Published: October 17, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
It is our great pleasure to announce that Damian Melamedoff-Vosters and Daniel Munro have been selected as the co-winners of the 2022 David Savan Dissertation Prize, which is awarded in recognition “of the excellence of a doctoral thesis in philosophy submitted and successfully defended by a student in the Graduate … Read More
Published: October 3, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George
The Department of Philosophy mourns Professor Emeritus Barry F. Brown, a cherished colleague, teacher, and long-time member and supporter of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto. Brown, who was born in small-town Manitoba in 1934 and raised in Vancouver, B.C., first joined U of T as a master’s … Read More
Published: September 19, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTSC
We are pleased to announce that Christian Pfeiffer was awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of associate professor, as of July 1, 2022. Pfeiffer specializes in ancient philosophy, in particular, in Aristotle’s theoretical philosophy. His 2018 book Aristotle’s Theory of Bodies (OUP) offers a ground-breaking study of Aristotle’s conception of … Read More
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It is with deep sadness that the Department of Philosophy announces the passing of our colleague Professor Emerita Kathryn Pauly Morgan on September 16, 2022, after a protracted illness. She will be missed by her many dear friends in the department. Kathryn grew up in Wisconsin as the first-born child, … Read More
Published: September 14, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
With the beginning of the Fall 2022 term, the department is pleased to welcome new faculty members on all three campuses. At St. George, we extend a warm welcome to Sara Aronowitz, an assistant professor working on the study of memory, learning, and imagination. Reza Hadisi, also an assistant professor … Read More
Published: September 1, 2022
Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
A few months ahead of his 90th birthday, in May 2022, David Gauthier, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Philosophy at U of T, published not one but two volumes of collected writings with Oxford University Press. The achievement reflects perfectly Gauthier’s eminence in philosophy and the … Read More
Published: August 4, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
The department is delighted to announce that Sophia Moreau, a professor of Philosophy and Law, is one of the recipients of the Canadian Philosophical Association’s (CPA) 2022 CPA Book Prize for her work Faces of Inequality: A Theory of Wrongful Discrimination (Oxford University Press, 2020). Faces of Inequality defends an … Read More
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Congratulations to Eric Shoemaker, a PhD candidate in the department, for winning the inaugural Erik Olin Wright Prize from the Havens Wright Center for Social Justice at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Shoemaker, who earned his JD from the University of Toronto in 2020 and specializes in democratic theory … Read More
Published: June 27, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTM
Congratulations to Jennifer Nagel for having been awarded the 2023 Ernest Sosa Prize Lecture by the American Philosophy Association (APA). The Ernest Sosa Prize Lecture was established with the APA to honor substantial achievement in epistemology. Winners of the prize must be outstanding contributors to epistemology, able to explain complex ideas … Read More
Published: June 15, 2022
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
Three years ago, when many of you had just completed your first year at the University of Toronto, the Toronto Raptors basketball team won the NBA Championship. I remember the massive crowd that gathered at Nathan Phillips Square to celebrate the team’s victory. None of us knew what was coming: … Read More
Published: June 6, 2022
Posted In: Graduate, In the News, St. George, UTSC
If you’re casting about for a short, thought-provoking read or have a half-hour to spare to listen to an equally absorbing podcast, look no further: On June 5, PhD candidate and president of the GPSU Alexandra Gustafson entered into conversation with David Rutledge on his podcast The Philosopher’s Zone to talk … Read More
Published: May 24, 2022
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
We’re delighted to announce that Griffin Klemick, a graduate student in the department and a part-time assistant professor (teaching stream) with us, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on May 20, 2022. The thesis, titled “How to Be a Pragmatist in the End: Objectivity, Skepticism, and the Demands of Agency” and … Read More
