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SUMMARY:Logic and Philosophy of Science Group Talk (Sara Aronowitz\, Toronto)
DESCRIPTION:The Logic and Philosophy of Science Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Sara Aronowitz\, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Dr. Aronowitz studies learning and memory in humans\, machines\, and idealized thinkers. \nThis talk will be a work-in-progress session to discuss Sara Aronowitz’s current manuscript\, “What makes for a Good Division of Possibilities?” If you would like to attend\, please email Mike Miller for a copy. \nTalk Title\nWhat Makes for a Good Division of Possibilities? \nTalk Abstract\nMost work on rational action has focused on how we should decide\, given a set of options. But setting up the options is often decisive in whether we act well or poorly\, even assuming a perfectly rational decision-making procedure. In this paper\, I consider three answers to the question of what makes a division of the world into coarse-grained states and options good. Each of these measures is insufficient as a full account on its own. I end by considering a way in which the measures might be combined. Asking this question about ideal rationality may also give us insight into how and why animals\, including humans\, divide up the world in the ways we do. \nAbout the Logic and Philosophy of Science Group\nOne of six departmental Research Interest Groups\, the Logic and Philosophy of Science Group hosts talks on logic\, general philosophy of science\, and philosophy of the particular sciences\, as well as talks in allied areas such as formal epistemology\, decision theory\, and the metaphysics of science.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/logic-science-sara-aronowitz-toronto/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Mark Schroeder\, Southern California)
DESCRIPTION:The Ethics and Political Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Mark Schroeder\, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. Dr. Schroeder’s academic interests range widely across areas of philosophy in some way connected with metaethics\, including topics in epistemology\, metaphysics\, normative ethics\, practical reason\, and the philosophy of language. He has also published on the history of ethics. \nTalk Title\nTBD \nTalk Abstract\nTBD \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-and-political-philosophy-group-talk-mark-schroeder-southern-california/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240307T150000
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SUMMARY:Global Philosophy Research Interest Group Talk (Hagop Sarkissian\, CUNY)
DESCRIPTION:The Global Philosophy Research Interest Group is delighted to welcome as guest speaker Hagop Sarkissian\, a professor and the chair of the Department of Philosophy at the City University of New York (CUNY)\, Baruch College\, as well as a professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center. Most of Dr. Sarkissian’s research focuses on moral psychology\, broadly construed. He describes himself as a “methodological pluralist\,” using resources from other relevant disciplines (such as evolutionary biology and experimental psychology) to inform his work. He also draws extensively from the history of Chinese philosophy\, especially the classical period. Dr. Sarkissian also co-chairs the Columbia Society for Comparative Philosophy. \nThis is an in-person event\, but a live-stream will be made available for those unable to attend in person. \nJoin Zoom Meeting: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/84164341145 \nPasscode: 177614 \nTalk Title\nResonant Creatures: The Significance of Rituals in Confucian Ethics \nTalk Abstract\nWhen thinking about ethical questions\, philosophers typically choose focal points for reflection—the things they wish to evaluate from a moral point of view. Popular focal points include actions\, general principles\, or virtues. The choice of focal point is often informed by background assumptions about what is of ethical importance. A distinctive feature of texts from the classical Confucian tradition is that they often take rituals (whether mundane\, everyday rites or elaborate formal ceremonies) as focal points for reflection. Indeed\, in texts such as the Analects or the Xunzi\, rituals are a primary focal point. In this talk\, I begin by outlining the ways in which choices of focal points both afford and constrain ethical reflection. Next\, I highlight how ritual is a focal point of Confucian ethics\, and argue that it points us to what they thought was of ethical significance—namely\, that humans are resonant creatures\, constantly swayed by their social and asocial environments. I conclude by arguing why this remains of significance for us today. \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-research-interest-group-talk-hagop-sarkissian-cuny-2/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:The 15th Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2024 edition of the Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy (ATWAP). This year’s theme will be Early Christian Philosophy. \nSpeakers will include: \n\nSarah Byers (Boston College)\nHubertus Drobner (Paderborn)\nMatyáš Havrda (Czech Academy of Sciences)\nAaron Johnson (Lee University)\nGeorge Karamanolis (Vienna)\nAnna Marmodoro (Durham)\nStephen Menn (McGill / Berlin)\nAndy Radde-Galwitz (Notre Dame)\nGretchen Reydams-Schils (Notre Dame)\n\nPlease check for full programming details. \n 
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/the-15th-annual-toronto-workshop-in-ancient-philosophy-atwap/
LOCATION:Great Hall\, Lillian Massey Building\, 125 Queen's Park\, Toronto\, ON\, M5S 2C7\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED---Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk and Workshop (David Morris\, Concordia)
DESCRIPTION:This talk has unfortunately been cancelled. \nThe Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is delighted to welcome as a speaker David Morris\, a professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University\, as well as the graduate director at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture there. Dr. Morris’s main research interests lie in phenomenology\, especially Merleau-Ponty\, with a focus on the philosophy of the body\, mind\, and nature in relation to current biology and science. His other interests include Hegel (in relation to 19th-century German Idealism)\, Bergson\, and ancient (esp. Aristotle) and modern philosophy. \nTalk Title\nThe Temporality of Phenomenology \nTalk Abstract\nTBD \nThis is a read-ahead event. Please email Dave Suarez to register and receive the required readings. \nThe Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is a a subgroup of the History of Philosophy Research Group\, which focuses on European philosophy in Kant and post-Kantian traditions.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/post-kantian-talk-and-workshop-david-morris-concordia/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:2024 Roseman Lecture in Practical Ethics (Niko Kolodny\, UC Berkeley)
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Roseman Lecture will be delivered by Niko Kolodny\, a professor of Philosophy at the University of California\, Berkeley. His main interests lie in moral and political philosophy. \nDr. Kolodny will also be giving a graduate seminar from 10 AM to 12 PM on Thursday\, March 14. To register and for more information\, please email Nathan Howard. \nTalk Title\nReflections on Privacy \nTalk Abstract\nThis lecture is a tour through a larger project.  The larger project asks three questions\, to be answered together: What justifies the duty of privacy?  What does the duty of privacy require of us?  Do current digital practices violate this duty?  Like all tours\, this tour stops longer at some locales than others\, and passes by still other locales altogether.  First\, the tour questions whether the interests that the literature supposes justify the duty of privacy do in fact.  Second\, it considers certain digital practices and discusses their relations to the duty of privacy. \nThe Roseman Lectures in Practical Ethics are sponsored by Ellen Roseman and the Constance and David Roseman Fund at the Toronto Community Foundation. \n 
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/roseman-lecture-practical-ethics-niko-kolodny-berkeley/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building 100
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,Undergraduate
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SUMMARY:Ethics and Political Philosophy Group Talk (Daniel Muñoz\, UNC)
DESCRIPTION:The Ethics and Political Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Daniel Muñoz\, an assistant professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina\, where he also forms part of the core faculty of the Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics Program. Dr. Muñoz’s work mostly counts as “normative ethics\,” which means it’s too concrete to be “meta\,” but not concrete enough to be useful. He is writing a book called What We Owe to Ourselves\, as well as a second book\, with Brian Hedden\, called Multidimensionality: How Values Combine in Ethics\, Economics\, and Beyond. He has published papers in other parts of philosophy as well: epistemology\, metaphysics\, metaethics\, and the philosophy of action. \nTalk Title\nTBD \nTalk Abstract\nTBD \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-and-political-philosophy-group-talk-daniel-munoz-unc/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George
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SUMMARY:Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics\, and Mind Research Interest Group Talk (Trenton Merricks\, Virginia)
DESCRIPTION:The Language\, Epistemology\, Metaphysics\, and Mind Research Group welcomes Trenton Merricks\, Commonwealth Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. Dr. Merricks specializes in metaphysics\, but also works in philosophy of religion\, epistemology\, philosophy of mind\, and philosophy of language. His latest book\, Self and Identity\, was published in 2022 by Oxford University Press. \nThis is an in-person event\, but you are also welcome to join the talk via livestream. \n  \nTalk Title\nComposition and Moral Status \nTalk Abstract\nIn this talk I shall pursue two different projects\, more or less simultaneously. The first is defending certain metaphysical and meta-ontological claims\, including claims about composition. The second is showing that you should take these metaphysical and meta-ontological claims to be ethically important\, at least if you think that an action’s being permissible (or obligatory) can turn on how that action affects beings with moral status. \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-trenton-merricks-virginia/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 100 (Main Floor Lecture Hall)\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Continental Philosophy Research Group Talk (Jeta Mulaj\, Toronto Metropolitan)
DESCRIPTION:The Continental Philosophy Research Group is pleased to welcome as guest speaker Jeta Mulaj\, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Mulaj specializes in feminist philosophy\, social and political philosophy\, critical theory\, Marxism\, and decolonial thought. Particularly\, she works on questions related to stability\, capitalism\, emancipation\, revolution\, gender and sexuality\, as well as Eastern European thought and the Balkans. She is currently completing a manuscript titled “Reclaiming Stability: The Dialectic of Stability and Instability\,” which  seeks to recover stability as a revolutionary concept. ​Dr. Mulaj also co-founded the Balkan Society for Theory and Practice (for which she serves as executive director)\, an international research society based in Kosovo\, and is a research associate for the Society for Women of Ideas. \nTalk Title\nThe Emergence of the Fragmented Subject in Capitalism and Feminism \nTalk Abstract\nThis talk analyzes a pervasive trend in feminist theory: the proposition that subjectivity is fragmented. It examines the ontological and political implications of this position\, highlighting both its promises and dangers. While this view has advanced important critiques of the self as a fixed essence\, it tends to reify fragmentation as an ontological condition. By contrast\, this talk draws on Frankfurt School critical theory and Marxist feminism to reveal the intimate link between the historical emergence of fragmentation in capitalism and women’s oppression. Lacking this history\, it argues\, we can neither fully understand nor effectively combat gender domination today. \nAbout the Continental Philosophy Group\nOne of six departmental research interest groups\, the Continental Philosophy Group works in the traditions of textual interpretation of human consciousness\, phenomenology\, and post-structuralist critical theory\, among other related traditions of thought.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/continental-philosophy-research-group-talk-jeta-mulaj-tmu/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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SUMMARY:Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group Talk (Ellie Anderson\, Pomona)
DESCRIPTION:The Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is delighted to welcome as a speaker Ellie Anderson\, an assistant professor of Philosophy at Pomona College. Dr. Anderson specializes in continental European philosophy\, with an emphasis on twentieth-century French philosophy and feminist theory. Her research focuses on relational theories of selfhood\, the philosophy of love\, and sexual ethics. Alongside David Peña-Guzmán\, she also hosts the Overthink podcast \nTalk Title\nThe Critical Phenomenological Turn \nTalk Abstract\n“Critical phenomenology” is on the rise as a new way of doing phenomenology that integrates critical theory and social justice concerns with traditional approaches from phenomenology. Yet some consider phenomenology to have always been critical\, and many questions remain about the method(s) and even meaning of “critical phenomenology.” In this presentation\, I question whether “critical” is really the right qualifier for what this form of phenomenology is doing. I additionally raise questions about the role of two features of classical phenomenology in this recent critical movement: a) lived experience and b) the epoché. \n  \nThe Kant & Post-Kantian Philosophy Group is a a subgroup of the History of Philosophy Research Group\, which focuses on European philosophy in Kant and post-Kantian traditions.
URL:https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/post-kantian-talk-and-workshop-ellie-anderson-pomona/
LOCATION:Jackman Humanities Building\, Room 418\, 170 St. George Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5R 2M8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Graduate,St. George,UTM,UTSC
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