Are you considering a grad program in Philosophy at U of T? If so, we invite you to join us for our annual "Applying to Grad School" workshop. The event will take place on Zoom, with the appropriate link added closer to the date. At the workshop you will hear ... Read More
The Continental Philosophy Research Interest Group welcomes guest speaker Thimo Heisenberg, an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rice University. Professor Heisenberg is a specialist in 19th and 20th century German Philosophy. Having earned his PhD from Columbia in 2019, his work has appeared in journals such as ... Read More
The Early Modern Philosophy Research Interest Group welcomes Aman Sakhardande, a PhD student in the department working on phenomenology and 17th- and 18th-century European philosophy. Historically, his research focuses on the work of Immanuel Kant, Edmund Husserl, and Martin Heidegger. Philosophically, he is interested in what studying experience (cognitive, perceptual, ... Read More
The Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Research Interest Group is delighted to welcome as guest speaker Brian Hedden, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. He works in epistemology and decision theory, as well as related areas of ethics and political philosophy. Talk Title Algorithmic Monoculture Talk ... Read More
The Toronto Workshop on Moral Psychology and Moral Theory is a forum for work at the intersection of empirical moral psychology and fundamental moral theory.
Speakers James Stazicker (Kings College London) Frances Egan (Rutgers - New Brunswick) Peter Epstein (Brandeis University) Gabriel Greenberg (University of California, Los Angeles) Andrew Y. Lee (University of Toronto) Adrienne Prettyman (Bryn Mawr College) Organizers Sonia Sedivy (University of Toronto), Jacob Beck (York University), Bill Brewer (King's College London), Kevin ... Read More
This talk has unfortunately been cancelled. The Continental Philosophy Research Interest Group is delighted to welcome as guest speaker Dimitris Vardoulakis, who was the inaugural chair of Philosophy at Western Sydney University. Some of his books include Spinoza, the Epicurean: Authority and Utility in Materialism (2020); The Ruse of Techne: ... Read More
The Ethics and Political Philosophy Interest Group is pleased to welcome as its guest speaker Selim Berker, the Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. He works on the foundations of normativity in all of its guises, including the ... Read More
This year, we welcome as 2026 UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture speaker Laurie Paul, the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Yale University. She explores relationships between the nature of the self, transformative experience, preference change, subjective value, temporal experience, causation, time, and perception. Talk Title The paradox ... Read More
Join us for the two-day meeting of the North American Kant Society Eastern Study Group. DAY 1: Friday, November 20 – Room 100 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Practical Philosophy "Kant's Purely Practical Concept of Freedom" Noa Buckle (Toronto) *Nominated for Markus Herz Award* 10:40 AM - 12:10 PM Practical ... Read More
The Early Modern Philosophy Research Interest Group welcomes Raphaelle Dupont, a PhD student in the department. Her main research interests are in the history of philosophy, especially in the transition between late medieval and early modern metaphysics. Before joining the department, she completed her Master’s studies with a thesis on Spinoza’s ... Read More
The Global Philosophy Research Interest Group welcomes guest speaker Monica Z. X. Ding, a postdoctoral fellow in the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the application of Classical Chinese philosophy to AI ethics. She is also interested in the nature of understanding and its applications ... Read More
The Department is pleased to welcome Olivia Bailey, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy, at UC Berkeley for a colloquium on December 3, 2026. She works on questions in moral psychology and the history of moral philosophy (particularly the British moralists). Her current research is concerned with the ethical ... Read More