Published: June 9, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, St. George
It is with sadness that the department announces the passing of our late colleague, Professor Emeritus Peter H. Hess. Born in Germany on September 22, 1934, Hess moved to Canada in 1957 and obtained an undergraduate degree from what was then the University of Western Ontario. He enrolled in the … Read More
Published: May 28, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, General, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate
Mark Kingwell’s latest book, Question Authority: A Polemic about Trust in Five Meditations (Biblioasis 2025), examines what he perceives as an immense crisis of trust in institutions of democratic authority and knowledge production. Kingwell asks readers to reassess how they think for themselves, also offering suggestions for restoring a healthy … Read More
Published: May 24, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate
Alex Koo, an assistant professor in the Teaching Stream, has won the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Outstanding Teaching Award–Early Career. The award recognizes excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, with a focus on classroom instruction, course design, and curriculum development. “The quality of our undergraduate and graduate teaching is … Read More
Published: May 14, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
A new podcast at the University of Toronto Scarborough is inviting students to slow down and think more carefully. The Agora, launched by the Association of Philosophy Students (APS), is a student-led initiative that brings philosophical discussion into a format that’s accessible, engaging, and timely. Rather than offering answers, it … Read More
Published: April 4, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
David Dyzenhaus, a University Professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the Faculty of Law, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, his alma mater. Wits awards honorary doctorates recognizing individuals who have made lasting contributions to their respective fields, advancing knowledge, research and … Read More
Published: April 2, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is happy to announce four new faculty members, all of which will assume their positions with us in the summer. Michael Arsenault is a double graduate (BA and MA) of the University of Toronto, who earned his doctorate in philosophy at the University of California Berkeley … Read More
Published: April 1, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate
Karina Vold, an assistant professor of Philosophy at U of T’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST), spoke to Adam Segal about AI’s existential questions.
Published: March 26, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, St. George
Kristen Beard, a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy, and Brendan de Kenessey, an assistant professor, have been awarded 2025 Marc Sanders Foundation Media Fellowships. The Foundation’s Philosophy in Media Initiative aims to increase the presence of philosophy in print, audio, and video media by training philosophers to write … Read More
Published: March 19, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
David Dyzenhaus, a University Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Toronto, has received the prestigious Killam Prize for social sciences. The Killam Prize recognizes researchers at Canadian universities who have achieved international scholarly eminence in one of five fields: health sciences, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences or … Read More
Published: March 13, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Faculty members of the Department of Philosophy published an impressive number of academic books in the past few months, ranging in topic from race and utopia, Romantic mythology, and the role of water in our psychological ecosystem. Be sure to stop by the display in the department hallway to browse … Read More
Published: March 3, 2025
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTSC
On Valentine’s Day, the Association of Philosophy Students (APS) at UTSC launched the first episode of their new philosophy podcast, The Agora. The podcast is one of several initiatives APS executives undertook to revitalize undergraduate philosophy at UTSC. Hosted by Samuella Ojo, a second-year student, their debut episode delves deep into … Read More
Published: February 24, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTM
The UTM Research Awards Committee has chosen Nilanjan Das as this year’s winner of the UTM Annual Research Prize in the Humanities. The committee recognized Das’s contributions to the fields of epistemology and Sanskrit philosophy. Gurpreet Rattan, the Chair of Philosophy at UTM, says of Das’s success, “Professor Nilanjan Das is … Read More
