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Building a Culture of Debate: The Inaugural Ontario High School Ethics Bowl

Published: March 27, 2020

Posted In: Faculty, General, Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM

Sunny skies and crisp air graced the Greater Toronto Area on March 7, 2020, but inside the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Instructional Building, the heat was on: teams from 11 provincial high schools had come together to compete in the inaugural Ontario High School Ethics Bowl. Organized with diligence … Read More

Jennifer Nagel and Denis Walsh appointed part of Schwartz Reisman Institute’s inaugural Research Leadership Team

Published: March 23, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC

We are proud to announce that two members of our department, Jennifer Nagel and Denis Walsh, have been appointed part of the inaugural Research Leadership Team of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, established in 2019. The Institute, under the leadership of Gillian Hadfield, brings together leading scholars … Read More

Eliran Haziza takes the 2019 Martha Lile Love Essay Award

Published: February 18, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George, UTM, UTSC

With great pleasure we announce that Eliran Haziza has emerged as the winner of this year’s Martha Lile Love Essay Award for his essay titled “Asserting, Implying, and Knowing That You Know.” In the piece, Eliran argues that if one accepts a knowledge norm of assertion, according to which one … Read More

In memoriam: Professor Emeritus Colin Howson

Published: January 10, 2020

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC

Colin Howson, a respected philosopher of science and decision theorist who taught at the University of Toronto’s Department of Philosophy between 2008 and 2014, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2020, leaving behind his spouse of many years, Professor Emerita Margaret Morrison. At U of T, Howson led classes on … Read More

Unnati Patel proves it’s never too late to follow your dreams

Published: November 20, 2019

Posted In: Alumni, Graduate, In the News, St. George, UTM

Recent UTM philosophy graduate Unnati Patel and her family this year celebrate fall Convocation, 30 years after her first graduation, when she received a degree in applied science and electrical engineering. Read more about Unnati’s journey in U of T News. You can also listen to Unnati speak with Matt … Read More

UTM Philosophy faculty win SSHRC research grants in 2019 competition

Published: October 21, 2019

Posted In: Awards and Honours, UTM

Professors Gurpreet Rattan and Byeong Yi were awarded multiyear SSHRC Insight Grants in 2019. Rattan’s project, “The Intellect and Its Limits,” explores the necessary, principled, limits of the intellect, which derive from the very idea of trying to attain an objective perspective on the world.” Yi’s “Semantic Relationism and the … Read More

Professor Jennifer Nagel speaks with U of T Magazine about her experience as a refugee sponsor

Published: October 7, 2019

Posted In: Faculty, In the News, UTM

Professor Jennifer Nagel is one of thousands of Canadians who stepped forward in response to the Syrian refugee crisis to participate in private refugee sponsorship. John Lorinc (BSc 1987, UC), who writes about urban affairs and business for various media, including U of T Magazine, talks with Professor Nagel for … Read More

UTM Philosophy to host talk and book signing by Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Published: September 12, 2019

Posted In: UTM

The UTM Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce that on September 24, Justice Beverley McLachlin will visit UTM to give us a glimpse inside her newly published memoir, Truth Be Told: My Journey Through Life and the Law (Simon & Schuster, September 2019). McLachlin, who holds BA and MA … Read More

The Department Welcomes Alex Koo

Published: June 13, 2019

Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTM

Alex Koo joins the St. George and UTM Departments as Assistant Professor (Teaching-Stream). A renowned teacher of logic, Prof. Koo has already developed new pedagogical strategies for several large courses offered on both campuses. In particular, he has revamped PHL245H: Modern Symbolic Logic to be a hybrid and flipped course, … Read More

UTM Philosophy Professor Gives Presidential Address

Published: March 22, 2019

Posted In: Graduate, St. George, UTM

In March 2019, Prof. Jennifer Nagel of UTM Philosophy delivered the Presidential Address at the 2019 meeting of the American Philosophical Association’s Central Division in Denver, Colorado. Nagel is the first scholar from a Canadian university to be elected president of an APA division.

UTM News interviews alumnus and assistant professor Owen Ware

Published: October 29, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Faculty, General, UTM

This article originally appeared on the UTM News website. Owen Ware earned his PhD in philosophy at the University of Toronto, and seven years later, he’s delighted to be back as an assistant professor at UTM. “It’s like coming full circle and being back home,” says Ware. “When I saw … Read More

Undergraduate philosophy journal now accepting submissions for 20th edition

Published: October 23, 2018

Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate, UTM, UTSC

Founded in 1998, Noēsis is our department’s journal of undergraduate philosophy, and they are now accepting submissions for their 20th edition. All undergraduate students from a Canadian university (or on exchange at a Canadian university) are invited to submit their best papers for publication. Submission guidelines and instructions can be found on the … Read More

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