2026-2027 Speakers Series
The Philosophy Department’s Speakers Series presents public lectures – September through April annually – by visiting speakers and faculty on a wide variety of philosophical topics.
Fall 2026 Talks
Fall term talks will be updated soon.
Winter 2027 Talks
Winter term talks will be updated soon.
2025-2026 Talks
September 12 - David Balcarras, University of Lethbridge, Seeing and Hallucinating
October 10-11 - BETWEEN FRIENDS; AMONGST PHILOSOPHERS: IN HONOUR OF DAVID DICK
October 10
Tim Sundell, University of Kentucky, Bullshit, Broadly Construed
October 11
Sarah Buss, University of Michigan, Marketing, Or: What Selling Ideas as a Mode of Reasoning Is or Is Not
Elijah Millgram, University of Utah, A Hard Act to Follow
November 21 - Daniel Star, Boston University, Appreciation, Inquiry, and Deliberation
December 5 - Michael Travisano (University of Minnesota)
January 23 - Manish Oza, Western University, Legal Reasoning and Ordinary Reasoning
February 6 - David Liebesman, University of Calgary, Experimental Evidence About Polysemy: Observations or Theory?
February 27 - Andrew Stark, University of Toronto, Reflections on Regret and Envy
March 13 - Katie Plaisance, University of Waterloo, What do scientists and engineers say about the benefits of philosophy-STEM collaborations? Empirical evidence for the value of ‘philosophy with science’
March 27 - Jessica Wilson, University of Toronto, Is Ecumenicality the Price of Content? A Case Study