Published: May 13, 2026
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
The Philosophy Department congratulates the latest PhDs to defend their dissertations. David Rattray defended “Getting Purposes in Mind,” supervised by Denis Walsh in October 2025. Denis Walsh describes David Rattray’s work as a highly innovative dissertation that “draws out some of the implications of agent-centred evolutionary biology for traditional issues … Read More
Published: May 11, 2026
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
It is with great sadness that the Department of Philosophy remembers our cherished colleague Professor Emeritus Hans George Herzberger, a philosopher and logician with a varied set of interests from Gottlob Frege’s inexpressible to the silence of Buddha. He passed away in the Rishi Valley, India, on January 30, 2026, … Read More
Published: January 30, 2026
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
It is our pleasure to announce Kristen Beard as the winner of the 2024-25 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for her outstanding work teaching PHLB13 Philosophy and Feminism. The committee was greatly impressed by Kristen’s solutions to the difficult task of teaching a large online class in the time of … Read More
Published: January 9, 2026
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, Graduate, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
The Department of Philosophy is delighted to welcome Stephen Menn, the inaugural Michael & Virginia Walsh Chair in History of Philosophy. His main areas of research are in ancient Greek philosophy (with current projects in Aristotle, in the pre-Socratics, and in neo-Platonism), in medieval Arabic and Latin philosophy, and in … Read More
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Posted In: Alumni, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
In time for the new year–and the intention-setting that often goes along with it–Philosophy alumna Valerie Tiberius (BA 1990) spoke to MPR News about the difference between a pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of what she calls “flourishing.” Tiberius is now a professor of Philosophy at the University of … Read More
Published: December 15, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
We are delighted to announce Alexander de Guzman as the winner of this year’s Martha Lile Love Essay Award for his paper, “Outsourced Deliberation: Attention, Advertising, and the Myth of Control.” He wrote the essay for an independent study with Sara Aronowitz. The selection committee noted about the award-winning essay, … Read More
Published: December 10, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Congratulations to Liang Zhou Koh, the most recently minted PhD in the Department of Philosophy at U of T. He successfully defended his dissertation in the field of epistemology titled “Knowing Together,” written under the supervision of Jennifer Nagel. He has now taken on a postdoctoral fellowship in the Philosophy … Read More
Published: December 1, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
On November 14, colleagues and former students came together to celebrate a man whose research on and teaching of ancient Greek philosophy has shaped the field for decades: Lloyd P. Gerson. After more than fifty years in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and a prolific writing … Read More
Published: November 21, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 Undergraduate Essay Awards: Zifan Nameer claimed the Hypatia Award for advanced undergraduates with his essay titled “How Is Metaphysics Metaphysically Possible?” The Spinoza Award, which recognizes excellence in undergraduate philosophy writing for early-year students, went to Matthew DeKock for his paper titled “Do … Read More
Published: November 7, 2025
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Yiwen (Molly) Mao, Sophie Zhang, and Diksha Mehta–they emerged victorious, but “competition was exceptionally tough this year” in the 2025 Aristotle Contest edition, says Jim John, the Department of Philosophy’s high school coordinator and lead of the Aristotle Contest adjudicating committee. Rising above the crowd in a highly competitive field, … Read More
Published: October 20, 2025
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The Department of Philosophy congratulates its three most recent PhDs: In September, John R. Miller successfully defended his dissertation titled “Wahkootowin Ethics: A Métis Approach to the Ethics of Kinship,” supervised by Andrew Franklin-Hall. Miller currently holds the position of lecturer at the University of Victoria. David Rattray and Kristen Beard … Read More
Published: October 15, 2025
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, St. George, UTM, UTSC
Are leading Canadian research universities doing enough to prepare students for life after graduation? Robert Gibbs wonders if they could be doing better by getting undergraduate students more involved and engaged in original research. It is what he explores in his latest book, What Could a University Be? Revolutionary Ideas for … Read More
