The UTM Philosophy Society and the Soc-Crim Society present a Halloween Games Social! Free food and beverages! Costumes Encouraged!
Thinking about Grad School? If you are interested in applying to graduate school in philosophy, come to our workshop and get information about requirements, application procedures and deadlines. You will also have a chance to talk to our panelists about any questions you might have. Our panelists include: Prof. Imogen ... Read More
No RSVP necessary; just show up! Noesis and the Philosophy Course Union are hosting a writing workshop with PhD candidate and Vanier Scholarship recipient Charles Dalrymple-Fraser.
Noēsi, editors will talk about what they look for when reviewing papers, and how to make sure your submission reflects those qualities. They'll also go over the technical aspects of submission, like formatting and citations.
In his talk, ‘Hegel’s account of thinking in his Logics’, Prof. Tolley will forumalate a critical assessment and partial defense of Hegel's theologized (rather than Kantian-transcendental) conception of logic.
In her talk, "Logical Disagreement", Prof. Hattiangadi investigates three approaches to the semantics of normative statements and judgments in application to logical disagreement, and argues that none of these semantic theories is able to provide an adequate account of what we disagree about when we disagree about logic.
Talk Title: "The Stoic Semantics for Nouns"
Organized by the Philosophy Course Union, UNESCO World Philosophy Day will be marked with a lecture by Alva Noë of UC Berkeley, who specializes in perception, consciousness, and theories of art.
Talk Title: "An Intellectualist Conception of Human Freedom: Action and Control in the Late Thirteenth Century"
Prof. Vertin's research interests have been in epistemology and the philosophy of religion. Prof. Vertin's talk, “Theology in the Church”, will be followed by a reception.
Owen Pikkert, PhD candidate at U of T, works primarily in early modern philosophy, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion.
Talk Title: "A Novel Approach to the Phenomenal Overflow Thesis"
Prof. Wolf will discuss similarities and differences between aesthetic and moral responsibility and speculate on what a consideration of aesthetic responsibility tells us about both responsibility and humanity.
The History of Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Steven Methven, David Mitchell Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Oxford University. Dr. Methven's specialities are the history of analytic philosophy, philosophical logic, and philosophy of mathematics.
Prof. Gurpreet Rattan (Toronto) and Prof. Herman Cappelan (Oslo) are co-hosting a one-day workshop on conceptual engineering, featuring speakers Cheryl Misak, Tim Sundell, Steven Methven, and more.
