Published: January 10, 2020
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Professor Emeritus Colin Howson, who taught at U of T’s Department of Philosophy between 2008 and 2014. A lifelong Bayesian and prolific writer remembered by colleagues for his generous spirit and humor, he was also a former chair of … Read More
Published: December 20, 2019
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate
It is our pleasure to announce that Emma McClure has won the 2019 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award for her outstanding work teaching PHL367 – Decolonial and Intersectional Feminism(s). The committee was impressed with McClure’s course design, assignment structure, and ability to motivate student engagement. In addition, Aaron Henry and Zachary Weinstein receive … Read More
Published: December 3, 2019
Posted In: Graduate, In the News, St. George, Undergraduate, UTSC
It was already at the beginning of November that philosophers of science from across the globe gathered at Victoria College here at the University of Toronto for the fifth annual conference of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, locally organized by the Department of Philosophy’s professors Michael Miller and … Read More
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
Published: November 12, 2019
Posted In: Announcements, General
The evidence is clear: Canadian high school students do not shy away from the difficult questions. In collaboration with the Ontario Philosophy Teachers’ Association (OPTA), U of T’s Department of Philosophy this year once again called on budding philosophers in Canada to show their intellectual mettle and respond to one … Read More
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
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
Published: September 16, 2019
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Assistant Professor, Brendan de Kenessey, and his project on Relationships and Moral Constraints has is one of 52 winners of the 2018-2019 Connaught New Research Award. The Connaught New Research Award is designed to help recipients establish a strong research program and increase their competitiveness for external funding. The Award … Read More
Published:
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate
The Collaborative Program in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy (CPAMP) and the Department of Philosophy congratulate graduate student Douglas Campbell as the winner of the 2018-2019 Essay Prize in Ancient Philosophy for his essay “Tomb and Prison: Plato on the Body as Cause of Psychic Disorders.” External adjudicator, Professor Emeritus John … Read More
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
Published: August 21, 2019
Posted In: Awards and Honours, St. George
It is our pleasure to announce that Brendan de Kenessey is one of the winners of the APA’s (American Philosophical Association‘s) 2019 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest. Brendan received this recognition for a piece on addiction – “People are dying because we misunderstand how those with addiction think”. It was published … Read More
Published: August 1, 2019
Posted In: Alumni, St. George
The Department of Philosophy is sad to report the passing of Dr. Abbyann D. Lynch, C.M., O.Ont., L.M.S., Ph.D., LL.D (Hon.), D.S.L. (Hon.). Abbyann was a philosopher and bioethicist, a pioneer in bioethics in Canada, and one of the founders of the Department’s bioethics programs. She also offered the Department’s first … Read More
