Prof. Atherton’s research interests include English philosophers of the early modern period, the work of women philosophers in the history of philosophy, and historical issues in the philosophy of psychology.
“Platonic Metaphysics” Friday, March 20 & Saturday March 21, 2020 Speakers: Gábor Betegh (Cambridge) Emily Fletcher (Wisconsin–Madison) Francesco Fronterotta (Sapienza Università di Roma) Verity Harte (Yale) Tushar Irani (Wesleyan) Gabriel Richardson Lear (Chicago) Commentators: George Boys-Stones (Toronto) Roberto Granieri (Toronto) Fiona Leigh (UCL) Jessica Moss (NYU) Georgia Mouroutsou (King’s University … Read More
The Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Mind Research Group welcomes Ginger Schultheis, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Chicago. Most of Dr. Schultheis’s research is in epistemology, with a particular interest in belief. She has worked on the relationship between belief and credence, on whether epistemic … Read More
Wondering where your degree will take you after graduation? U of T’s Backpack to Briefcase (b2B) help you explore your options. A panel of successful philosophy professionals, alumni, and peers will discuss their U of T education, the value of their degree, and their pursuit of successful careers in the … Read More
Juan Piñeros Glasscock is a UTM Postdoctoral Associate. He holds BA and MA degrees from the University of Toronto, and a PhD from Yale University. His central areas of interest are in philosophy of mind and action, epistemology, and moral psychology. Talk Title “Practical Intellectualism: An Account of Skill/Know-How” Abstract … Read More
Parisa Moosavi is a postdoctoral fellow in Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in the Philosophy Department at York University. She specializes in ethics and philosophy of biology, with particular interests in neo-Aristotelian ethics, natural teleology, and ethics of artificial intelligence. Talk Title: “Natural Goodness without Natural History” Abstract: Neo-Aristotelian ethical naturalism purports … Read More
Jessica Wright is a PhD candidate who specializes in philosophy of mind and ethics, with additional research interests in cognitive science and self knowledge. Her dissertation argues that implicit attitudes reflect on the self. Talk Title: “Controlling Implicit Attitudes”
Peter Fritz is a professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo. Professor Fritz works mainly on logic and its philosophy, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. He also has interests in the philosophy of mathematics and epistemology. Much of his work is on questions concerning modality and existence, and … Read More
Julia Smith is a PhD candidate whose research in epistemology is centered on questions about what we should believe and why. Talk Title: “Is Evidence Transparent?”
The Language, Epistemology, Metaphysics and Mind Research Group welcomes Brian Weatherson, Professor and Graduate Studies Chair in the Department of Philosophy at University of Michigan. Prof. Weatherson specializes in epistemology and philosophy of language. Talk Title Deliberation Costs Abstract Humans are informationally and computationally limited. The standard theory of decision … Read More
Manish Oza is a PhD candidate interested in logic and language, idealism, and legal theory. His PhD thesis is about the relation between logic and meaningful thought. Talk Title: “Nonsense: A User’s Guide” Abstract: Many philosophers suppose that sometimes we think we are saying or thinking something meaningful when in … Read More
Aaron Henry is a PhD candidate currently writing a thesis that investigates the phenomenology of perceptual attention and whether this aspect of subjective experience can be adequately explained in either intentionalist or direct realist terms. Talk Title: “Experience of Acting and the Disappearing Agent Problem”
