Published: May 22, 2018
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, Undergraduate
What qualifies as science? How are scientific observations and theories related? What is inference? How do we calculate likelihood? What methods do we use to know things? These and related questions are familiar to philosophers of science, and indeed to all philosophers, but they may not be commonly heard at … Read More
In the winter 1992 edition of Philosophy News, Ronald De Sousa interviewed Ian Hacking (both are now Professors Emeriti in our department). Professor Hacking discusses his writing strategies and his philosophical influences, and even reveals that he threw his manuscript of a book about Foucault into the “dustbin”! Read the interview … Read More
Published: May 8, 2018
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, St. George
This year, U of T’s 275 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) are the largest amount at one institution in the history of the program, and the most of any institution in Canada. We’re very proud that our departmental Chair, Professor Martin Pickavé, is one of this year’s renewed CRCs. As Tier … Read More
Published: April 26, 2018
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM
We’re delighted to announce that Jennifer Nagel has been promoted to the rank of full professor, effective July 1. The promotion “couldn’t be more deserved,” says department Chair Martin Pickavé. Professor Nagel is not only an acclaimed scholar (her paper “Intuitions and Experiments: a Defense of the Case Method in … Read More
Published: April 10, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, Staff, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
What started as a 4-page black-and-white newsletter in 1991 has now evolved into a full-colour, glossy, 30+ page annual philosophy magazine with compelling features and interviews from around our discipline’s community in Toronto and beyond. We’re very proud to present the latest issue of Philosophy News! We’ll be publishing individual articles … Read More
Published: February 27, 2018
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Every year, Universities Canada publishes a round-up of researchers at Canadian universities who have won major international research awards. This year, philosophy professors Margaret Morrison and Cheryl Misak are two of the researchers profiled, each for their receipt of a Guggenheim Fellowship in the past year. These researchers “exemplify the creativity … Read More
Published: February 26, 2018
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, Video and Audio
In a ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 30, 2017, University Professor Thomas Hurka was presented with a 2017 Killam Prize – one of five awarded to top Canadian Scholars – by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. The award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding … Read More
Published: February 2, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, UTSC
Our alumnus G. Anthony Bruno (PhD, 2013) recently joined Royal Holloway University of London as lecturer, and has now co-edited a new volume on skepticism with A. C. Rutherford titled Skepticism: Historical and Contemporary Inquiries (Routledge). The book features a chapter by Prof. Bruno himself as well as U of T professors … Read More
Published: January 18, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Faculty, General, In the News, St. George
The article below appeared in U of T News on Jan. 12, 2018, and features commentary from Prof. Mark Kingwell on the ethics and social implications of artificial intelligence, in advance of his Jan. 22 talk in London, titled “Humans and Artificial Intelligence – What Happens Next?” It’s time to talk about … Read More
Published: January 12, 2018
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George
Published by Cambridge University Press, Prof. Lloyd Gerson has edited a volume that is the first complete edition of the Enneads in English in over 75 years, and also includes Porphyry’s Life of Plotinus. Gerson and his team have assembled a significant new translation from the best available text (the … Read More
Published: January 11, 2018
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, St. George
by Greg Evans Prof. Donald Dwight Evans (1927-2018) was a gifted philosopher, educator, mystic humanist, social activist, spiritual counsellor and mentor. Born September 21, 1927 to Ira Dwight Evans and Jesse Milliken Evans in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, he lived a rich life, full of diverse intellectual pursuits. … Read More
Published: December 20, 2017
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC, Video and Audio
Pictured: Jessica Wilson (L) and Jennifer Nagel (R). In summer of 2017, eight of our faculty members were recipients of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council’s Insight Grants, a program whose goal is to support research excellence in all subject areas of the humanities and social sciences. Both emerging and … Read More
