Published: July 26, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTSC
Congratulations to Professor Sonia Sedivy on the publication of her edited collection, Art, Representation, and Make-Believe: Essays on the Philosophy of Kendall L. Walton (Routledge, 2021). The book is the first collection of essays focused on the varied work of Kendall L. Walton, who has shaped debate about the arts for … Read More
Published: June 15, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Professor Nick Stang on his second term as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Metaphysics and Its History. In his ongoing project, Stang intends to broaden the scope of his work on Immanuel Kant and metaphysics from his first CRC term, which commenced in 2015. While his recent research … Read More
Published: June 10, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
To celebrate the wide range of publications produced by members of the Department of Philosophy in the past year (May 2020–May 2021), we highlight on this page the published work of faculty members, students, postdoctoral fellows, and lecturers. Once again, we are extremely proud of the wide range and innovation … Read More
Published: June 3, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to welcome Belinda Piercy in her new role as assistant to the chair and Jordan Thomson as tri-campus teaching assistant (TA) coordinator. Both Belinda and Jordan are familiar and respected faces in the department, not only as lecturers but also as members of staff. … Read More
Published: April 19, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Architecture—so intertwined is it with our daily lives that most of us rarely pause to think about it, except maybe when travelling (remember that?) or reconsidering our places of residence. Yet the built environment, from the lowly doorknob to such spectacular feats of engineering as the 1,200-foot glass pedestrian bridge … Read More
Published: April 16, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM
The department is saddened to announce the passing of a beloved sessional instructor, Donald (“Don”) E. Waterfall, at his Toronto home on Sunday, April 11, 2021. Waterfall, who had earned a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and a PhD in the same field from Princeton, had … Read More
Published: March 5, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM
Congratulations to Professor Owen Ware on the publication of his latest book, Kant’s Justification of Ethics (Oxford University Press). Blending historical and analytical methods of interpretation, Ware’s new work offers a novel reading of Kant’s foundational arguments for freedom and morality, as well as of Kant’s theories of moral feeling, moral motivation, … Read More
Published: March 1, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
The department is sad to announce the passing of our colleague Graeme Nicholson, who died last Sunday at the age of 84. Graeme did his PhD in our department under the supervision of Emil Fackenheim, joining the teaching staff in 1967. He was an expert in Heidegger, Kant, Hegel, and … Read More
Published: February 18, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George
It was at the July 2020 meeting of the Graduate Philosophy Student Union (GPSU) that Andriy Bilenkyy and Alexandra Gustafson, both PhD students in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto (U of T), decided to address the elephant in the room: more needed to be done to … Read More
Published: February 1, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, UTSC
With the premature passing of Waheed Hussain on January 30, 2021, the philosophy community lost not only a valued faculty member and spellbinding teacher but also one of the most innovative contemporary thinkers at the intersection of politics, moral philosophy, and economics. Students and colleagues mourn a man of deep … Read More
Published: January 27, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to announce that Robbie Matyasi successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on January 25, 2021, becoming the most recent PhD among our students. Robbie, who has taken on a number of roles in the department throughout the years, defended his thesis titled “Spinoza’s Metaphysics of … Read More
Published: January 11, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
On January 9, 2021, the world of philosophy, especially philosophy of science, lost one of its brightest lights with the passing of Professor Emerita Margaret (“Margie”) C. Morrison. Dr. Morrison, who had joined the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto (U of T) in 1989, succumbed to cancer … Read More
