Published: May 10, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
It is with deep sadness that the Department of Philosophy announces the passing of one of its most eminent members, Professor Emeritus Ian M. Hacking, CC, FRSC, FBA. The influential scholar, dedicated teacher, and prolific author—whose wide-ranging work probed foundational questions about the nature of concepts and who is credited … Read More
Published: May 7, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, 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. Once again in 2023, we wish to acknowledge the extensive academic output by members of the … Read More
Published: May 5, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy mourns the sudden death of our cherished colleague and friend Professor Emeritus Thomas More Robinson, a distinguished expert in ancient Greek philosophy, a dedicated teacher, and, in later years, a widely published and translated playwright. He passed away on April 23, 2023, in Paris, France, following … Read More
Published: May 4, 2023
Posted In: Faculty, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is deeply saddened by the unexpected loss of our colleague and friend Professor Emeritus Derek Allen, Honorary Fellow Trinity College, University of Toronto. Allen was a respected scholar, consummate educator, and talented administrator who served for 16 years as Trinity College’s Dean of Arts & Vice-Provost. … Read More
Published: April 26, 2023
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When the moral and political philosopher Waheed Hussain prematurely lost his life to cancer in January 2021, he left behind an immense sense of loss—family, friends, colleagues, and students mourned a man of deep insight, fierce engagement, wit, and warmth. He also left behind an unfinished book manuscript, eight chapters … Read More
Published: April 14, 2023
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
For her global reputation as a leading scholar of anti-discrimination law, Sophia Moreau, a professor in the Faculty of Law and the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has received the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize (Influential Leader). The honour is one of the Awards of … Read More
Published: April 11, 2023
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTM
Congratulations to Andrew Sepielli, an associate professor on the UTM campus and in the Graduate Department at St. George, who has received a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2023-24. Each year, Princeton University’s Center for Human Values awards fellows the opportunity to devote an academic … Read More
Published: March 28, 2023
Posted In: Alumni, Faculty, General, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
By Petra Dreiser A lone, forest-green banner fluttered in the breeze outside the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Instructional Building on the morning of Saturday, March 4, 2023. It offered a rare flash of colour in a landscape blanketed in layers of frosty white by the season’s most intense … Read More
Published: March 16, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate
The department extends a warm welcome to visiting professor Taras Lyutyi from Ukraine. An expert in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche, he hails from the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA). His academic interests further extend to philosophical anthropology and the philosophy … Read More
Published: February 27, 2023
Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy mourns the death of Professor Emeritus John Greer Slater, a formidable scholar of Bertrand Russell, former chair of the department, esteemed teacher, and cherished colleague. Slater passed away from complications of COVID-19 on November 19, 2022. Born in the United States on June 1, 1930, Slater … Read More
Published: February 8, 2023
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, St. George
Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines has been a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption (think anything from Frankenstein to Black Mirror and beyond). It is rooted in the possibility that non-conscious entities may turn out superior to biological life forms, ultimately surpassing and possibly subjugating biological forms of intelligent … Read More
Published: January 13, 2023
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, Professor Emeritus FRSC Fred F. Wilson, on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Wilson—an indefatigable scholar and dedicated teacher who also found time for a series of active service roles—worked in, and helped shape, … Read More
