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: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
It’s been a busy few months for doctoral defenses in the department. Congratulations and best wishes for the future to Steven Coyne, who successfully defended his thesis titled “Liberal Theories of Political Authority,” written under the supervision of David Dyzenhaus; Rachel O’Keefe, for her “A χαλεπὸν καὶ ἀμυδρὸν εἶδος: Plotinus’ … Read More
Published: September 27, 2021
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, General, Graduate
The Graduate Department of Philosophy is happy to announce that the 2020 David Savan Disseration Prize has been awarded to Catherine Rioux for her dissertation Rational Hope. The dissertation brings together insights from epistemology, philosophy of mind, decision theory, and normative ethics to explore the nature of hope as a doxastic … Read More
Published: September 21, 2021
Posted In: Alumni, General, Graduate, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is saddened to announce the passing of one of our most eminent alumni, Professor Charles Mills (MA 1975, PhD 1985). Professor Mills began his graduate work in philosophy at Toronto in 1973, after completing an undergraduate degree in physics at the University of the West Indies, … 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 11, 2021
Posted In: Graduate, In the News, St. George
The department is delighted and proud to announce that two of our graduate students, Kristen Beard and Alexandra Gustafson, have published pieces on the Blog of the APA. In “The Circle: How to Foster Community in the Classroom,” Kristen writes about the advantages of a teaching and discussion tool called … Read More
Published: July 7, 2021
Posted In: Alumni, Graduate, In the News, St. George
PhD candidate Emma McClure and alumnus Benjamin Wald, who is now a postdoctoral fellow at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, have participated in a pilot program that embeds ethics modules into existing undergraduate computer science courses in hopes that graduates will design and deploy future technologies in … Read More
Published: June 28, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
Congratulations to our newest PhD, Damian Melamedoff-Vosters! Damian successfully defended “The Grounds of Transcendental Idealism,” written under the supervision of Professor Nicholas Stang, on June 28, 2021. No changes were required of his thesis. Damian’s dissertation focused on the role of ground in Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. In it, Damian argued … Read More
Published: June 23, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, UTSC
We are delighted to share the news that Hamish Russell has won a 2021 UTSC Teaching Award for his outstanding work for the department over the past few years. The award recognizes the contributions by Unit 1 Course Instructors and their exceptional teaching promise. The Department of Philosophy at the University … Read More
Published: June 15, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
“It might seem daunting,” PhD student Zain Raza acknowledged in a video providing application tips to prospective students in the Department of Philosophy earlier this year. “The size, the privilege, the status, the reputation of the department” all might make you think of it as a place focused solely on … 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 9, 2021
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
At the end of March, C Dalrymple-Fraser, one of the department’s PhD students and course instructors, received recognition for their dedication to accessible, equitable, and practice-based undergraduate instruction in the form of a Superior Graduate Student Course Instructor Teaching Award from the Faculty of Arts & Science. C’s PHL382 course, … Read More
