Published: December 18, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Cheryl Misak has been appointed Interim Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy effective December 15, 2020. She has taken over the reins from Michael Sabia who recently announced his resignation as director to become the Deputy Minister of Finance for the Government of Canada. Professor … Read More
Published: December 15, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM
Need some reading material in philosophy over the break? Look no further. Besides the books we have been announcing over the past weeks, two more have been published in recent months by members of the department. Joseph Heath‘s The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State (Oxford University Press) offers … Read More
Published: December 11, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, In the News, St. George
We are delighted to announce an important intervention into a current debate by Professor Emerita Ingrid Stefanovic: alongside Zafar Adeel (Simon Fraser University), she has edited Ethical Water Stewardship (Springer, 2020). An introduction to the topic for philosophers and non-philosophers alike, the tome for the first time links water ethics … Read More
Published: November 21, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
To our Philosophy Graduates today: Congratulations! You have not only shown your dedication, intelligence, and courage in studying philosophy here at the University for the past several years—you have also managed to get through our program under the extremely challenging circumstances of COVID-19, when courses magically shifted online and professorial … Read More
Published: October 26, 2020
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The past six months have passed in a whirlwind, but they’ve been incredibly productive and successful for the department! Take a look at a recap of our biggest news since March in issue 12 of the Department of Philosophy e-News. Accidentally missing from the announcements in the e-bulletin is another … Read More
Published: August 10, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Elizabeth Zhu is a name to remember. Last year, as a 16-year-old Grade 11 student, Elizabeth genuinely impressed the judges with her submission to the 2019 Aristotle Contest, an annual essay-writing competition co-hosted between U of T’s Department of Philosophy and OPTA, the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association. The adjudicating committee … Read More
Published: July 20, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
Looking for a way to build community and help your peers? This is your opportunity: The Department of Philosophy is hiring up to three (3) PHL Assistant Peer Mentors. What is PHL1? The PHL1 program is offered by the Department of Philosophy and created for the purpose of fostering an … Read More
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: June 1, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, Video and Audio
Have 20 minutes? Then come join Cheryl Misak as she speaks to Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on their philosophy podcast, Philosophy Bites. The episode, originally released on Saturday, May 30, 2020, has her talk about the subject of her recently published biography, Frank Ramsey, and his more widely known … Read More
Published: May 13, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
We have two freshly minted PhDs in the department: Jessica Wright and Daniel Rabinoff. Jessica, who wrote her dissertation titled “Owning Implicit Attitudes” under the supervision of Jennifer Nagel, defended her thesis without a hitch on Tuesday, May 5, 2020—as is typical during our current moment, online, via Zoom. Today, … Read More
Published: April 30, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
Every year, the Department of Philosophy hosts a Book Launch and Spring Party to celebrate major publications by faculty members, bring closure to one academic year, and welcome the possibilities of a new one. In 2020, things have turned out a little different—but that doesn’t mean we cannot acknowledge the … Read More
