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Joe Heath on sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks’ visions of technology and culture

Published: November 13, 2017

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

What is the relationship between technology and culture? The sci-fi genre has endlessly grappled with this question. Now, Professor Joseph Heath, specialist in social and political philosophy, business ethics, moral philosophy, and distributive justice, has written an article in Sci Phi Journal on the science fiction writing of Scottish novelist … Read More

Ariel Melamedoff wins 2017 Martha Lile Love Essay Award

Published: November 2, 2017

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

Ariel Melamedoff is the the winner of this year’s Martha Lile Love Essay Award. His paper, “Atomistic Time and Simultaneous Causation in Hume’s Treatise”, examines Hume’s claim that the possibility of simultaneous causation would entail the “utter annihilation of time.” The paper engages at a very high level with Hume scholarship … Read More

Afghan refugee and UTM philosophy student shares her story

Published: November 1, 2017

Posted In: General, In the News, Undergraduate, UTM

Robina Aryubwal, who left Afghanistan with her family after being threatened by a warlord, studies philosophy, political science and French at U of T Mississauga. Her family’s move from Afghanistan is detailed in a new book by CBC journalist Carol Off, All We Leave Behind, a finalist for the Governor General’s … Read More

CFP: 18th Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference

Published: October 26, 2017

Posted In: Announcements, Graduate, St. George

The 18th Annual University of Toronto Graduate Philosophy Conference, PsyPhi: Philosophy meets Psychology, invites submissions from graduate students working in all areas in philosophy that relate to the conference’s main themes. Submissions are due by January 31, 2018. Authors will be notified of decisions on or before March 1st, 2018. View the Graduate Conference CFP … Read More

Listen: Mohan Matthen featured in UTM’s “View to the U” research podcast

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Posted In: Faculty, UTM, Video and Audio

“View to the U” is a series of podcasts hosted by Carla DeMarco of the UTM Office of Research. On a recent episode of the podcast, Professor Mohan Matthen discusses his research in perception, and the scientific perspective he brings to his particular branch of philosophy, as well as his more recent … Read More

Philosophy represented at the “Ethics of Apology” conference

Published: October 25, 2017

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

Apologies were the subject of an interdisciplinary conference at U of T’s Centre for Ethics on October 20 and 21, and a number of U of T scholars spoke at the conference. Our very own Professor Mark Kingwell explored the style and rhetoric of contemporary celebrity apologies in his talk at the conference. A trend … Read More

Undergrad student to be published in Penn Journal of Bioethics

Published: October 24, 2017

Posted In: Announcements, St. George, Undergraduate

Erin Gaudette’s paper,”Autonomy at What Cost? Mitigating Patient Autonomy in the Case of Anorexia Nervosa”, will appear in January 2018. Erin Gaudette is completing her Honours Bachelor of Science degree in the spring of 2018, with a major in neuroscience and minors in immunology and bioethics. In the winter 2017 semester, she … Read More

Out now: the 2016-2017 edition of Philosophy News

Published: October 10, 2017

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

Our annual newsletter, Philosophy News (PDF), covers the activities, events, and accomplishments of the Department of Philosophy’s faculty, staff, and students over the most recent academic year. 2016-17 was a busy and fruitful year for our department as the study of philosophy continued to grow in breadth and popularity at the … Read More

Four new faculty positions

Published: September 29, 2017

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

The Department of Philosophy is conducting four faculty searches. We are inviting applications for three tenure-stream positions, two on the St. George campus and one at UTSC, and for one two-year Contractually Limited Term Appointment at UTSC. On the St. George campus we are looking to fill one position in … Read More

PhD students launch Open Questions: An Ethics Podcast

Published: September 28, 2017

Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate, St. George, Video and Audio

Check out Open Questions: An Ethics Podcast, hosted by philosophy PhD candidates Jeremy Davis and Eric Mathison, and produced through U of T’s Centre for Ethics. It’s available on SoundCloud, Stitcher, and iTunes. Davis’ research focuses on normative ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, bioethics, and aesthetics, while Mathison’s work is in the areas of ill-being and well-being, bioethics, desert, the … Read More

UTM Philosophy alum wins award from the American Philosophical Association

Published: September 26, 2017

Posted In: Alumni, Announcements, Awards and Honours, UTM

Philosophy specialist Rima Basu (’15), currently a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California, has won an APA Sanders Graduate Student Award for her paper “Moral Encroachment”. Rima’s research is at the intersection of ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of race. These annual prizes are awarded to the three best papers in mind, metaphysics, … Read More

UTM Philosophy Essay Clinic winter schedule

Published: September 16, 2017

Posted In: Announcements, Undergraduate, UTM

The UTM Philosophy Clinic is an extremely useful resource offered for the benefit of students taking Philosophy courses at UTM. The purpose of the essay clinic is to help you improve your academic writing, and specifically your academic writing in Philosophy courses. Visit the UTM Resources page for more information. Winter … Read More

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