UTSC lecturer Jonathan Rick’s areas of specialization include moral, social, and political philosophy, and the history of these areas (particularly from the 18th century onward). How did you get interested in Philosophy? At my undergraduate university, every second-year student was required to take a course on the history of Western Philosophy … Read More
Get to know UTSC Lecturer Kenneth Boyd, specialist in epistemology, pragmatism, and ethics. “What I want to bring to my class is a healthy skepticism.” How did you get interested in philosophy? I think I’ve always been interested in philosophy, at least in some sense, although I didn’t really know … Read More
Published: June 10, 2016
Posted In: Awards and Honours, Faculty, General, UTSC
PhS student Jessica Wright, with her paper entitled “Disassociating Implicit Attitudes”, has won one of two first prizes awarded by Dialogue, the bilingual journal of the Canadian Philosophical Association. Up to three prizes are awarded each year to papers submitted by students for the Annual Congress of the CPA. Papers submitted … Read More
Published: June 2, 2016
Posted In: Announcements, Faculty, General, St. George
Congratulations to Arthur Ripstein on his promotion to the rank of University Professor. University Professor is the highest professorial rank at the University of Toronto and it is usually reserved to less than two per cent of the tenured faculty. This is a great honour for Arthur and the two disciplines represented … Read More
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
