Published: October 22, 2021
Posted In: Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George
Anyone following events and courses at the Department of Philosophy for the past year and a half will have noticed something besides the pandemic preponderance of Zoom: lots of activity (including new hires) around topics and approaches often referred to as “global philosophy.” But what, precisely, constitutes global philosophy, who … Read More
Published: October 14, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Wanting to add some titles to your bookshelf? Look no further than the most recent of our faculty members’ publications: In his Philosophical Foundations of Climate Change Policy (Oxford University Press, 2021), Joseph Heath tackles the extent of human obligations in the face of an anthropogenic climate crisis. Taking into consideration … Read More
Published: August 30, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that a paper by our late colleague Waheed Hussain has been selected for the 40th Philosopher’s Annual, a prestigious collection of the best philosophy articles published in the year 2020. Waheed Hussein’s article “Pitting People against Each Other,” appeared in Philosophy & … Read More
Published: August 28, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to assistant professor Trevor Teitel for being awarded a 2021 Connaught New Researcher Award for his project, Modality and Spacetime Physics. The project seeks to show how contemporary work in the metaphysics of modality can be used to develop a novel substantivalist account of space and time. The Connaught New Researcher Awards … Read More
Published: July 26, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
We are thrilled to announce that Professor David Dyzenhaus, who teaches in both the Department of Philosophy and the Faculty of Law, has been elected as a Corresponding Fellow to the British Academy in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the humanities. The British Academy this year welcomed 84 new … Read More
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Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTSC
Congratulations to Professor Sonia Sedivy on the publication of her edited collection, Art, Representation, and Make-Believe: Essays on the Philosophy of Kendall L. Walton (Routledge, 2021). The book is the first collection of essays focused on the varied work of Kendall L. Walton, who has shaped debate about the arts for … Read More
Published: June 30, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTSC
Heartfelt congratulations to our colleagues Jessica Gelber and Julia Nefsky who have been granted tenure. Starting Thursday, July 1, 2021, both will be at the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. We could not be happier for them. About Jessica Gelber Jessica Gelber joined the department (St. George and Graduate … Read More
Published: June 28, 2021
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, UTSC
Jessica Wilson, who in May published Metaphysical Emergence (Oxford University Press, 2021), recently spoke to Richard Marshall for his philosophy interview series titled 3:16 (philosophy interviews after 3:00 AM). There the philosopher of metaphysics and epistemology discusses topics as divergent as gender and philosophy, why anyone would be pessimistic about … Read More
Published: June 15, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Professor Nick Stang on his second term as a Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Metaphysics and Its History. In his ongoing project, Stang intends to broaden the scope of his work on Immanuel Kant and metaphysics from his first CRC term, which commenced in 2015. While his recent research … Read More
Published: June 10, 2021
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
To celebrate the wide range of publications produced by members of the Department of Philosophy in the past year (May 2020–May 2021), we highlight on this page the published work of faculty members, students, postdoctoral fellows, and lecturers. Once again, we are extremely proud of the wide range and innovation … Read More
Published: April 28, 2021
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, St. George
Read an interview with Arthur Ripstein, 2021 Killam Prize winner and the author of a forthcoming book on Kant’s views on war and their present-day relevance. Here, Ripstein speaks to Sean McNeely from the Faculty of Arts & Science about the element of war that makes it distinctively wrong, in … Read More
Published: April 27, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The department is thrilled to announce that Sonia Sedivy and Gurpreet Rattan have been promoted to the rank of full professor, effective July 1, 2021. Sedivy, who has worked in the department for more than 20 years, serves as the current chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University … Read More
