Published: June 13, 2019
Trevor Teitel will join the department as Assistant Professor of Philosophy in July 2020. Trevor earned his B.A. in the department, and was an early student in its award-winning Socrates Project. He then completed a B.Phil at Oxford, and is currently finishing a PhD at NYU. His main research interests … Read More
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Alex Koo joins the St. George at UTM Departments as Assistant Professor (Teaching-Stream). A renowned teacher of logic, Alex has also focused on developing new pedagogical strategies for some of the larger courses at the Department. He has revamped PHL245H: Modern Symbolic Logic to be a hybrid and flipped course, … Read More
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Jonardon Ganeri is the world’s most distinguished scholar of South Asian Philosophy, and an extremely influential advocate of the contemporary relevance of this set of philosophical traditions to current debates about consciousness, the self, the nature of knowledge, and the point of philosophy itself. He is the author of eight … Read More
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George Boys-Stones, joins us as Professor of Classics and Philosophy. A leading scholar of Ancient Philosophy with wide ranging interests, George has a special interest in the philosophical movements of the post-Hellenistic period. Before coming to Toronto he was Professor of Ancient Philosophy in the Department of Classics and Ancient … Read More
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Michael Rosenthal (PhD Chicago, 1996) will join us in July 2019 as Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy, with appointments in both the Department and the Anne Tannenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies. He received his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and both his masters and doctorate in philosophy from the University … Read More
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Prof. Paul Gooch was recently a guest on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss his new book, Course Correction: A Map for the Distracted University. He discusses the University’s mission, its relationship with government and free speech on campus. The full interview can be found below.
Published: May 24, 2019
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate
On May 17th, 2019, the list of recipients of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) was made public, and we’re delighted to announce that our very own PhD student Felix Lambrecht has been appointed a Vanier Scholar. Felix Lambrecht’s research interests are in social and political philosophy and ethics. He is particularly … Read More
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Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty
Prof. Arthur Ripstein is a recipient of the JJ Berry Smith Doctoral Supervision Award, which recognizes his outstanding performance as a doctoral supervisor over 30 years. A Professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Dr. Ripstein has a broad, interdisciplinary knowledge base that enables him to mentor … Read More
Published: March 5, 2019
Posted In: Faculty, General, In the News, St. George
What does it mean to play a game — and why does it matter? Entering into dialogue with both Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) and the more contemporary philosopher Bernard Suits (1925–2007), Thomas Hurka explores the possibilities in a few lusory paragraphs in “From Golf to Grand Theft Auto, Why Do We … Read More
Published: February 20, 2019
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, UTM
Currently underway in Denver is the American Philosophical Association (APA) 2019 Central Division Meeting, and quite a few scholars affiliated with our department will be presenting. Michael Barkarsi will be speaking on “The Role of Visual Representations in Seeing,” Evan Westra on “Knowledge of Character: Reliable Trait Attribution and the … Read More
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Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General
We are immensely pleased to announce that the department’s acting chair, Professor Arthur Ripstein, will deliver the 2019 Tanner Lectures on Human Values at the University of California, Berkeley, on April 9-11. Professor Ripstein’s two lectures — titled “Rules for Wrongdoers” and “Combatants and Civilians” — will take on the … Read More
Published: December 20, 2018
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate
We are pleased to announce that Douglas Campbell has won the 2018 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for his outstanding work teaching PHL210Y1Y (F term) 17th and 18th Century Philosophy at the St. George campus, summer 2018. The committee was impressed with Campbell’s thoughtful course design, his energy and focus in the classroom, … Read More
