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Morrison and Misak profiled in Universities Canada’s summary of 2017 award winners

Published: February 27, 2018

Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, Faculty, St. George

Every year, Universities Canada publishes a round-up of researchers at Canadian universities who have won major international research awards. This year, philosophy professors Margaret Morrison and Cheryl Misak are two of the researchers profiled, each for their receipt of a Guggenheim Fellowship in the past year. These researchers “exemplify the creativity … Read More

Watch: Tom Hurka on the intrinsic values of knowledge and achievement

Published: February 26, 2018

Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, Video and Audio

In a ceremony at Rideau Hall on May 30, 2017, University Professor Thomas Hurka was presented with a 2017 Killam Prize – one of five awarded to top Canadian Scholars – by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. The award recognizes a lifetime of outstanding … Read More

The Aristotle Contest: a high school philosophy essay contest

Published: February 5, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC

We’re pleased to announce that we’re relaunching The Aristotle, our philosophy essay contest for high school students. We’ll be awarding cash prizes for the finest philosophical work by current Canadian high school students! If you’re a high school student, educator, parent, or community organizer interested in the contest, head over to … Read More

New volume on skepticism co-edited by U of T alumnus features faculty contributions

Published: February 2, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, General, Graduate, St. George, UTSC

Our alumnus G. Anthony Bruno (PhD, 2013) recently joined Royal Holloway University of London as lecturer, and has now co-edited a new volume on skepticism with A. C. Rutherford titled Skepticism: Historical and Contemporary Inquiries (Routledge). The book features a chapter by Prof. Bruno himself as well as U of T professors … Read More

U of T alum publishes new book on parental rights and responsibilities

Published: January 30, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George

Joseph Millum completed his PhD in our department in 2005 (his dissertation, The Adaptation of Morality, was supervised by Prof. Paul Thomson), and he is now a bioethicist for the Clinical Center Department of Bioethics and the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States. Dr. … Read More

Graduate student Emma McClure appointed to APA GSC

Published: January 26, 2018

Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George

PhD student Emma McClure currently serves as the president of our department’s Graduate Philosophy Students’ Union (GPSU), but her participation in the governance of the philosophy community is about to extend well past U of T. Emma is one of the newest appointees to the American Philosophical Association’s Graduate Student Council, … Read More

Philosophy students present work at ASSU Undergraduate Research Conference

Published: January 23, 2018

Posted In: General, St. George, Undergraduate

Every year, the U of T Arts and Science Students’ Union (ASSU) organizes the Undergraduate Research Conference, a full-day event which showcases the scholarly research of U of T’s best and brightest undergraduate students. The research projects presented come from a variety of multidisciplinary academic fields within the natural sciences, quantitative sciences, humanities, … Read More

U of T News profiles Mark Kingwell on the ethics of AI

Published: January 18, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Faculty, General, In the News, St. George

The article below appeared in U of T News on Jan. 12, 2018, and features commentary from Prof. Mark Kingwell on the ethics and social implications of artificial intelligence, in advance of his Jan. 22 talk in London, titled “Humans and Artificial Intelligence – What Happens Next?” It’s time to talk about … Read More

Lloyd Gerson spearheads major new translation of Plotinus’ Enneads

Published: January 12, 2018

Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George

Published by Cambridge University Press, Prof. Lloyd Gerson has edited a volume that is the first complete edition of the Enneads in English in over 75 years, and also includes Porphyry’s Life of Plotinus. Gerson and his team have assembled a significant new translation from the best available text (the … Read More

In memoriam: Donald Evans (1927-2018)

Published: January 11, 2018

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Faculty, St. George

by Greg Evans Prof. Donald Dwight Evans (1927-2018) was a gifted philosopher, educator, mystic humanist, social activist, spiritual counsellor and mentor. Born September 21, 1927 to Ira Dwight Evans and Jesse Milliken Evans in Fort William (now Thunder Bay) Ontario, he lived a rich life, full of diverse intellectual pursuits. … Read More

From epistemology to emotions and beyond: grant-funded research projects underway

Published: December 20, 2017

Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George, UTM, UTSC, Video and Audio

Pictured: Jessica Wilson (L) and Jennifer Nagel (R). In summer of 2017, eight of our faculty members were recipients of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council’s Insight Grants, a program whose goal is to support research excellence in all subject areas of the humanities and social sciences. Both emerging and … Read More

Shelley Weinberg (PhD, 2008) wins Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize

Published: December 11, 2017

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, St. George

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that one of our alumni, Shelley Weinberg (PhD, 2008) is the winner of this year’s Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize. Weinberg is currently associate professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois. Prof. Weinberg’s winning book, Consciousness in Locke, was published … Read More

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