The Department of Philosophy is organizing a workshop aiming to advance our understanding of natural kinds in cognitive science by bringing together researchers from philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. The conference is being organized by Muhammad Ali Khalidi in collaboration with Joshua Mugg (Park University), and will take place at York on 27-28 June 2019 […]
Professor Jacob Beck is organizing a one-day workshop on Predictive Vision, which will take place at York on June 9, 2019. The workshop will bring together a number of philosophers working on visual perception and will immediately precede the Centre for Vision Research’s International Conference on Predictive Vision. For further information, visit the workshop […]
The Department of Philosophy is organizing a workshop on the occasion of G. E. M. Anscombe's centenary, which will celebrate her lasting impact on philosophy by discussing ideas and arguments inspired by her work. The workshop is being organized by Robert Myers and Devlin Russell, and will take place on May 10-11 at York. […]
York University Philosophy professor Regina Rini was awarded the Marc Saunders Foundation Public Philosophy Award for 2018, for her piece “The Last Mortals”. 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. 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 York University. 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, York University “A New Model of Analog Mental Representation” […]
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 presentations discussed a wide variety of provocative topics, including the use of animals in biomedical research, transhumanism, and environmental authenticity, among many others. The external keynote was given by […]
Along with 17 other philosophers, Professor Kristin Andrews, York Research Chair in Animal Minds, has filed an amicus brief in New York challenging the lawfulness of the captivity of two chimpanzees, Kiko and Tommy. 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. 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 York University. Before that, […]