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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Published: October 1, 2018
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, General
In an effort to promote interest in philosophical study at all levels, our department runs the Aristotle Contest, an annual philosophy essay contest for Canadian high school students. Who are the intellectually curious and talented young people that excelled in the contest this year? Let’s get to know them! This … Read More
