2019 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy

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

Join us for a two-day colloquium comprising talks on medieval philosophy. The colloquium is organized by Deborah Black, Peter King, and Martin Pickavé.

Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Group Talk (Sinan Dogramaci, UT Austin)

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

The Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind Research Group welcomes Sinan Dogramaci, Associate Professor Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Prof. Dogramaci’s specializes in epistemology with a main interest of mine is the practical function of epistemic evaluations. Talk Title Can Evolution Explain the Reliability of Perception Better than it ... Read More

History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Michael Rosenthal, U of T)

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

Michael A. Rosenthal (PhD Chicago, 1996) holds the Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy, with appointments in both the Department and the Anne Tannenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. Talk Title Life as a Marionette:  The Role of the Imagination in Spinoza’s Ethics, Part V Abstract The goal of Part V of ... Read More

Ethics and Political Philosophy Interest Group Talk (Nomy Arpaly, Brown University)

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

The Ethics and Political Philosophy Research Interest Group welcomes Nomy Arpaly, professor of philosophy at Brown University. Professor Arpaly's main research interests include ethics, moral psychology, action theory, and free will and her recent seminars have focused on moral psychology. Talk Title Deliberation and Fetish. Abstract We often take it ... Read More

b2B – Philosophy Career Panel: Careers in Business

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

Wondering where your degree will take you after graduation? U of T's Backpacks to Briefcase (b2B) events are here to help you explore your options. A panel of successful philosophy professionals, alum and peers will discuss their U of T education, the value of their degree, and their pursuit of ... Read More

History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk, (Vili Lähteenmäki, U. of Helsinki)

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

The History of Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Vili Lähteenmäki, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki and an Academy of Finland Research Fellow. Talk Title: Cartesian Self-Relations About the History of Philosophy Group One of five departmental Research Interest Groups, the History of Philosophy Group is home ... Read More

History of Modern Philosophy Group Talk (Tito Magri, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza)

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

The History of Philosophy Group is pleased to welcome guest speaker Tito Magri, distinguished professor of philosophy at the Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza. Prof. Magri’s research interests include political philosophy, in the philosophy of emotions, in the foundations of rational choice and in the philosophy of action. He also has ... Read More

Logic and Philosophy of Science Research Group Talk (Kevin Zollman, Carnegie Mellon)

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

Kevin Zollman is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition to his primary appointment at Carnegie Mellon, Professor Zollman is an associate fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, an Adjunct Member of the Department of History and Philosophy of ... Read More

Philosophy of Religion Work-in-Progress Group Talk (Richard Davis, Tyndale)

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 401 170 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Davis is Professor of Philosophy. He is the author or editor of four books, including Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy (Zondervan, 2016). He has published thirty book chapters or articles in such places as Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Religious Studies, Acta Analytica, Philo, The Modern Schoolman, Philosophia Christi, ... Read More

2019 Placement Job Talk – Aaron Henry

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

Aaron Henry is a PhD candidate currently writing a thesis that investigates the phenomenology of perceptual attention and whether this aspect of subjective experience can be adequately explained in either intentionalist or direct realist terms. Talk Title: "Experience of Acting and the Disappearing Agent Problem”

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