Published: April 21, 2017
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George
U of T philosophy alumnus Sari Kisilevsky (PhD, 2008) and Martin J. Stone have just published a collection of essays, Freedom and Force: Essays on Kant’s Legal Philosophy, that engages with U of T Professor Arthur Ripstein’s book Freedom and Force: Kant’s Legal and Political Philosophy (Harvard UP, 2009). From the publisher: “This … Read More
Published: April 12, 2017
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, In the News, St. George
L: Cheryl Misak, R: Margaret Morrison The Department of Philosophy of the University of Toronto is proud to announce that two faculty members have won prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships in 2017 – of the 173 fellowships awarded for the United States and Canada this year. Cheryl Misak was awarded a fellowship … Read More
Published: January 27, 2017
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
The Department of Philosophy celebrates recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for their research in philosophy. Recipients of the Vanier scholarship receive $50,000 annually, for up to three years, to support their doctoral research, and are selected based on their leadership skills and high standards of scholarly achievement in … Read More
Published: December 10, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Donald Ainslie! He has been awarded the 2016 Journal of the History of Philosophy prize for the best book in the history of philosophy published in 2015. He receives this award for his book Hume’s True Scepticism (Oxford University Press, 2015). This is a great honor and recognition for an … Read More
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Posted In: Alumni, Awards and Honours, Graduate
Congratulations to Eran Tal on having been awarded the 2016 Sir Karl Popper Essay Prize. The Prize is awarded annually for the best paper appearing in the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. He received the prize jointly with Elizabeth Irvine. For more information about Eran’s award-winning article see the British Journal … Read More
Published: December 8, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George
Congratulations to Professor Rachel Barney for being named Canada Research Chair in Ancient Philosophy. The following is from the December 2 online news story in U of T News, comprising profiles of U of T’s 25 newest Canada Research Chairs: Debate has long raged over the role of the sophists in the … Read More
Published: December 6, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, UTM
We’re delighted to announce that Prof. Andrew Sepielli is the winner of the first annual Research Prize in the Humanities at UTM. The UTM Annual Research Prizes were established by the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research and UTM’s Research Council in 2016 to recognize outstanding early-career faculty members at the University of … Read More
Published: December 5, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
The Department is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2016 Martha Lile Love Teaching Award is Jeremy Davis, for his PHL271 Law and Morality course in summer of 2016. The Martha Lile Love committee was impressed by Davis’ well-structured course design. The course began with philosophical accounts of … Read More
Published: December 4, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, UTSC
Congratulations to Professor Jessica Wilson on becoming president of the Society for the Metaphysics of Science, a great honour and recognition of her outstanding work. Professor Wilson’s research interests include general metaphysics, the metaphysics of science/mind, and various topics in epistemology, including skepticism, a priori deliberation and the epistemology of necessity. Professor Wilson … Read More
Published: November 15, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Graduate, Undergraduate, UTSC
Join Professor Jessica Wilson this Wednesday, November 16 from 5:15 – 6:15pm in Portable 102 on UTSC campus for a career workshop on employment trajectories for philosophy graduates. Topics such as graduate school, law school, and non-academic employment will be covered. We hope to see you there!
Published: October 31, 2016
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, UTM
On 11 October 2016, the University of Toronto Mississauga lost a treasured friend and member of our family: Professor Jacqueline Brunning of the Department of Philosophy passed away at age 81. Jackie would dislike that I am writing this because she asked that no commemorations be held in her memory. But … Read More
Published: October 12, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Graduate, St. George
Congratulations to Prach Panchakunathorn, who has been awarded the Martha Lile Love Essay Prize for this past year. Here is a citation on the winning essay, judged by Karolina Hubner and Peter King: This year the Martha Lile Love essay prize committee would like to recognize Prach Panchakunathorn, for his essay … Read More
