Philosophy News - UTSC

2024 David Savan Dissertation Prize for Alice Chao-Wei Huang

Published: September 30, 2024

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With great pleasure we announce that Alice Chao-Wei Huang has been selected as the winner of the 2024 David Savan Dissertation Prize for her dissertation “Diversity in the Time of Data,” supervised by Jonathan Weisberg. An honorable mention goes to Henry Krahn for his dissertation “Protest as Holding Others Accountable,” supervised by … Read More

Faculty Promotions

Published: June 5, 2024

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The Department of Philosophy extends its warmest congratulations to faculty members Avia Pasternak and Nick Stang for their promotion to the rank of professor. A member of the Graduate Department of Philosophy at St. George, Pasternak also teaches at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus. Her research centers around questions … Read More

William E. Seager Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Published: September 8, 2023

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Immense congratulations to Professor Emeritus William E. Seager for his recent appointment as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada—a prestigious distinction reserved for the country’s most distinguished scholars, artists, and scientists. The RSC’s website describes Seager as “one of the world’s leading philosophers of mind” whose original and … Read More

New Roles for Faculty Members

Published: July 14, 2023

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On July 1, 2023, a number of Philosophy faculty members took on new administrative roles. George Boys-Stones now serves as chair of the Department of Classics. William Paris will direct the Race, Ethics, and Power (REP) project at the Centre for Ethics. Sergio Tenenbaum has taken on the role of … Read More

In memoriam: Ian Hacking (1936-2023)

Published: May 10, 2023

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It is with deep sadness that the Department of Philosophy announces the passing of one of its most eminent members, Professor Emeritus Ian M. Hacking, CC, FRSC, FBA. The influential scholar, dedicated teacher, and prolific author—whose wide-ranging work probed foundational questions about the nature of concepts and who is credited … Read More