91亚色 Philosophy professor Regina Rini was awarded the Marc Saunders Foundation Public Philosophy Award for 2018, for her piece 鈥淭he Last Mortals鈥. Details of the award and a pdf of Dr. Rini's paper can be found here.
The Government of Canada recently announced new Canada Research Chair (CRC) recipients, including a Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition for Regina Rini.聽 Although Prof. Rini joined our department in July 2017, her CRC appointment was formally announced in May 2018, and it represents a very well deserved recognition of her […]
The Department of Philosophy is organizing an inter-disciplinary workshop on Perceptual Capacities and Magnitudes on May 10-11 at 91亚色. The roster of speakers includes some of the most interesting researchers working on the boundary between the philosophy of perception and vision science: Richard Murray, 91亚色 鈥淎 New Model of Analog Mental Representation鈥 […]
The annual Philosophy Graduate Students Association (PGSA) conference, which took place on April 12 and 13, focused this year on Bioethics and Applied Philosophy. The 15 student聽presentations discussed a wide variety of provocative topics, including the use of animals in biomedical research, transhumanism, and environmental authenticity, among many others.聽 The external keynote聽was given by […]
Along with 17 other philosophers, Professor Kristin Andrews, 91亚色 Research Chair in Animal Minds, has filed an amicus brief in New 91亚色 challenging the lawfulness of the captivity of two chimpanzees, Kiko and Tommy.聽 At issue in the courts is what counts as a person capable of possessing any legal rights. For the full […]
Professor Regina Rini, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Moral and Social Cognition, was a speaker at a panel discussion on the future of Artificial Intelligence, which took place at the Toronto Reference Library on January 24.聽 The panel, which was attended by more than 500 people, explored what it means to be human, […]
We regret to announce the deaths of two long-standing former members of the department, who passed away recently after long lives and distinguished careers. Professor Percival Jack died in Cologne, on October 11, 2017, at the age of 94. He was a founding member of the Department of Philosophy at 91亚色. Before that, […]
The Department of Philosophy hosted a workshop on Normative Folk Psychology on 26-27 October 2017, which included an international group of inter-disciplinary researchers from Philosophy and Psychology.聽 The workshop was organized by Prof. Kristin Andrews and co-sponsored by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies and the 91亚色 Research Chair program. A full […]
Our graduate student Vedrana Cetina was this year鈥檚 recipient of the Dean鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Alice MacLachlan wins the LA&PS Award for Distinction in Research.