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UTSC Distinguished Lecture in Ancient Philosophy 

The Catalyst Centre (EV-151/152), UTSC Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Christof Rapp will be giving a talk as the first UTSC Distinguished Lecturer in Ancient Philosophy: “I’ve Got the Flow”: The Positive Psychology of Ancient Philosophers.  

Proseminar talk: James Allen

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

James Allen will talk on "Topics I 9 and categories". (This presentation is part of a series on Aristotle's Organon in preparation for this year's ATWAP conference in March.)

Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

ATWAP 2023: Aristotle's Organon DOWNLOAD POSTER   Schedule Friday 10 March 11:00 Welcome 11:15 - 12:45 Presentation I:   Paolo Fait: ‘The elements of language and thought: re-interpreting De Interpretatione 1’; Comments: James Allen; Chair: John Magee. 12:45 - 2:15 Lunch 2:15 - 3:45    Presentation II: Carrie Swanson: ‘Aristotle on the resolution of disagreement in the diagnosis of […]

CSAMP Visiting Speaker: Iakovos Vasiliou

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

We are very pleased to have Prof. Vasiliou with us on this occasion from CUNY! His topic is: The Stoics on Types of Appropriate Action.

Proseminar talk: Lloyd Gerson

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Prof. Gerson's talk will look forward to his new book, Plato's Moral Realism, which is due out with CUP in spring 2023.

Christopher Rowe in Toronto as CSAMP Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Christopher Rowe (Professor Emeritus, Durham University) will be with us as Distinguished Visiting Fellow from March 25 to April 5. Look out for further information on opportunities to engage with him and his ongoing research on Plato and Aristotle.

CSAMP Visiting Speaker: Christopher Rowe

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Christopher Rowe (Durham University) will talk at the Proseminar on "Plato's Sophist, Sophists and Socrates".

Christopher Rowe masterclass on the Eudemian Ethics (1)

NF113 Northrop Frye Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Rowe is editor of the forthcoming new OCT of the Eudemian Ethics and author of a volume of accompanying studies due in the summer. Attendance is open and free, but if you would like to go, drop a line to the organizer email (below) for a link to discussion materials.

Christopher Rowe masterclass on the Eudemian Ethics (2)

NF113 Northrop Frye Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Rowe is editor of the forthcoming new OCT of the Eudemian Ethics and author of a volume of accompanying studies due in the summer. Attendance is open and free, but if you would like to go, drop a line to the organizer email (below) for a link to discussion materials.

Proseminar talk: Peter Osorio

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Peter Osorio (Loeb Classical Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics) will talk on: "A Roman Plato in Cicero's Cato".

Plato in Roman Philosophy (workshop)

Download poster In the hands of Roman authors, Platonic philosophy is not a set of literal translations of Plato’s dialogues; they are works of interpretation, transformation, and genuine philosophy. Our workshop—Plato in Roman Philosophy—explores the dynamic relationship between the two: how do the conceptual, linguistic, social and institutional paradigms of our Roman authors ‘translate’ Plato […]

Proseminar: Rareş Marinescu

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Rareş Marinescu joins us this year from Leuven as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Classics. He starts our Proseminar season with a talk on "Aristotle on Platonic Efficient Causes"

Fall Welcome Back Party

Duke of York 39 Prince Arthur Ave., Toronto, Ontario

Following the first Proseminar of the year.

Proseminar: Christian Pfeiffer

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join us for a talk by Christian Pfeiffer on "Categories in H.2".

University of Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy 2023

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Session I (4:30 – 6:30) Chair: Jennifer Hart Weed (University of New Brunswick) Pasquale Porro (University of Turin): “How does God’s Knowledge Differ from Tiresias’ Oracles? Revisiting Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy, Book V” Commentator: Martin Pickavé (University of Toronto) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Session II (10:00 – 12:00) Chair: Thérèse-Anne Druart (Catholic University […]

Proseminar: Peter King

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Peter King (Philosophy/CMS) will discuss "Abelard on Naming, Saying, and Truthmaking". If possible, please have a look at these texts beforehand

Proseminar: Rachel Barney

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Rachel Barney will lead discussion on 'Protagoras and the History of Dialectic' . Optional preparatory reading: Plato’s Parmenides up to 130a and/or Diogenes Laertius IX.50-56  

Francisco Suárez: Philosopher at the Crossroads

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 418 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join the Philosophy Department for a two-day workshop on the 16th-century Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian Francisco Suárez (1548-1617). It will examine various aspects of Suárez’s philosophy, a scholastic philosopher working at the crossroads of late medieval and early modern philosophy. Jean-Pascal Anfray (École normale supérieure, Paris), "Suárez on matter, quantity and three kinds of […]

Proseminar: Simon Trepanier

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

We welcome Simon Trépanier (Edinburgh University; PhD Toronto) back to give a talk on: The Unity of Empedocles' Thought: Re-Editing Section d of the Strasbourg Papyrus.  Abstract. In this talk I will propose a new edition of section d of the Strasbourg papyrus of Empedocles’ poem On Nature, lines d 1-10 in particular. As was recognized […]

Proseminar: Mark Johnstone

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Join us for a talk by Mark Johnstone (McMaster University): "The Epicurean Division of Desires"

Proseminar: James Allen

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

James Allen (Philosophy) talks about "Aristotle, Dialectic and Philosophy"

Proseminar: Pasquale Porro

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

Professor Pasquale Porro (visiting us from the University of Turin) will give a presentation entitled: Souls on Fire. A brief philosophical history of hellfire.

Proseminar: George Boys-Stones

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

George Boys-Stones will present work in progress on the 'chariot' image of the soul in Plato's Phaedrus. (This session replaces one by Tommaso De Robertis which unfortunately has had to be cancelled - we hope to reschedule it later in the year!)

Proseminar: Boris Hennig

Lillian Massey Building, Room 301 125 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, Canada

We welcome Boris Hennig (TMU) to speak to us on "Aristotle on Ownership"

Theory and Practice in Roman Mediterranean Philosophy

The second in our workshop series Philosophy in the Roman Mediterranean will address the challenge of coordinating evidence for philosophical activity which is historically located but theoretically conservative with evidence for theoretical activity that is innovative but hard to locate historically. Speakers include: Bram Demulder (Leiden University) Tiziano Dorandi (CNRS, Paris) Paul Du Plessis (University […]