Published: June 3, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, In the News, Undergraduate, UTM
This fall, U of T Mississauga’s Abraham Mathew will join MIT’s PhD program in philosophy, one of the top five programs in the English-speaking world. Here, the star student (he is U of T’s top-performing student overall this year) plans to continue to find ways to make his chosen field of … Read More
Published: June 2, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Undergraduate
As we celebrate and honour the graduating class of 2020 with the U of T Virtual Convocation 2020, a few words from our undergraduate chair and the department chair: Congratulations, Class of 2020! You—our graduating majors, specialists, and minors—have done us proud: above all through your commitment to philosophy during … Read More
Published: May 19, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, General, In the News
Alumna Valerie Tiberius, who graduated from U of T with a specialist in Philosophy in 1990 and is now the Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and a professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota, has published a timely piece on the pursuit of happiness during pandemic times. … Read More
Published: April 9, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, General, In the News, St. George
Faced with the global emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, U of T Philosophy alumnus Andrew Potter (PhD, 2000) decided to taken action: on March 23, 2020, the former journalist and current associate professor at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy launched the first issue of Policy for … Read More
Published: November 20, 2019
Posted In: Alumni, Graduate, In the News, St. George, UTM
Recent UTM philosophy graduate Unnati Patel and her family this year celebrate fall Convocation, 30 years after her first graduation, when she received a degree in applied science and electrical engineering. Read more about Unnati’s journey in U of T News. You can also listen to Unnati speak with Matt … Read More
Published: August 1, 2019
Posted In: Alumni, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is sad to report the passing of Dr. Abbyann D. Lynch, C.M., O.Ont., L.M.S., Ph.D., LL.D (Hon.), D.S.L. (Hon.). Abbyann was a philosopher and bioethicist, a pioneer in bioethics in Canada, and one of the founders of the Department’s bioethics programs. She also offered the Department’s first … Read More
Published: July 4, 2019
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, St. George
We’re delighted to announce that Owen Pikkert (PhD, 2018) has been selected as the winner of the 2018 David Savan Dissertation Prize for his dissertation Leibniz and the Principle of Sufficient Reason, supervised by Professor Marleen Rozemond. “I came to graduate school knowing two things about Leibniz. The first is that Leibniz believed that God … Read More
Published: November 16, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, General, In the News
Professor Vincent Shen, a globally respected philosopher and popular teacher, died peacefully on November 14, 2018 surrounded by his family. Appointed to both the Department of East Asian Studies and the Department of Philosophy at U of T, Shen was a prolific scholar whose vast and diverse body of work … Read More
This article originally appeared on the UTM News website. Owen Ware earned his PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto, and seven years later, he’s delighted to be back as an assistant professor at UTM. “It’s like coming full circle and being back home,” says Ware. “When I saw … Read More
Published: October 11, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is immensely proud of our doctoral alumni, who are making an impact all over the world in their respective areas of research. We’re pleased to report that six of our recent PhD graduates have secured positions at a range of esteemed institutions across North America. Where … Read More
In a new interview with the Oxford Review of Books, philosopher Stephen Yablo (MIT), who completed his BSc in philosophy and mathematics at U of T in 1979 before receiving his PhD from UCLA in 1986, discusses the development of his philosophical career and ideas. In particular, Hans Herzberger, one of Yablo’s undergraduate … Read More
Published: September 12, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, In the News, St. George
Congratulations are in order for Professor Mark Kingwell, who joins 10 other U of T scholars in being named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a prestigious body that recognizes outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement. The honour is considered one of the country’s foremost scholarly accomplishments. Moreover, Professor … Read More
