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SUMMARY:Global Philosophy Group Talk (Maria Heim\, Amherst College)
DESCRIPTION:The  Global Philosophy Research Interest Group is delighted to welcome Maria Heim (Amherst College). Dr. Heim is interested in the intellectual\, philosophical\, religious\, and literary history of ancient India\, with a particular emphasis on Buddhism. She works in two classical Indian languages\, Sanskrit and Pali. Her current projects focus on emotions in classical Indian thought across genres\, and she is also translating the Milindapanha for the Murty Classical Library of India. \nJoin the event at: \nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82306738986\n\n\nPasscode: 814600\n\nTalk Title\nHow to Study Emotions in Classical India \nTalk Abstract\n\nThis talk will explore various ways to study “emotions” (a category invented by the modern West) in ancient and classical Indian texts. I focus on envy\, jealousy\, spite\, and allied experiences in a case study of the fine-grained definitional\, narrative\, and philosophical practices treating human experience offered by Indian texts. The talk will also engage in some comparative work with Aristotle’s ideas about envy\, to sharpen distinctions. \n\nAbout the Global Philosophy Group\nThe Global Philosophy Research Interest Group explores the benefits of drawing on diverse traditions of thought in approaching philosophical questions. These include novel insights into familiar problems\, new questions and research directions\, and fresh methodologies. We work to deprovincialize and decolonize all aspects of philosophy in the academy. The group currently has strengths in Sanskrit philosophy\, and Chinese philosophy\, Indian philosophy in English\, and classical Islamic philosophy.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/global-philosophy-maria-heim-amherst-college/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics\, and Mind Research Interest Group Talk (Daniel Hoek\, Virginia Tech)
DESCRIPTION:The Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics\, and Mind Research Group welcomes Daniel Hoek\, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Virginia Tech. Dr. Hoek researches the philosophy of language and mathematics\, and has written about loose talk\, questions\, choices\, probability and infinity. Before coming to Virginia Tech\, Hoek was a Louis Skolnick postdoctoral fellow at Princeton. Hoek is a regular visitor of the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris. \nHoek is interested in conversational exculpature\, a pragmatic process by which information is subtracted from what we literally say. This can account for a range of linguistic phenomena\, including loose talk and some metaphors. His other major research project is on inquisitive decision theory\, an account of belief-guided action that emphasizes the centrality of questions in decision-making. \nTalk Title\nThe Atlas or the Web? \nTalk Abstract\nRamsey wrote that our beliefs are “the map by which we steer\,” implying that an agent’s actions are guided by the totality of their beliefs. Recently\, there has been a surge of interest in a less holistic picture\, according to which our beliefs are fragmented. On this view\, our beliefs are less like a map and more like an atlas –– a collection of smaller\, purpose-specific maps that are separate from one another (Egan 2008; Yalcin 2011\, 2018\, 2021; Elga and Rayo 2019\, 2021; Onofri\, Borgoni and Kindermann 2021). \nIn this talk\, I argue that fragmentation theories of belief fatally undermine the explanatory and predictive power of belief attributions. The basic difficulty is that you never know which map or belief fragment is active in any given choice situation. For that reason\, the content of an agent’s beliefs says next to nothing about how they will act. Moreover\, I’ll argue that the incohesive choice patterns that are thought to motivate belief fragmentation are better explained using an alternative model. On to the model I propose\, our beliefs are part of a network of interlinked views on different subject matters. They form a tightly knit web that cannot separated into compartmentalised fragments. \nLocation\nJackman Humanities Building\, Room 100 and Zoom \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting: \nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82860820366\n\n\nAbout the Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics and Mind Research Group\nOne of six departmental research interest groups\, the Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics and Mind Group undertakes research in philosophy of mind\, philosophy of cognitive science\, traditional and formal epistemology\, metaphysics\, and philosophy of language.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/lemm-interest-group-talk-daniel-hoek-virginia-tech/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall)\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Theron Pummer\, St. Andrews)
DESCRIPTION:Please note date change! \nTheron Pummer is a Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Andrews. His areas of interest include normative ethics\, value theory\, and social and political philosophy. His recent work includes “Supererogation and conditional obligation\,” (Philosophical Studies\, 2021) and editing a volume on effective altruism\, Effective Altruism: Philosophical Issues (OUP\, 2019) with co-editor Hilary Greaves. \nTalk Title \nThe Rules of Rescue: Cost\, Distance\, and Effective Altruism \nTalk Abstract \nIn a forthcoming book\, I defend a non-consequentialist picture of moral requirements to help others. I argue that there are reasons with requiring strength to prevent serious harm to strangers. The ubiquity of these requiring reasons threatens to make morality extremely demanding. But there are also permissions that stop many requiring reasons from resulting in full blown requirements. In this talk\, I show how several such permissions work. These include permissions grounded in considerations of (lifetime) cost and autonomy\, and permissions to help each individual stranger. \nLocation \nJoin the Zoom meeting: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/83761980981 \nNo passcode required \nAbout the Ethics and Political Philosophy Group\nThe Ethics and Political Philosophy Group meets periodically throughout the year to discuss topics in value theory and related fields\, including meta-ethics\, normative ethics\, applied ethics\, social and political philosophy\, philosophy of law\, moral psychology\, practical reason\, agency\, and identity.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/ethics-group-talk-theron-pummer-st-andrews/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:The Im/Possibility of Forgiveness in Modern Jewish Thought (Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:The concept of forgiveness is central to Jewish life.  It has inspired much philosophical reflection and still provokes many questions.  How can we forgive someone who has wronged us?  Are we obligated to do so?  Does forgiveness require repentance?  Are there actions that are unforgiveable?  Any question about forgiveness is related to other important ones concerning atonement\, mercy\, and justice.  These questions have also been considered by other philosophical and religious traditions\, which in turn have influenced Judaism.  Inspired by a conference of French-Jewish intellectuals in the early 1960s\, who gathered to consider the possibility of forgiveness after the Holocaust\, we are revisiting these questions in this workshop.  Conference participants will consider different answers to these questions from a variety of philosophical perspectives within modern Jewish thought.  Some papers will examine and reevaluate the debates among French-Jewish thinkers in the 1960s\, others will look at earlier and current discussions.  We hope that you will join us. \nSchedule\nSunday\, November 14\nZoom link \nSession 1\, 11am-12:30pm\nModerator:  Bob Gibbs (University of Toronto) \nBenjamin Pollock (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “Shame\, Confession\, and the Forgiveness of the Self in Rosenzweig’s Account of Revelation.’ \nChristian Wiese (Goethe-University Frankfurt): TBD \nSession 2\, 1-2:30pm\nModerator:  Reinier Munk (VU University of Amsterdam) \nSol Goldberg (University of Toronto): “Antisemitism and Forgiveness” \nMichael Morgan (Indiana University): “Levinas and the Interpersonal Context for Forgiveness” \nSession 3\, 3-4:30\nModerator:  Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University) \nDylan Shaul (University of Toront): “Derrida on Forgiving the Unforgivable: Forgiveness Terminable and Interminable” \nAlexandra Zirkle (University of Buffalo): “Forgiveness\, Atonement\, and Apotheosis: Crafting Modern Jewish Thought through the Language of Sacrifice” \n  \nMonday\, November 15\, 2:00-3:30pm\nZoom link \nModerator: Meirav Jones (McMaster University) \nJudah Isseroff (Princeton University): “Arendt’s Jewish Jesus: Forgiveness in the Gospels\, the Mishnah\, and The Human Condition” \nMichael Rosenthal (University of Toronto): “Agency\, Sin\, and the Spinozistic Paradox of Forgiveness” \n  \nMonday\, November 15th at 4:00pm (Keynote Panel)\nZoom link \nModerator: Michael Rosenthal (University of Toronto) \nOri Werdiger (University of Toronto): “Léon Askenazi on Forgiving God\, Perpetrators\, and Victims” \nYnon Wygoda (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): “Can Forgiveness Oscillate?  Jankélévitch Revisited” \n  \nThe event is sponsored by the Grafstein Professorship in Jewish Philosophy.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/the-im-possibility-of-forgiveness-in-modern-jewish-thought-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:UNESCO World Philosophy Day (Vanessa Wills\, George Washington)
DESCRIPTION:This year’s UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture speaker\, Vanessa Wills\, is Assistant Professor at George Washington University. Her areas of interest include moral and political philosophy (particularly Karl Marx) and philosophy of race. Her recent work includes “Revolutionary Admiration” (The Moral Psychology of Admiration\, 2019) and “‘Man is the Highest Being for Man’: Marx’s Radical Irreligion” (The Blackwell Companion to Atheism and Philosophy\, 2019). \nIn keeping with COVID-19 protocols\, there will be no reception after this talk. \nTalk Title\nWhy Think Like a Revolutionary? \nTalk Abstract\nTBA \nZoom Link\nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/85778783187 \nPasscode: 928660
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/unesco-world-philosophy-day-vanessa-wills-george-washington/
LOCATION:Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)\, Room 2212\, 252 Bloor Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 1V6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Alumni,Graduate,St. George,Undergraduate,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Barry Smith (Buffalo) Guest Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy is delighted to welcome as guest speaker Barry Smith\, Distinguished Julian Park Professor of Philosophy and professor of Biomedical Informatics\, Computer Science and Engineering\, and Neurology in the University at Buffalo. Professor Smith contributes to both theoretical and applied research in ontology and also serves as the director of the National Center for Ontological Research. Smith is lead developer of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)\, an international standard top-level ontology (ISO/IEC 21838-2) used by more than 350 ontology development groups across the world. He has authored more than 700 publications\, with some 40\,000 citations and an h-index of 98. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health\, the U.S.\, Swiss\, and Austrian National Science Foundations\, the U.S. Department of Defense\, the Humboldt and Volkswagen Foundations\, and the European Union. \nThis guest lecture is part of the course PHL2196F — Seminar in Philosophy of Science: Current Trends in Formal and Applied Ontology\, taught by Rasmus Larsen. \nJoin the event at: \nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89004061557\n\n\nPasscode: 526711\n\nTalk Title\nAI and the Ontology of Complex Systems \nTalk Abstract\n\nAI has been amazingly successful in areas such as game playing\, missile defense\, pattern recognition\, and\, most recently\, protein folding prediction. It has been modestly successful in processing linguistic text (illustrated\, for example\, by Google Translate). But in many other areas the results have been disappointing. After 50 years of attempts to create an intelligent conversation machine\, computer answering services such as those offered by banks still perform miserably. In this talk\, I shall argue that there are limits to the potential of AI\, and show that these limits have to do with the nature of complex systems. \n\n 
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/barry-smith-guest-lecture/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Placement Practice Job Talk—Hamish Russell
DESCRIPTION:Hamish Russell is a graduate student in our PhD program and a part-time assistant professor (teaching stream) in the Department of Philosophy at UTSC. Please join us for his practice job talk\, which will begin at 3:00 PM sharp. This talk will occur both in person and on Zoom. Plan to log onto Zoom starting at 10 minutes before the hour. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/89499302514 \nTalk Title\nSystemic Distortions of Institutional Role Moralities \nTalk Abstract\nTBA
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/placement-practice-job-talk-hamish/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTSC
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SUMMARY:History of Modern Philosophy Research Group Talk (Manuel Vasquez Villavicencio\, Toronto)
DESCRIPTION:The History of Modern Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome Manuel Vasquez Villavicencio\, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the philosophy department at the University of Toronto. \nPlease note that this is a read-ahead event. To receive the full paper before the talk\, please contact Michaela Manson. \nTalk Title \nA Virtuous Way of Doing Philosophy: Scepticism and the Moderation of Curiosity in Hume’s Philosophical Method \nTalk Abstract \nIn A Treatise of Human Nature\, David Hume proposes and follows a new approach to philosophical methodology. This approach results from integrating an empirically founded sceptical perspective with an innovative study of the central role of emotions in our cognitive activities. I contend that this original combination of scepticism\, empiricism\, and moral psychology aims to establish a virtuous way of doing philosophy based on the moderation of the emotions at the basis of our epistemic pursuits\, especially curiosity. In this paper\, I present the structure and operating principles of this virtuous way of doing philosophy. The paper has three parts. In the first one\, I claim that four general prescriptions compose Hume’s philosophical methodology. I contend that the moderation of curiosity plays the central role among them. In the second part of the paper\, I claim that Hume grants such importance to curiosity’s moderation because of the pernicious effects obtaining when this passion becomes excessive and misplaced. Finally\, in the third part of the paper\, I contend that the impossibility to satisfy an excessive and misplaced curiosity drives Hume to the\nemotional crisis he depicts in the Conclusion of Book 1 of the Treatise. That allows me to substantiate the claim that the crisis illustrates the virtuous way of doing philosophy that Hume presented at the introduction to the Treatise. \nAbout the History of Philosophy Group \nOne of six departmental Research Interest Groups\, the History of Philosophy Group is home to the History of Modern Philosophy Research Group\, which focuses on the period\, roughly\, from Descartes to Kant.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/history-of-modern-philosophy-research-group-talk-manuel-vasquez-villavicencio-toronto/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM
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SUMMARY:Placement Practice Job Talk—Steven Coyne
DESCRIPTION:Steven Coyne is a recent graduate from our PhD program and a part-time assistant professor (teaching stream) in the Department of Philosophy at UTM. Please join us for his practice job talk\, which will begin at 3:00 PM sharp. This talk will occur only on Zoom. Plan to log onto Zoom starting at 10 minutes before the hour. \nZoom link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/88643387273 \nTalk Title\nThe Normative Force of Civil Disobedience \nTalk Abstract\nIn this paper\, I consider a generally neglected topic in the philosophical literature on civil disobedience: how civil disobedience directly affects what we have reason to believe or what we have reason to do. Drawing on recent work on reason-giving\, I draw a novel distinction between two kinds of theories of civil disobedience\, corresponding to two ways that civil disobedience might directly affect someone’s reasons and thus lead them to change the law. Epistemic theories of civil disobedience understand the main direct effect of civil disobedience as communicating knowledge about the injustice of some law to fellow citizens. In contrast\, will-dependent theories of civil disobedience understand the main direct effect of civil disobedience as giving fellow citizens genuinely new reasons for action\, such as reasons to vote against certain policies. These reasons owe their existence to the will of the person practicing civil disobedience\, rather than to conformity to pre-existing standards of justice. I argue that will-dependent theories are superior to epistemic theories. I conclude with a sketch of how will-dependent civil disobedience might fit into democratic politics\, as a temporary and compensatory moral power for those who are excluded from the democratic process.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/placement-practice-job-talk-steven-coyne/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM
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