Events

Aristotle on Necessity “from an assumption”   Abstract: Aristotle thinks there are different ways to be necessary. One way, often called “hypothetical” or “conditional” necessity, is associated with his commitment […]

Prof. Barney will talk on Protagoras and the Measure Thesis.

Friday, 11 April 9:30-9:40: Welcome, Acknowledgements & Introduction Session 1 | Chair: Myrthe Bartels 9:40-11:00 Tae-Yeoun Keum (UC Santa Barbara): “Plato the Taboo-Breaker: Mythological Incest and Cannibalism in the Republic and […]

Aristotle’s Parva Naturalia FRIDAY, APRIL 25 Session I (2:15 – 3:45pm) Chair: Christian Pfeiffer (Toronto) Klaus Corcilius (Tübingen) “The Soul Itself vs. Common to Body and Soul” Commentator: Brad Inwood […]

The third annual Toronto-Torino reading week will be hosted at the British School at Athens, timed to coincide with the Michael Frede Lecture, which this year will be given by […]

The Peripatetic Mechanica and the Inquiry into Nature

Title: The Peripatetic Mechanica and the Inquiry into Nature

Following the first Proseminar of the year.

Title: "Ammonius: the soul's faculties and the introduction of the Rhetoric and Poetics in Aristotle's logical works"

University of Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy 2025 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Session I (4:30 – 6:30) Chair: Boris Hennig (Toronto Metropolitan University) Yoav Meyrav (University of Hamburg): “Hasdai Crescas and […]

Title: 'What is De anima III.3 about?'

Title: Aristotle on Nutritive (and Generative) Functioning in Plants

Workshop on Aristotle’s Metaphysics Iota (October 2nd – 3rd, 2025) Thursday, Oct. 2: 14.15-14.30: Welcome Chair: Ulysse Chaintreuil 14:30-16:00 Chris Shields (UC San Diego): “Ways to be One“ Chair: Christian […]

Title: "Natural normativity in Aristotle’s Ethics: a modest ontology?"

Pierre-Marie Morel (Paris 1) will lead a masterclass on "Aristotle’s conception of the right measure and its critics".

Title: Ptolemy's Concept of Simplicity and his Adaptation of Nature Does Nothing in Vain

Title: 'Pointing at Appearances: Plato’s Receptacle and the Problem of Deixis'

Program   9:00–9:15          Arrival & coffee 9:15–10:35        Keynote: Melissa Lane (Princeton): “The archē of nomothesia: contextualizing the      emergence of lawgivers in Plato’s Laws” 10:35–10:50     coffee break 10:50–12:05     Myrthe Bartels […]

Title: Analogical Concepts: Some Scholastic Background to Kant

Martin Pickavé: Welcome Carl Séan O’Brien (Irish Dominican House of Studies, Dublin): “Lloyd Gerson's Contribution to the Study of Ancient Philosophy” Sarah Klitenic Wear (Franciscan University, Steubenville): “The Skopos of […]

Title: 'The Philosopher in Prison'

Title: "Augustine: The Truth about Lies"

Title: "Plutarch on the Dangers and Benefits of Flattery in Private and Public Contexts"

Title: "Modes in Suárez, Descartes, and Leibniz"

title: The Stoics on Time: A Developmental Story

Workshop: Learning from Within: The Inner Teacher from Socrates to Augustine Speakers: Sarah Byers (Boston College) Eyjólfur Emilsson (University of Oslo) Paige Hochschild (Mount St. Mary's University) Thomas Slabon (University […]

title: "Indivisible and measure in Aristotle’s Metaphysics Iota"

Title: Powers and Objects in Timaeus’ Argument for Forms (51d–52a)

Sessions 1-2: room 213, Department for the Study of Religion, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street. Sessions 3-8: room LI220, Department of Classics, Lillian Massey Building, 125 Queens Park. […]

Title: "Evil Techne?"