Published: April 5, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
Congratulations to Brian Embry on winning this year’s David Savan Dissertation Prize. In a field of very strong candidates, Brian’s thesis, Truth and Truth-making in 17th-Century Scholasticism, (abstract available here) stood out as best exemplifying the virtues of “originality, rigour and good writing,” the criteria of the prize. The Savan Prize … Read More
Published: February 29, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
The 2015 winner of the Martha Lile Love Award for Excellence in Teaching Philosophy, chosen from among graduate instructors who taught courses on any of the three University of Toronto campuses between September 2014 and August 2015, is Jacob Stump for his PHL 273 H1S Environmental Ethics, SG, Summer 2015 The … Read More
Published: February 24, 2016
Posted In: In the News, Undergraduate, UTSC
From a recent article in the Toronto Star: “Executives in 20 recent employer surveys said they look to hire people with so-called “soft” or “essential skills” — communicating, problem-solving, critical thinking, teamwork — “yet this is where they see students being deficient,” said Harvey Weingarten, president of Ontario’s higher education … Read More
Published: February 23, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate
Are you interested in being a TA in PHL100Y1 for 2016-17? Then you should apply for the Department of Philosophy Socrates Project. The Socrates Project allows exceptional senior undergraduate students to become teaching assistants for PHL100Y1. In addition to your responsibilities as a TA, you will be required to take … Read More
Published: February 11, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, St. George
Congratulations to Nick Stang, who has just been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Metaphysics and its History. He is one of 34 new Canada Research Chairs at the University of Toronto. The announcement was made on February 9 by Kirsty Duncan, the federal minister of science. Nick’s project … Read More
Published: February 10, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George
Congratulation to Imogen Dickie on her new book Fixing Reference! Here’s an excerpt from the blurb: “Imogen Dickie develops an account of aboutness-fixing for thoughts about ordinary objects, and of reference-fixing for the singular terms we use to express them. Extant discussions of this topic tread a weary path through descriptivist proposals, … Read More
Published: February 4, 2016
Posted In: General, In the News, Undergraduate
An interesting article from the Washington Post.
Published: December 13, 2015
Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, St. George
Francis Sparshott, one of the Department’s most prominent scholars, died on August 24, 2015. An obituary (written by Mark Thornton) and a series of reflections about Francis (from his former students and colleagues) are below. In addition, the American Society for Aesthetics has posted an obituary of Francis Sparshott written by … Read More
Published: December 2, 2015
Posted In: Announcements, Undergraduate, UTSC
The Association of Philosophy Students (APS) has kindly organized review sessions for some UTSC (Scarborough campus) undergraduate courses. These review sessions will be led by the instructor or one of the TAs appointed to the course. All registered students are welcome to attend — no sign-up required! 1. PHLB50H3: Symbolic … Read More
Over the course of the recent federal election, University of Toronto Scarborough Emeritus Professor Lynda Lange recruited a cross-Canada group of experts to produce a policy audit, with each contributor providing non-partisan and peer-reviewed analysis of party platforms for their potential impact on lessening poverty. You can read a brief … Read More
Published: November 1, 2015
Posted In: Awards and Honours, General, Graduate, St. George
Toronto PhD student Joshua Brandt is one of three winners of a Sanders Graduate Prize from the American Philosophical Association this year. He will read his prizewinning paper, “Partiality’s Negative Analogue,” at the January 2016 APA meetings in Washington, DC. This paper explores relationships that may justify unfavourable treatment, potential … Read More
Published: October 23, 2015
Posted In: General, Graduate, In the News, Undergraduate
An interesting article for those considering the merits of a philosophy degree.
