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.
Robert Mason is a PhD student in U of T's Department of Philosophy whose research is in early modern philosophy and ethics. Robert's talk is titled "Leibniz on the Determination of Substances in Possible Worlds".
Prof. Gardner's research interests include the philosophy of psychoanalysis, Kant and post-Kantian philosophy, German idealism, and the aesthetic turn in post-Kantianism. He will deliver a talk titled "Critique of the Power of Judgement".
Prof. Stern will deliver a talk on "Maimonides and the Falasifa on Certainty and the Certainty of Prophecy." His research is broadly in contemporary philosophy of language and medieval philosophy, especially Arabic and Jewish philosophy.
Prof. DeRosset's research is focused on metaphysics and the philosophy of language, with a particular interest in the metaphysics of modality, and the utility and limits of explanation and reduction in metaphysics. He will deliver a talk titled “Skepticism about Grounding”.
Jacob Beck's research focuses on mental representation and consciousness. The title of Professor Beck's talk is "Is Perception Analog?"
Prof. Angelova's research is in 20th century continental philosophy, with a particular focus on Heidegger, Nancy, Derrida, and French feminist theory in relation to 19th century philosophy, specifically Kant and Hegel. Her interests involve themes such as temporality, selfhood, freedom, affect, gender and sexuality, and the imagination.
Laura Franklin-Hall, Associate Professor of Philosophy at New York University, researches problems in the philosophy of biology, the general philosophy of science, and metaphysics.
Prof. Lascano's research interests lie primarily in the history of early modern philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphysics. She will deliver a talk on "Reconsidering Astell’s relation to Locke: Mary Astell’s account of God’s existence and human freedom."
Prof. Gertler's research is focused on the philosophy of mind, particularly self-knowledge, mental content, consciousness, and the self. She will deliver a talk on "Rational Agency".
Prof. Fleischaker's research is primarily in moral and political philosophy, the history of philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and aesthetics. His talk is titled “Empathy and Perspective: A Smithian Conception of Humanity.”
Federica Berdini received her PhD from the University of Bologna's Science, Cognition, and Technology program. Dr. Berdini's research is in philosophy of action and philosophy of psychology. Her talk is titled: "Agency's Constitutive Normativity: An Elucidation".
