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Jennifer Nagel and Denis Walsh appointed part of Schwartz Reisman Institute’s inaugural Research Leadership Team

Published: March 23, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC

We are proud to announce that two members of our department, Jennifer Nagel and Denis Walsh, have been appointed part of the inaugural Research Leadership Team of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, established in 2019. The Institute, under the leadership of Gillian Hadfield, brings together leading scholars … Read More

Current Departmental Office Hours

Published: March 16, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Staff, Undergraduate

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic means that the physical offices of the Department of Philosophy remain closed for the moment. Access to the Jackman Humanities Building is by fob and key only. All administrative staff and faculty members are currently working remotely and remain available to answer your questions and concerns. … Read More

Cheryl Misak publishes Frank Ramsey biography

Published: March 6, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, In the News, St. George

We are delighted to announce the publication of Cheryl Misak’s long-awaited biography of Frank P. Ramsey, one of the twentieth century’s intellectual luminaries whose untimely death in 1930 at the age of 26 condemned him to popular obscurity. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers (OUP, 2020) details with care … Read More

Kamil Majcherek wins 2020 JHP Jan Wojcik Memorial Prize

Published: March 4, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George

With great pride and pleasure we announce that Kamil Majcherek, a current PhD student in the department, has been awarded the 2020 Jan Wojcik Memorial Prize from the Journal for the History of Philosophy. Every year the prize goes to one exceptional graduate student to support their travel for research … Read More

Eliran Haziza takes the 2019 Martha Lile Love Essay Award

Published: February 18, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC

With great pleasure we announce that Eliran Haziza has emerged as the winner of this year’s Martha Lile Love Essay Award for his essay titled “Asserting, Implying, and Knowing That You Know.” In the piece, Eliran argues that if one accepts a knowledge norm of assertion, according to which one … Read More

In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Colin Howson

Published: January 10, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC

Colin Howson, a respected philosopher of science and decision theorist who taught at the University of Toronto’s Department of Philosophy between 2008 and 2014, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020, leaving behind his spouse of many years, Professor Emerita Margaret Morrison. At U of T, Howson led classes on … Read More

2019 Aristotle Contest winners announced

Published: November 12, 2019

Posted In: Announcements, General

The evidence is clear: Canadian high school students do not shy away from the difficult questions. In collaboration with the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association (OPTA), U of T’s Department of Philosophy this year once again called on budding philosophers in Canada to show their intellectual mettle and respond to one … Read More

Dr. Owen Pikkert wins 2018 David Savan Dissertation Prize

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

Arthur Ripstein to deliver 2019 UC Berkeley Tanner Lectures

Published: February 20, 2019

Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General

We are immensely pleased to announce that the department’s acting chair, Professor Arthur Ripstein, will deliver the 2019 Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the University of California, Berkeley, on April 9-11. Professor Ripstein’s two lectures — titled “Rules for Wrongdoers” and “Combatants and Civilians” — will take on the … Read More

In Memoriam: Vincent Shen (1949-2018)

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

Undergraduate philosophy journal now accepting submissions for 20th edition

Published: October 23, 2018

Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC

Founded in 1998, Noēsis is our department’s journal of undergraduate philosophy, and they are now accepting submissions for their 20th edition. All undergraduate students from a Canadian university (or on exchange at a Canadian university) are invited to submit their best papers for publication. Submission guidelines and instructions can be found on the … Read More

Six doctoral alumni take up new faculty posts across North America

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

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