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Jennifer Nagel to give presidential address at the 2019 APA Central Division Meeting

Published: February 20, 2019

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Currently underway in Denver is the American Philosophical Association (APA) 2019 Central Division Meeting, and quite a few scholars affiliated with our department will be presenting. Michael Barkarsi will be speaking on “The Role of Visual Representations in Seeing,” Evan Westra on “Knowledge of Character: Reliable Trait Attribution and the … Read More

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Douglas Campbell wins Martha Lile Love Teaching Award

Published: December 20, 2018

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We are pleased to announce that Douglas Campbell has won the 2018 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for his outstanding work teaching PHL210Y1Y (F term) 17th and 18th Century Philosophy at the St. George campus, summer 2018. The committee was impressed with Campbell’s thoughtful course design, his energy and focus in the classroom, … Read More

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Liang Zhou Koh Wins 2018 Martha Lile Love Essay Award

Published: December 10, 2018

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It is our pleasure to announce that Liang Zhou Koh is the winner of this year’s Martha Lile Love Essay Award, for his essay, “Rational Dispositions, the Brain-Scrambler, and Brains-in-Vats”. Liang Zhou’s essay discusses Timothy Williamson’s argument that a content-oriented conception of epistemic rationality and a disposition-oriented one are not equivalent, … Read More

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Lu-Vada Dunford awarded Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Published: July 27, 2018

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On July 19, 2018, the list of recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) was made public, and we’re delighted to announce that our very own PhD student Lu-Vada Dunford has been appointed a Vanier Scholar. Lu-Vada’s research is in ethics, political philosophy, and pragmatism, with a particular … Read More

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Dr. Johanna Thoma wins 2017 Savan Dissertation Prize

Published: July 16, 2018

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We’re delighted to announce that Johanna Thoma (PhD, 2017) has been selected as the winner of the 2017 David Savan Dissertation Prize for her dissertation Advice for the Steady: Decision Theory and the Requirements of Instrumental Rationality, supervised by Professor Sergio Tenenbaum. Dr. Thoma’s dissertation was also the recipient of a Governor … Read More

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From our archives: Ronald De Sousa interviews Ian Hacking (1992)

Published: May 10, 2018

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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