Published: February 2, 2026
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, St. George
How best to honour the legacy of a life-long teacher and critical thinker? This was the decision Cara Waterfall, a poet and mentor, had to make after the death of her father, Donald E. Waterfall (1943–2021). The elder Waterfall was an alumnus of and, later, sessional instructor in the Department … Read More
Published: January 19, 2026
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Franz Huber and Cheryl Misak on the publication of their latest books. Huber‘s Causality, Counterfactuals, and Belief: More Means-End Philosophy just appeared with Oxford University Press. The work offers a novel approach to metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and philosophical logic by exploring means-end derivations of the logics of … Read More
Published: January 9, 2026
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is delighted to welcome Stephen Menn, the inaugural Michael & Virginia Walsh Chair in History of Philosophy. His main areas of research are in ancient Greek philosophy (with current projects in Aristotle, in the pre-Socratics, and in neo-Platonism), in medieval Arabic and Latin philosophy, and in … Read More
Published: May 14, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
A new podcast at the University of Toronto Scarborough is inviting students to slow down and think more carefully. The Agora, launched by the Association of Philosophy Students (APS), is a student-led initiative that brings philosophical discussion into a format that’s accessible, engaging, and timely. Rather than offering answers, it … Read More
Published: April 2, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is happy to announce four new faculty members, all of which will assume their positions with us in the summer. Michael Arsenault is a double graduate (BA and MA) of the University of Toronto, who earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of California Berkeley … Read More
Published: March 13, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Faculty members of the Department of Philosophy published an impressive number of academic books in the past few months, ranging in topic from race and utopia, Romantic mythology, and the role of water in our psychological ecosystem. Be sure to stop by the display in the department hallway to browse … Read More
Published: March 3, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTSC
On Valentine’s Day, the Association of Philosophy Students (APS) at UTSC launched the first episode of their new philosophy podcast, The Agora. The podcast is one of several initiatives APS executives undertook to revitalize undergraduate philosophy at UTSC. Hosted by Samuella Ojo, a second-year student, their debut episode delves deep into … Read More
Published: September 13, 2024
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our emeritus colleague Jack Stevenson, who passed away at the age of 92. He had joined the department in 1966, initially as a visiting professor from the University of Manitoba, then as a regular faculty member. Born in Ottawa, … Read More
Published: March 22, 2024
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Graduate, St. George
Scott Alexander Howard, who earned his PhD in Philosophy in 2011 and was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, has published his much-anticipated first novel, The Other Valley (Simon & Schuster, 2024). Howard, whose academic work focused on the relationship among memory, emotion, and literature, has written a piece of speculative … Read More
Published: December 1, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, In the News, St. George, UTM, UTSC
A generous donation from Michael and Virginia Walsh, matched by the Faculty of Arts & Science, will create a $5 million endowment to support the first endowed chair in the Department of Philosophy, the Michael & Virginia Walsh Chair in History of Philosophy.
Published: November 17, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is saddened to announce the death of Professor Emeritus Robert A. Imlay. He passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at Sunnybrook Hospital. The London, Ontario, native earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Western Ontario before heading to the University of Glasgow … Read More
Published: November 13, 2023
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
It is with great sadness that the Department of Philosophy announces that our colleague, friend, alumnus, and respected teacher David Gauthier has died. He passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at the age of 91. Gauthier earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from our department in 1954, to then … Read More
