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Upcoming lectures & events

David Wong will synthesize elements from the Confucian, Daoist and Western democratic traditions to address the contemporary challenge of achieving a reasonable degree of political and social harmony. He will also discuss what a democracy might look like if it realized this synthesis.

When
October 2, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - Pavillon John-Molson 14.250 (1450 Guy St.)
Speaker(s)
David Wong, Susan Fox Beischer and George D. Beischer Trinity College Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Duke University

Recent lectures & events

Hegel’s Speculative Idealism & The Truth of Freedom

When
August 18, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Isaiah Wilkinson

Hegel and the Modern Debate of Historicism in Art: A Contemporary Reading of Hegel’s Ideal of Art through the Musical Form

When
August 18, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Farshad Jarrahi

A Relational Egalitarian Account of Contributive Justice

When
July 15, 2025, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Chris Nicolson

Karyn Lai is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

When
April 24, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Karyn Lai, Professor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

Jay Bernstein is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research.

When
April 4, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Jay Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research

Dr. Fabrizio Baldassarri will discuss René Descartes's interpretation of plants as a case study of the mechanistic attempt to define plant activities, life, and behaviour.

When
March 25, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 322 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Fabrizio Baldassarri, Joint Fellow, Villa I Tatti, Harvard University, and Warburg Institute, University of London

Why Relational Facts Need to Be at Least as Primitive as Monadic Facts

When
March 24, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building MB-11.101-11.103 (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
Dax Avery Hamouth

Daniel Steel is Associate Professor at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.

When
March 14, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Where
SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)
Speaker(s)
Daniel Steel, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

When
February 15, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Where
SGW campus MB - John Molson Building 2.445 (1450 Guy)
Speaker(s)
David Morris, Chair and Professor of Philosophy

Voulez-vous aborder certaines des préoccupations les plus importantes de l’humanité ? Le Département de philosophie offre des cours en éthique, l’histoire de la philosophie, la philosophie sociale et politique, la philosophie des sciences, la logique, et des théories féministes, dans un environnement collégial. Découvrez les programmes du département de philosophie : majeure et mineures au 1er cycle.

When
February 14, 2025, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Where
Online
Speaker(s)
Professor Pablo Gilabert, Undergraduate Program Director
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