Lectures & Events

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

April 24, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Karyn Lai, Professor of Philosophy, University of New South Wales

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

April 4, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Jay Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research

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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.

March 25, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 322 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Fabrizio Baldassarri, Joint Fellow, Villa I Tatti, Harvard University, and Warburg Institute, University of London

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

March 24, 2025, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.

SGW campus MB - John Molson Building MB-11.101-11.103 (1450 Guy)

Dax Avery Hamouth

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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.

March 14, 2025, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Daniel Steel, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

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February 15, 2025, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

SGW campus MB - John Molson Building 2.445 (1450 Guy)

David Morris, Chair and Professor of Philosophy

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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.

February 14, 2025, 3 p.m. – 4 p.m.

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Professor Pablo Gilabert, Undergraduate Program Director

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Want to grapple with some of humanity's most significant concerns? The Department of Philosophy offers courses in the history of philosophy, ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of the sciences, logic, contemporary epistemology, and feminist theory, in a collegial environment. Join the Undergraduate Program Director for a discussion about Major and Minor programs and how to apply.

February 14, 2025, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

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Professor Pablo Gilabert, Undergraduate Program Director

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Life, Embodiment, and Recognition in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit, §§162-177

November 29, 2024, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

SGW campus MB - John Molson Building MB-11.101-11.103 (1450 Guy)

Michael McCauley

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Jessica Gelber is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Her primary area of research is Classical Greek and Roman Philosophy, with particular interests in foundational issues in ancient medicine and science.

November 22, 2024, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m.

SGW campus LB - J.W. McConnell Building 362 (1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.)

Jessica Gelber, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto

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