Earlier this year we published the 2026 edition of Philosophy News magazine. While we will be publishing individual articles on the website, we also invite you to read through the PDF version of the whole issue. This year’s theme is mind and consciousness with feature articles from Andrew Lee on … Read More
Published: October 29, 2026
Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTM, UTSC
We’re delighted to announce the recent publication of the following seven books by members of the Department of Philosophy, featuring Rebecca Comey, David Dyzenhaus, Elisa Freschi, Lloyd P. Gerson, Christian Tarsney and Owen Ware. Rebecca Comey – On Persistence, Seagull Books On Persistence is an exploration into the elusive, unruly … Read More
Published: October 22, 2026
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Cheryl Misak, University Professor in the Department of Philosophy, for receiving an honorary degree from her alma mater, the University of Lethbridge on October 17, 2026. As the University of Lethbridge’s first Rhodes Scholar, she was awarded the honour for having “achieved global recognition for her contributions to … Read More
Published: October 19, 2026
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate
We are thrilled to announce that this year’s David Savan Dissertation Prize has been awarded jointly to Liang Zhou Koh for his dissertation Knowing Together and to Kwesi Thomas for his dissertation The Philosophical Formation of W. E. B. Du Bois. The prize is awarded in recognition of the excellence of a doctoral thesis … Read More
Published: October 16, 2026
Can a tiny worm make decisions? Can they have what could be described as attention?
Published: October 14, 2026
Posted In: Faculty, St. George
At a time when public discourse is rife with division and bestsellers suggest that having empathy is suicidal for society, philosopher Ingrid Leman Stefanovic is fighting the good fight. She is arguing that kindness, not aggression, is the key to our past and our future. That message may be the … Read More
For almost 150 years, we’ve struggled to explain conscious experience. Andrew Lee thinks an answer may be within reach.
Published: September 28, 2026
Posted In: In the News, St. George, UTM, UTSC
A new undergraduate philosophy series called Night Owls was covered on the front page of the Globe and Mail, which showcased a debate between Joseph Heath (University of Toronto) and Agnes Callard (University of Chicago). The article noted that philosophy at the University of Toronto has been able to maintain … Read More
Published: September 23, 2026
Posted In: Graduate, St. George
Imagine preparing for your PhD’s final oral exam and organizing a conference on the subject for the very next day. That is what Kwesi Thomas successfully did in June 2026 as scholars of W. E. B. Du Bois gathered from around North America to discuss the storied Black American sociologist, … Read More
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Posted In: Faculty, St. George, UTSC
The department is happy to welcome four new members to the faculty: Jonathan Cottrell, Alison Laywine, Daniel Berntson, and Benjamin Wald. Jonathan Cottrell joins UTSC campus as an associate professor. His research focuses on the history of modern philosophy with interests in epistemology and philosophy of mind, and in the … Read More
Published: September 16, 2026
Posted In: General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
When Donald Ainslie was chair of the philosophy department more than twenty years ago, little did he imagine the success of the Socrates Project, where the department’s best undergraduates experience the Socratic approach of learning philosophy by teaching philosophy by serving as teaching assistants (TAs) for an introductory philosophy course. … Read More
Published: September 9, 2026
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George, UTM
Sergio Tenenbaum, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto Mississauga, has been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), widely considered to be the highest academic honour in Canada. The RSC recognizes leading scholars and researchers from the arts, humanities, and sciences for their career-long … Read More
