The Philosophy Department regularly invites guest speakers to give talks related to their research. In addition to talks by individual professors, we sometimes organize roundtable discussions around philosophical topics. All talks are free to attend and open to the public.
Past Colloquia
2024
Maite Cruz, Union College, "Mary Shepherd's Epistemology"
2023
Nicole Fice, Western, "Privilege and Vaccine Hesitancy"
2022
John Russell, Langara College, "What is Idleness and Where Does It Fit?"
John Thorp, Western, "Aristotle's Worst Idea"
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2021
Marina Trakas, CONICET, "Does episodic memory imply mentally travelling back in time?"
2020
Derek Brown, Glasgow, "Not All 'Illusions' are Illusions"
Devin Henry, Western, "Essence and Definition in Aristotle’s Parts of Animals"
2019
Daniel Harris, Trent University, “Nietzsche on Honesty and the Will to Truth”
2018
Amanda Bryant, Trent University, "Object-Free Causation: How to Square Causation with Eliminative Ontic Structural Realism"
Kyle Johannsen, Trent University, "The word 'justice': how it has been used, and how to use it right."
Sasa Stankovic, TMU, "On the Priority of Self-Duty in Kant’s Moral Philosophy"
Michael Walschots, University of Milan, "Kant and Hutcheson on the Psychology of Moral Motivation"
2017
Suki Finn, Royal Holloway University of London, "The Metaphysics of Pregnancy"
Harry Underwood, "Two Conceptions of Beauty"
2015
John Burbidge, Emeritus Professor, Trent University, "Why Mind-Body Dualism is Wrong."
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Marc Champagne, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, "Can Pragmatists Believe in Qualia?"
2014
Elizabeth Trott, Ryerson, "What is Canadian Philosophy?"
Ram Murty, Queen's, "The Meaning of Yoga"
Past Roundtables
2022
"Bad Ideas." A symposium dedicated to the worst ideas in the history of Western philosophy, history, literature, and politics.
2016
"Facts, Falsehoods, and Fake News." A roundtable discussion of misinformation and politics.
2014
"Sex for Sale?" A roundtable discussion of Canada's Bill C-36.
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2013
"Don't Bring Your Religion to Work!" A roundtable discussion of Quebec's proposed Charter of Values.
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