Published: May 3, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Awards and Honours, General, St. George, UTM
Congratulations to Karolina Hübner (pictured), Peter King, Martin Pickavé, and Andrew Sepielli on their success in the past round of the Insight grant competition of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The topics of the funded projects range from “Spinoza on Being” (Hübner) and “Moral Uncertainty … Read More
Published: April 29, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, General, Graduate
The 16th Annual University of Toronto Graduate Conference in Philosophy will be taking place on May 5 & 6, 2016 in two locations over the two days: the May 5 sessions will take place in Room 100 (Main Floor Conference Room) in the Jackman Humanities Building at 170 St. George … Read More
Published: April 18, 2016
Posted In: Faculty, General, St. George
The Canada Council for the Arts has just announced the winners of the Killam Awards. Among this year’s winners is Arthur Ripstein, who has won one of the prestigious Killam Research Fellowship for his project on “Kant and the Law of War”. For more details see the U of T … Read More
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
