The Philosophy Department Colloquium will be hosting the following speakers in April: Paul Simard Smith (University of Connecticut), “Pluralism As A Bias Mitigation Strategy” — Wednesday, April 6, 3:00-5:00 pm in Ross S 421 Janelle Derstine (Rutgers University), “Material Object Metaphysics and the Special Composition Question” — Monday, April 11, 3:00-5:00 pm in Ross […]
Origins Of Logic Workshop poster The Department of Philosophy, in conjunction with the Cognitive Science Program and the Department of Psychology, is sponsoring an international workshop, “Origins of Logical Reasoning,” on 5-6 May 2016. More details can be found at the conference website or by downloading the call for papers: CFP Origins of Logical Reasoning.
The next session of the Cognitive Science Speaker Series will take place on Weds, Dec 02, at 3:30 pm. Details are as follows: Tim Bayne (Philosophy, University of Manchester and Western University), “Can we Build a Consciousness Meter?” Abstract One of the central challenges facing the science of consciousness is that of identifying ways […]
Julia Nefsky, University of Toronto, “Individual Consumption and Collective Impact” The talk will be held in S421 Ross, from 3:30 -5:30 p.m.
Cognitive Science Speaker Series: Jennifer Steele (Psychology, York University), “How and When Do Children’s Implicit Racial Biases Develop?” Date & Time: Weds, 18 November 2015, at 3:30 pmPlace: Ross S 421
Speaker Series: Wayne Sumner (Univ of Toronto), “The Worst Things in Life”, Tues, Nov 17, 4:00-5:30 pm (note date and time), in Ross S 421 One test of adequacy for a theory of welfare is completeness: as I have put it elsewhere, a theory ‘should give us truth conditions for all of the different […]
Friday, November 6, 3:30-5:30, S421 Ross Building Stephen Yablo, MIT “How (not) to Derive an Is from an Ought”
One-Day Conference: Beyond Critical Thinking Department of Philosophy, Ross S 421, Friday, 13 November 2015, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm. For more information and to sign up please click on the link: http://sgy.apps01.yorku.ca/machform/view.php?id=13165
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne’s announcement about a cap-and-trade system comes at a good time. This year is a turning point in the global effort on climate change. International negotiations have picked up momentum since 2012, and a global climate agreement is expected to be sealed at the end of this year in Paris. Public debates […]
RSC names three York U professors to the College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists Andrews has been instrumental in developing the field of philosophy of animal minds. Her interdisciplinary work in the philosophy of psychology demonstrates evolutionary continuity between human and other animals in ways that challenge human uniqueness claims based on supposedly human-unique […]