Published: January 11, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, St. George
by Greg Evans Prof. Donald Dwight Evans (1927-2018) was a gifted philosopher, educator, mystic humanist, social activist, spiritual counsellor and mentor. Born September 21, 1927 to Ira Dwight Evans and Jesse Milliken Evans in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, he lived a rich life, full of diverse intellectual pursuits. … Read More
Published: December 11, 2017
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that one of our alumni, Shelley Weinberg (PhD, 2008) is the winner of this year’s Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize. Weinberg is currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois. Prof. Weinberg’s winning book, Consciousness in Locke, was published … Read More
Published: October 10, 2017
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Staff, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
Our annual newsletter, Philosophy News (PDF), covers the activities, events, and accomplishments of the Department of Philosophy’s faculty, staff, and students over the most recent academic year. 2016-17 was a busy and fruitful year for our department as the study of philosophy continued to grow in breadth and popularity at the … Read More
Published: September 26, 2017
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, UTM
Philosophy specialist Rima Basu (’15), currently a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California, has won an APA Sanders Graduate Student Award for her paper “Moral Encroachment”. Rima’s research is at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of race. These annual prizes are awarded to the three best papers in mind, metaphysics, … Read More
Published: September 7, 2017
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, St. George, UTSC
On September 14th, the Prindle Institute and the DePauw University philosophy department will host the Young Philosophers Lecture Series, in which four “young philosophers” (defined as scholars who received their PhD in philosophy in the last 6 years) will present their work. This year, two of the four participants are alumni of the … Read More
Published: June 20, 2017
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to congratulate Dr. Johanna Thoma on being awarded the 2017 Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence at the graduate level. Johanna Thoma was presented with the Governor General’s Gold Medal in a ceremony at the Faculty Club on May 25, 2017. In attendance … Read More
Published: December 10, 2016
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, Graduate
Congratulations to Eran Tal on having been awarded the 2016 Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize. The Prize is awarded annually for the best paper appearing in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He received the prize jointly with Elizabeth Irvine. For more information about Eran’s award-winning article see the British Journal … Read More
Published: October 31, 2016
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, UTM
On 11 October 2016, the University of Toronto Mississauga lost a treasured friend and member of our family: Professor Jacqueline Brunning of the Department of Philosophy passed away at age 81. Jackie would dislike that I am writing this because she asked that no commemorations be held in her memory. But … Read More
Published: December 13, 2015
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Francis Sparshott, one of the Department’s most prominent scholars, died on August 24, 2015. An obituary (written by Mark Thornton) and a series of reflections about Francis (from his former students and colleagues) are below. In addition, the American Society for Aesthetics has posted an obituary of Francis Sparshott written by … Read More
Published: March 16, 2015
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that Dr. Luke Roelofs is the winner of this year’s David Savan Dissertation Prize. In a year of many fine candidates, Dr Roelofs’ thesis, “Combining minds: A defense of the possibility of Experiential Combination”, was judged to be the best. As specified in … Read More
Published: March 9, 2014
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, UTM
Remembering André Gombay by Arthur Ripstein I had the privilege of being André’s colleague for twenty-seven years. I participated in the conference in his honour when he retired at the age of sixty-five. I presided over his re-retirement in my capacity as department chair, when, after fifteen years of post-retirement … Read More
Published: February 12, 2013
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, General, Graduate
The 2012 winner of the Martha Lile Love Award for Excellence in Teaching Philosophy, chosen from among graduate instructors who taught courses on any of the three University of Toronto campuses between September 2011 and August 2012, is Lana Kühle for her PHL 232, Knowledge and Reality, St. George campus, … Read More
