Phenomenology of Black Spirit Book Launch & Discussion

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

Join us for the book launch and discussion of Phenomenology of Black Spirit (Edinburgh University Press), authored by Biko Mandela Gray (Syracuse) and Ryan J. Johnson (Elon), with discussion partners Rebecca Comay (Toronto) and Rinaldo Walcott (Toronto).

PCU 2023 Symposium on Love

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Room 4416 252 Bloor Street West

The University of Toronto Philosophy Course Union (PCU) invites you to their annual Symposium on Love! On the menu: two talks (by Alex Koo and Zoe Anthony) and a workshop (with Sophia Whicher) on that most elusive feeling.

Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Angela Potochnik, Cincinnati)

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

Angela Potochnik is a professor of Philosophy and the director of the Center for the Public Engagement with Science at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Potochnik's research addresses the nature of science and its successes, the relationships between science and the public, and methods in population biology.

Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Jessica Flanigan, Richmond)

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

Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond, where she is also an associate professor of Leadership Studies and of Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law. Her research addresses the nature and limits of people’s enforceable rights.

The 14th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP)

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

Join us for the 2023 edition of the Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP). This year the workshop will focus on Aristotle's Organon.

History of Philosophy Group Talk (Viacheslav Zahorodniuk, Toronto)

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

Viacheslav Zahorodniuk, a current postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy, is working on a project dedicated to Hume’s epistemology and methodological approaches under the supervision of Donald C. Ainslie. 

Kant & Post-Kantian German Philosophy Group Talk (Pirachula Chulanon, Toronto Metropolitan)

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

Pirachula Chulanon (Toronto Metropolitan) specializes in Kant's theories of knowledge and mind. His work concerns the origins and limits of our understanding of our own humanity and rationality. He pairs this with research and teaching interests in ethics and aesthetics, especially theories of art in the German-speaking tradition after Kant.

CANCELLED—2023 Jerome S. Simon Lectures (Rainer Forst, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)

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

Rainer Forst (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), winner of the 2012 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, works mainly on political theory, pragmatism, tolerance, and political and social justice. He is considered one of the world's most eminent authorities on the subject of toleration. This year's Simon Lectures occur under the general title "The Nature of Normative Concepts: Dependence vs. Independence."

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