Published: January 6, 2022
Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTM, Video and Audio
Mohan Matthen is a Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Faculty Research Fellow for 2021-2022. His research interests include the philosophy of mind, especially perception, and the philosophy of biology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Watch this short video produced by the JHI to learn more … Read More
Published: June 1, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, St. George, Video and Audio
Have 20 minutes? Then come join Cheryl Misak as she speaks to Nigel Warburton and David Edmonds on their philosophy podcast, Philosophy Bites. The episode, originally released on Saturday, May 30, 2020, has her talk about the subject of her recently published biography, Frank Ramsey, and his more widely known … Read More
Published: May 15, 2020
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, St. George, UTSC, Video and Audio
Do individual choices make a difference to large-scale problems (think global warming or the spread of a pandemic)? Is there such a thing as collective impact or does an individual’s relative insignificance mean that we can all do as we please? These are some of the questions our department’s Julia … Read More
Published: February 26, 2018
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, Video and Audio
In a ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 30, 2017, University Professor Thomas Hurka was presented with a 2017 Killam Prize – one of five awarded to top Canadian Scholars – by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. The award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding … Read More
Published: December 20, 2017
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC, Video and Audio
Pictured: Jessica Wilson (L) and Jennifer Nagel (R). In summer of 2017, eight of our faculty members were recipients of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council’s Insight Grants, a program whose goal is to support research excellence in all subject areas of the humanities and social sciences. Both emerging and … Read More
Published: December 4, 2017
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, Video and Audio
This past weekend. Professor and Canada Research Chair in Medieval Philosophy Martin Pickavé was interviewed by Peter Adamson, professor of philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King’s College London, on Adamson’s podcast, History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. Incidentally, Prof. Adamson visited Toronto back in October of this year to present … Read More
Published: October 26, 2017
Posted In: Faculty, UTM, Video and Audio
“View to the U” is a series of podcasts hosted by Carla DeMarco of the UTM Office of Research. On a recent episode of the podcast, Professor Mohan Matthen discusses his research in perception, and the scientific perspective he brings to his particular branch of philosophy, as well as his more recent … Read More
Published: September 28, 2017
Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George, Video and Audio
Check out Open Questions: An Ethics Podcast, hosted by philosophy PhD candidates Jeremy Davis and Eric Mathison, and produced through U of T’s Centre for Ethics. It’s available on SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iTunes. Davis’ research focuses on normative ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, bioethics, and aesthetics, while Mathison’s work is in the areas of ill-being and well-being, bioethics, desert, the … Read More
Published: August 25, 2017
Posted In: Faculty, In the News, St. George, Video and Audio
Our very own Professor Joseph Heath, whose specializations are in social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, and distributive justice, was interviewed on the CBC’s The 180 with host Jim Brown about free speech on campus, particularly at institutions across North America. Prof. Heath discussed the concept of free speech, a topic that has been hotly debated … Read More
Published: June 6, 2013
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, Video and Audio
Check out episode 131, on “al-Farabi”, on the “History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps” podcast run by Peter Adamson (LMU München/King’s College London). The episode features an interview with our very own Deborah Black on al-Farabi’s innovations concerning knowledge and certainty.
Published: March 22, 2013
Posted In: Faculty, UTSC, Video and Audio
In February, Professor Emeritus Ronald de Sousa gave a presentation at the TEDx conference held at UTSC. His presentation was intriguingly entitled “Against Nature”. You can watch it below or on Youtube.
